MD
Professor, Medicine-Oncology
Section Chief of Thoracic and Head/Neck Oncology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research
Thoracic Oncology Program, Head & Neck Oncology Program
Meet Jared Weiss
Area of Interest
Dr. Weiss’s clinical practice is focused on lung cancer and head/neck cancer. Dr. Weiss’s research is focused on personalized and adaptive immunotherapy to treat cancer (neo-antigen cancer vaccines and cellular therapeutics). He has particular interest in small-cell lung cancer and in NUT carcinoma.
Awards and Honors
- Lung Cancer Health Care Professional of the Year, LCI 2021
- UNC Seq V2 Award 2018-2021
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina LCI and Jimmy V Foundation Translational/Clinical Award 2018-2021
- Carolina Care Excellence Award 2017, 2020
- Best Doctors in America 2017-2018
News and Stories
Expert advice for living with chronic cancer
UNC Health social worker Rose Wilson, MSW, and UNC Health oncologist Jared Weiss, MD, discuss the physical and emotional considerations of long-term cancer care.
Clinical trial improves man’s quality of life with tongue cancer
Vance Aldrich Bell III experienced positive life-changing results after participating in a clinical trial for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.
