Karen Weihs, MD
Pronouns:
she, her, hers
Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Member, Graduate Faculty
Dr. Weihs is the medical director of psychosocial support and psycho-oncology services for the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has developed a model for cancer patients’ mental health care, including a collaborative team of oncologists, social workers and psychiatrists.
Degrees
- MD: University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1979
- BA: University of Northern Iowa, 1975
Residency
University of Wisconsin- Madison, Child Psychiatry, 1989-1991
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Psychiatry, 1986-1989
Hunterdon Medical Center, Family Medicine, 1981-1982
York Hospital, Family Medicine, 1979-1981
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2012
American Board of Family Practice, 2009
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Psychiatry, 1994
Honors and Awards
Women In Medicine and Science Awardee, 2023
Senior Women's Health Scholar, Women's Center of Excellence, University of Arizona, 2009
The Outstanding Clinical Care Award, American Psychosocial Oncology Society, 2008
Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals "Honors Edition," 2008-2009
Research Interests
family processes and emotion regulation as they affect both mental health and disease progression in patients with cancer and end stage renal disease; family influences on medical illness; psychopharmacology; pharmacologic interventions for anxiety and depressive disorders in children, adolescents and adults; oxytocin as a mediator of the salutary effects of close personal relationship on disease progression; oxytocin and social bonding