Leonard Weather, Jr., RPh, MD, FAPCR, FFPM

Dr. Weather is a health educator, professor, ordained minister, artist, author, and photographer. He has authored three inspirational poetry books, an infertility handbook, and his most recent book, "Endometriosis: The Name of the Pain and How to Repress It." He is an active women’s health clinical trials researcher who has presented over 210 peer-reviewed presentations and papers on pelviscopic surgical treatment of infertility, endometriosis, pelvic pain, fibroids, and women’s health issues. He invented the surgical procedure Optical Dissection Pelviscopy to assist in the prevention of organ injury during laparoscopy. Dr. Weather is Past President of the National Medical Association, New Orleans Medical Association, and the Louisiana Medical Association. He currently serves as the President of the North Louisiana Medical Association.

Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors to the Endometriosis Association, a Fellow of the Federation of State Medical Boards, a Fellow of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research, National President of the Chi Delta Mu Medical Fraternity, Board Member of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, and a Board Member of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research (APCR) Board of Trustees. Dr. Weather also served as APCR President from October 2023 to October 2024. In December 2023, he was appointed as the American Medical Association's Representative to the United States Adopted Name Review Board. (The US Adopted Names (USAN) Council is responsible for selecting informative and unique nonproprietary (generic) drug names. In instances where nomenclature disputes between the USAN Council and applicants cannot be resolved and normal procedures fail, the USAN Review Board is the final arbiter.) Additionally, on May 16, 2024, Dr. Weather was elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, which was awarded at the Royal College of Physicians, in London, England, on July 3, 2024.