Dr. Raed A. Dweik, MD, MBA, is a distinguished physician, scientist, and healthcare leader. He currently serves as the Chief of Cleveland Clinic’s Integrated Hospital Care Institute (IHI), overseeing more than 4,000 caregivers and over 1,200 physicians and scientists across multiple locations, including Ohio, Florida, London, and Abu Dhabi.
In his role, Dr. Dweik is responsible for setting the strategic direction and managing the day-to-day operations of the Institute, which encompasses departments such as Emergency Services, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary-Critical Care, Infectious Disease, and Anesthesiology.
Dr. Dweik’s clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, asthma, chronic beryllium disease, and critical care medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. He regularly attends in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) and has been listed in “The Best Doctors in America” since 2005.
Academically, Dr. Dweik is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and holds a joint appointment in the Lerner Research Institute. He established a Research Center of Excellence in Pulmonary Vascular Disease and maintains a research laboratory funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and serves on several journal editorial boards.
Dr. Dweik earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He also obtained an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in 2017.
In addition to his roles at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Dweik has been elected as the Secretary of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for the 2023–2024 term and is slated to serve as ATS President in 2025.
