Michael Weller, MD

Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Michael Weller has been Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, since 2008. He qualified in medicine in Cologne, Germany. A postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, followed where he identified death receptor targeting as a potential treatment strategy for glioblastoma. In 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of General Neurology at the University Hospital Tübingen, Germany.
Dr. Weller has received several awards in recognition of his contributions to cancer research, including the German Cancer Award in 2007. He served as Chairman of the Neuro-Oncology Group of the German Cancer Society 2001-2008. He is the Chairman of the German Glioma Network of the German Cancer Council, joined the Executive Board of the European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) in 2010 and served as President of EANO for 2014-2016. He was also the Chairman of the Brain Tumor Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) (2015-2021) and hosted the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies (WFNOS) Meeting 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Dr. Weller was involved in major practice-changing clinical trials including the registration trial for temozolomide in glioblastoma and served as Principle Investigator on the NOA-03, NOA-04, NOA-08 and G-PCNSL-SG-1 trials in Germany and the DIRECTOR and ARTE trials in Switzerland. Dr. Weller has a research focus on the immunology of gliomas and served as the Principle Investigator of the phase III immunotherapy trial, ACT IV (Rindopepimut). He was a lead investigator in the three immune checkpoint inhibitor trials in glioblastoma, CheckMate 143, 498 and 548.
Dr. Weller has co-authored more than 750 original publications in peer-reviewed journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Lancet Oncology, PNAS, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, and The Journal of Clinical Oncology.