WEAVER

Former Burzynski Associate Robert A. Weaver, M.D., Disciplined

The Texas Medical Board has disciplined Robert Anthony Weaver, M.D., in connection with his treatment of a brain cancer patient at the Burzynski Clinic. The board found that Weaver had failed to (a) meet the standard of care while implementing multiple therapies that had insufficient evidence of efficacy and a high probability of additive toxicities, (b) adequately inform the patient of the treatment risks, benefits, and standard alternative treatments, and (c) obtain adequate informed consent. The case was settled with a mediated order (shown below) under which Weaver agreed to (a) be publicly reprimanded, (b) pay an administrative penalty, (c) be restricted from treating cancer patients outside of a clinical trial, and (d) complete continuing education courses in ethics and informed consent. The clinic’s proprietor, …