David Weill is the for­mer direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Advanced Lung Dis­ease and Lung and Heart-Lung Trans­plant Pro­gram at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter. He is cur­rent­ly the prin­ci­pal of the Weill Con­sult­ing Group, which focus­es on improv­ing the deliv­ery of pul­monary, ICU, and trans­plant care. Dr. Weill’s writ­ing has appeared in The Wall Street Jour­nal, USA Today, Salon, Newsweek, the Chica­go Tri­bune, STAT, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The Hill, and The Los Ange­les Times. He also has been inter­viewed on Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. His first mem­oir, Exhale: Hope, Heal­ing, and A Life in Trans­plant, was pub­lished in May 2021. His most recent nov­el, All That Real­ly Mat­ters, was pub­lished in June 2024. He lives with his wife and their two daugh­ters in New Orleans.