Johannes W. Vieweg is an American medical school dean, university professor, and physician-scientist, presently residing in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

After moving to the United States in 1991, he spent three years as a post-doctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Duke Universityunder the mentorship of Eli Gilboa, a prominent expert in retrovirology and cell therapy.

Vieweg’s scientific work has received uninterrupted funding by the National Institute of Health since 1998, and it is documented in more than 180 publications, books, commentaries and review articles.

[1] Vieweg’s recruitment from Duke University to UF was facilitated by the Florida Board of Governors’ 21st Century World Class Scholar’s program,[2] which recognizes nationally accomplished faculty in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Since February 2016, Johannes Vieweg has served as the Inaugural Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.