Sharon Ann Whelan Weiss[1] is an American pathologist who is best known for her contribution to the subspecialty of soft tissue pathology.
She is also well known for her seminal descriptions of multiple soft tissue tumors, such as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts ("PHAT" which is categorized as a rare and locally aggressive neoplasm occurring in the lower extremities of a patient)[3] among others.
[6] From 1976 to 1989 she worked as a soft tissue pathologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) under the mentoring of Dr. Franz Enzinger, one of the fathers of the field of soft tissue pathology.
[1] In 1998 she became Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
[5] She is the director of the expert consultation service at Emory University Hospital, where she provides diagnostic second opinions on sarcomas and other soft tissue pathology cases.