{"id":5747,"date":"2026-01-22T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/winter-2026\/features\/he-saved-my-life\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:12:10","slug":"he-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/winter-2026\/features\/he-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He saved my life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kathy Andrews<br \/>\nAbove Collage: Master1305\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>David Weinstein, M.D., \u201990 has so many Trinity College connections\u2014both on and off campus and through the mentoring and professional opportunities he has provided\u2014that he might be considered the perfect example of the Trinity network in action.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5757\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5757 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-646x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-646x1024.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-768x1217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-969x1536.jpg 969w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749-1292x2048.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/01\/Final-Magazine-Weinstein-Temkin-04-jpg-scaled-e1774270982749.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alyssa Temkin \u201927 and David Weinstein, M.D., \u201990, Photo by Nick Caito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alyssa Temkin \u201927 grew up knowing Weinstein as a brilliant, dedicated pediatric endocrinologist and world-renowned authority on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agsdus.org\/\">glycogen storage disease (GSD)<\/a>, a rare genetic condition affecting one in 100,000 children, Temkin among them. \u201cWhen I was a baby, he saved my life,\u201d says the psychology major, whose goal is to attend medical school after Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>Gayle Temkin P\u201927, Alyssa\u2019s mother, says, \u201cHe\u2019s an unbelievable practitioner; he\u2019d give you every second of his day if he could.\u201d After learning so much from Weinstein about GSD and about families with limited access to lifesaving care, she and her husband, Steve Temkin P\u201927, created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcfhartford.org\/support-the-global-center-for-glycogen-storage-disease\/#:~:text=The%20Global%20Center%20for%20GSD,hope%20for%20patients%20with%20GSD\">Global Center for Glycogen Storage Disease<\/a>, whose goal is to find a cure for GSD, and Alyssa\u2019s Angel Fund, to provide financial support to families who can\u2019t afford aspects of GSD care.<\/p>\n<p>Following his graduation from Trinity, Weinstein attended Harvard Medical School before practicing at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital. While at\u00a0Harvard, he observed how few undergraduates there had opportunities to do the kind of research he had done at Trinity. Subsequently, over the course of 20 consecutive years, he hired numerous Trinity students and graduates to assist with his GSD research.<\/p>\n<p>Tayoot \u201cTodd\u201d Chengsupanimit \u201913, a biology major, says the opportunity to work in Weinstein\u2019s GSD lab after graduation, including publishing papers with him, was life-changing. Today a Cleveland-based physician specializing in infectious diseases, Chengsupanimit says, \u201cThere is no other person like David Weinstein, and there never will be. He role modeled the type of doctor I aspired to be, and it was not the norm for a recent college graduate to be able to co-author five papers in the span of a few years, as I did in David\u2019s lab. That spoke to his generosity as a mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vivien Doan \u201921, a double major in biochemistry and neuroscience and now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, considers herself fortunate for having landed both a summer internship and an academic-year fellowship with Weinstein while she was a Trinity student. Says Doan, \u201cHe inspired me by seeing each patient as a whole person, fighting for their future, and giving them hope. One day I hope to create the kind of ripple effect David Weinstein has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How does it happen that one Trinity alumnus creates such an extensive \u201cripple effect\u201d? Part of the answer may be found in what Weinstein and Alyssa Temkin identify as some differentiators between Trinity and other colleges they might have attended.<\/p>\n<h2>A Personal Touch<\/h2>\n<p>When setting out to visit colleges, Weinstein had not considered Trinity or even heard of it. Nor had his twin brother, Steven R. Weinstein \u201990, now managing partner of the Miami office of global law firm K&amp;L Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked first and second in their high school class, they had racked up a host of achievements, such as David assisting in Alzheimer\u2019s pharmacology research at the University of Miami\u2019s Miller School of Medicine. They headed north from their home state of Florida with appointments to tour and interview at several Ivy League schools; they anticipated each would end up at a different college as they didn\u2019t want to attend the same one. But their trajectory was interrupted by a random suggestion someone made along the way: Why not stop in Hartford on the way to Harvard and check out Trinity, just for comparison\u2019s sake?<\/p>\n<p>What they found at Trinity, says David, was a personal touch that stood out from other schools. They felt it upon arriving in Admissions, where they had no appointment and no one knew in advance about their high school accomplishments, yet a tour was customized on the spot. When David\u2019s interest in medical school led them to a biology lab in the Albert C. Jacobs Life Sciences Center, he learned that undergraduate students were engaged in research with their professor. He knew it was highly unusual for undergraduates to have such an opportunity, and he was keen to join them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem,\u201d says David, \u201cwas both my brother and I fell in love with Trinity, and neither wanted to give up the school.\u201d They resolved that both would apply Early Decision and figured whoever got in, well, that would solve the dilemma. As fate would have it, both were accepted to Trinity, and they decided attending different colleges wasn\u2019t so important after all.<\/p>\n<h2>Mentors Matter<\/h2>\n<p>Alyssa Temkin also didn\u2019t intend to consider Trinity. But she lived in West Hartford and, with Trinity\u2019s proximity, agreed to a visit. After a campus tour, she concluded Trinity might be a good fit. But what truly impressed her was when she asked Weinstein about it and found his enthusiasm for his alma mater was boundless. \u201cHe definitely helped influence my decision. I feel like Trinity\u2019s a hidden gem of Hartford.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5949\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Weinstein-with-Draper-DoanatPIEfellowEventIMG_4354-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alison Draper, Vivien Doan \u201921, and David Weinstein, M.D., \u201990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He told her about his mentor of 40 years, John E. Simmons H\u201908, professor of biology, emeritus, the educator whose lab with undergraduate researchers made such an impression during Weinstein\u2019s first visit to Trinity. Weinstein worked in Simmons\u2019s research lab throughout college and, during his senior year, conducted independent research on Alzheimer\u2019s pharmacology\u2014resuming work that fascinated him as a teenager\u2014mentored by Simmons, who passed away in 2023. \u201cAt a large university, often the faculty want the credit, but Dr. Simmons wanted none. He was just happy supporting me,\u201d says Weinstein.<\/p>\n<p>Temkin says, \u201cMy professors are passionate about what they do and also care so much about their students,\u201d citing Alisha Holland, lecturer and coordinator of introductory psychology, and Alison Draper, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Science, as two key mentors. Another is Joanna Gell, M.D., a pediatric hematologist\/oncologist at nearby Connecticut Children\u2019s Medical Center, about whose research Temkin had read. After she contacted Gell to say how interesting she found her work, Temkin says, they immediately clicked. By the end of her first year at Trinity, Temkin had a weekly job-shadowing appointment with Gell, which has continued ever since. Recently, Gell invited her to assist on an upcoming research project, which Temkin says she can\u2019t wait to start.<\/p>\n<h2>More than a Major<\/h2>\n<p>Weinstein\u2019s favorite class at Trinity was on High Renaissance art history. He also raves about political science courses taught by Adrienne \u201cRenny\u201d Fulco, associate professor of legal and policy studies, emerita, and former director of the Public Policy and Law Program. \u201cI\u2019m fortunate to have had great professors like Alden Gordon [\u201969, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus] and Renny Fulco. I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t go to a school where it was always science,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think that makes for a worldly, educated person.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5995 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Wbasketballteamoncourt02.16.25-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Wbasketballteamoncourt02.16.25-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Wbasketballteamoncourt02.16.25-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Wbasketballteamoncourt02.16.25-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/02\/Wbasketballteamoncourt02.16.25.jpg 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Temkin, serving as manager of the women\u2019s basketball team is a big highlight outside of studies. \u201cI love being part of the team,\u201d she says, including its involvement with Team Impact, an organization through which teams are matched with children facing serious illness. The children attend games and become honorary teammates, providing memorable experiences for them and for the team.<\/p>\n<p>Because of her own experience with GSD, Temkin says, she understands what involving Team Impact kids means for them and their families. \u201cMy parents never wanted me to hide in a corner or be ashamed when I was getting tube fed or feel like I didn\u2019t belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Effecting Change<\/h2>\n<p>When Temkin was 6, she provided testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly\u2019s Public Health Committee, advocating for improved support during the school day for children with life-threatening health conditions. Along with her parents, she helped amplify the case to make it possible for trained caregivers to assist with care needed at specific intervals, such as blood testing and feeding. Previously, only a registered nurse was authorized to do this. \u201cThe passing of this law really helped me feel like I wasn\u2019t different,\u201d Temkin says, explaining that it enabled her nanny, who felt like a member of the family, to come into her classroom every 90 minutes to assist her.<\/p>\n<p>While Temkin\u2019s poise and her determination not to be defined by GSD\u2019s limitations are evident, Weinstein says, \u201cWhat she has had to live through was incredibly difficult, and for most of her life she has had to live 90 minutes at a time. If she was even five minutes late for a treatment, Alyssa could develop severe hypoglycemia and become unresponsive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the attainability of a cure for GSD, Weinstein says raising awareness and philanthropic support, as the Temkin family has done, has been critical in progressing toward that goal. He notes that it was with the support of the Temkins that he and his GSD team were able to move to Connecticut in 2017 and create a gene therapy unit at UConn Health. \u201cI had the honor of treating the first GSD patient in the world with gene therapy there in 2018,\u201d says Weinstein, adding, \u201cCurrently, there are three trials in humans, using new technologies that our team worked on. I\u2019m also optimistic that a new gene editing trial taking place now may finally offer hope of a cure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, Weinstein has collaborated with biotechnology companies focused on gene therapy, gene editing, and other technologies to improve the lives of patients with a variety of rare or neurodegenerative diseases. He has led seven different gene therapy programs for various diseases and is working on several more.<\/p>\n<p>In his prior roles leading GSD centers at hospitals in Massachusetts, Florida, and Connecticut, Weinstein has served patients from 49 states and 54 countries. \u201cIt has been remarkable to see the disease go from one where people were almost universally dying to one where 10 of my patients have become physicians,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Temkin plans to join that growing number of patients becoming doctors. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to being able to take care of patients the same way I\u2019ve been taken care of,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Vitals\u2014<strong>David Weinstein \u201990<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Degrees:<\/h3>\n<p>B.S. in biology<br \/>\nM.D., Harvard University<br \/>\nM.M.Sc., Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<h3>Current Title:<\/h3>\n<p>Consultant, Weinstein Rare Disease and Clinical Development Consulting<\/p>\n<h3>Previous Roles:<\/h3>\n<p>Interim Chief Medical Officer, Grace Science LLC, 2023<br \/>\nSenior Vice President, Clinical Development, Passage Bio, 2022<br \/>\nVice President, Clinical Development, Passage Bio, 2020\u201321<br \/>\nProfessor and Director, Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) Program, UConn Health, 2017\u201320<br \/>\nProfessor and Director, GSD Program, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2011\u201317<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2005\u201311<br \/>\nDirector, GSD Program, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, 1994\u201305 (also completed residency, chief residency, and fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital)<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, 1994\u201305<\/p>\n<h3>Recognition Highlights:<\/h3>\n<p>University of Florida College of Medicine Clinical Research Award, 2014<br \/>\nOrder of the Smile international humanitarian award, 2012<br \/>\nJan Albrecht Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2001<br \/>\nGeorge Sacher Award, Gerontological Society of America, 1991<br \/>\nBarry Goldwater Scholarship, 1989<\/p>\n<h3>Personal:<\/h3>\n<p>Wife, Geraldine Munsayac Weinstein \u201990<br \/>\nOne adult son, Justin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kathy Andrews Above Collage: Master1305\/Shutterstock David Weinstein, M.D., \u201990 has so many Trinity College connections\u2014both on and off campus and through the mentoring and professional opportunities he has provided\u2014that he might be considered the perfect example of the Trinity network in action. 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