Dr. Zweifler earned his medical degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans. Dr. Zweifler' s post graduate training includes a Cerebrovascular Disease Fellowship which he earned at the University of California in San Diego, CA, where he also completed his Neurology Residency.

Before joining Ochsner Health as System Chair of Neurology Dr. Zweifler was Chief of Neurosciences for Sentara Health Care in Norfolk, Virginia as well as Professor and Chair of Neurology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both Neurology and Vascular Neurology. Dr. Zweifler is an elected Fellow of the American Stroke Association.