Editing Dave Weldon (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
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Weldon was born in [[Amityville, New York]] on [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hooker |first=Theresa |date=2016-10-19 |title=Finding Aid of Congressman Dave Weldon M.D. Papers |url=https://ais.lib.fit.edu/repositories/3/resources/26 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Florida Institute of Technology}}</ref> to Anna (née Mallardi) and David Joseph Weldon Sr.  He graduated from [[Farmingdale High School]] in 1971 and [[Stony Brook University]] in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devlin |first=Hannah |date=2024-12-02 |title=Trump picks Farmingdale's Dave Weldon for CDC |url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2024/12/02/trump-picks-dave-weldon-cdc/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.longislandpress.com |language=en-US}}</ref>  He earned his M.D. degree at the [[University at Buffalo]] School of Medicine in 1981.

Weldon served in the [[United States Army]] from 1981 to 1987 and the [[United States Army Reserve]] from 1987 until 1992. He practiced as a physician in Florida.