About Dr. Zoë A. Lewis:
Active in both physician and community education on issues of end-of-life care and general medicine, she has regularly presented medical grand rounds in New England, South Florida, and nationally for hospice and end-of-life care conferences. She has numerous publications to her credit and belongs to numerous national and international medical and hospice and palliative care organizations. She is the producer and host of the internet radioshow - 'Hospice Radio' on blogtalkradio, a public service venture with no commercial bias.
Dr. Lewis works as an internist, hospice physician and is actively promoting her recent book, "I hope they know….The Essential Handbook of Alzheimer’s Disease and Care." The Spanish translation, "La Guía Holística para la Enfermedad de Alzheimer," will be available in 2009. She is also working on a book for Alzheimer Disease Prevention, a short guide about nutrition with recipes and activity suggestions with the message, "Keep Your Wits! Seasoning For Reasoning."
Dr. Lewis is very excited about becoming the producer and host of an internet radio broadcast, on blogtalkradio, with a listener base of millions worldwide. Her program 'Hospice Radio', is a one-hour interview based, monthly broadcast on end-of-life care issues seeking an international english-speaking audience. Her guests will be international experts on topics that are often clouded in mystery and confusion.Topics are those that she feels will educate listeners of any age or health surrounding serious life-threatening illness. The program's focus is to deliver compassionate information, advise and support to listeners.
Education:
Zoë A. Lewis, M.D., FACP, DAAHPM, holds a BA with departmental honors in Biology from Temple University, Philadelphia and a Medical Doctorate summa cum laude from the University Of Rome School of Medicine, ‘La Sapienza’, Italy. Her graduate medical thesis research on melanoma was published in Oncology, 1993 (50).
Her internship and residency training were completed at the University of Pennsylvania Healthcare System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She is a diplomat of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, (DAAHPM) and was elected as Fellow in the American College of Physicians, (FACP). She has held academic clinical internal medicine teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University and Harvard School of Medicine.
Scholarships:
During her residency at Pennsylvania Hospital she was awarded a six-week scholarhsip for independent elective study at the
National Recognition:
Dr. Lewis is the former Corporate Medical Director for Beacon Hospice, Inc. in New England. She received specific acknowledgement for her leadership efforts by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in their 2006 guide, Caring for Persons with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias, Guidelines for Hospice Providers and is sited on page 8.
She is also the former Assistant Medical Director for the Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice also of Boston, and a former hospice team medical director for Vitas Healthcare in Broward County, Florida. Dr. Lewis led the initiative to implement the first hospital-based physician palliative care consultation service for St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of the Caritas Christi Healthcare System in Boston.
She has provided primary care and internal medicine services at Brigham and Women’s Physician Group and for patients in the Caritas Christi Healthcare System, both of Boston, MA and in the greater Miami area at various hospitals.
Personal Interests:
Her personal interests that reflect in her work include, yoga, photography, travel in developing-world nations and poetry writing. "Poetic Penumbra" ISBN: 978-1-4357-1676-6, is her first published poetry collection. More information about the publisher, Lulu.com, found by CLICKING HERE.
Specialty Services:
Mentoring and Coaching for Hospice Medical Directors and Staff
Innovative Hospice Program Development Using Art, Music and Touch Therapy.
Hospice Census Growth and Hospice Patient Recertification
Corporate Healthcare Consulting Specialist:
Hospital-based palliative care program developmentThe number of academic, community and faith-based hospitals offering palliative care services is growing rapidly. The American Hospital Association’s 2007 report states that now 30% of all U.S. hospitals have palliative care programs.
Palliative care programs link diverse hospital departments and services for effective and efficient use of hospital resources. This approach results in higher quality, well-planned treatment that anticipates future care needs.
Palliative care helps patients understand the nature of their illness and make timely, informed decisions about their care, together with their families. Seriously ill patients benefit from palliative care at any stage of their illness. Therefore, palliative care should be considered a key component of medical care along with all other appropriate treatments.Dr. Lewis has experience in creating a hospital -based consultation service and can assist your organization in determining the following goals:
- Defining the need for Hospice-Palliative Care Program
- Defining the specific components of the Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program
Private Personalized Medical Consultation Services:
Dr. Lewis is available for second opinions on end-of-life care issues, case management, and case and peer review with an active medical state license in Massachusetts and Florida.