Chris Lewis, MD, MS
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
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| Division: | General Physiatry |
Pronouns: He/him/his
Christopher W Lewis, MD, MS is an assistant professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. His administrative work in clinical informatics leverages health information technology to develop a learning health system for the rehabilitation services provided across the UW Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Lewis practices cancer rehabilitation at UW Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where he serves patients with cancer diagnoses by managing associated musculoskeletal diagnoses, spasticity, and quality of life.
Education and Training
- University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, MD, 2019.
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2023.
- University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, Master of Science in Clinical Informatics & Patient-Centered Technologies, 2025.
- UW Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, Seattle, WA, Fellowship in Clinical Informatics, 2025.
Board Certifications
- American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Notable Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Teacher Award, 2021-2022. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
- Sarah Baskin Manuscript Award for Excellence in Research: Post-doctoral Research Fellows and Graduate Students Category. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL. Second Place Award for paper titled “The relationship between patient-specific factors and discharge destination after COVID-19 hospitalization.”
- Walter E. Heller Academic Chief Resident. Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. Chicago, IL.
Clinical Interests
- Lymphedema
- Quality of life during and after cancer care
- Activities of daily living
- Chemotherapy-related neuropathies
- Rehabilitation before and after cancer care
Teaching Interests
- Clinical informatics applications in rehabilitation
- Learning Health Systems
- Cancer rehabilitation fellowship and training curriculum
Research Interests
Dr. Lewis is studying how to leverage health information technology and data collected through routine patient care to improve the quality of care provided to patients with rehabilitation needs. He also specializes in implementing and evaluating healthcare technology include ambient AI scribes.