Our Physicians
ROBERT T. LEWIS, M.D.
EDUCATION
2000-2005
MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA
1994-1998
AB
Bowdoin College
Brunswick ME
SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS
2014
Colon and Rectal Surgery, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
2014
General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
1999
EMT-B (Massachusetts)
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
GI Center of Excellence Committee
Female Physician Forum/committee
LICENSURE
Connecticut Medical License: #52312
DEA FL4136948
HOSPITAL AFFILIATION
Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2015 -2016
Assistant Laboratory Instructor, Gross Anatomy,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
2014-present
Surgical Rotation Course Director,
Family Practice Residency at ECHN
2009
Instructor, Gross Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2009-2010
Resident Course Director, Surgery 200 Problem Based Learning
2008-2010
Proctor, Surgery 200 Problem Based Learning
2006
Laboratory Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
2003-2004
Medical Student Course Director, The Pipeline Program, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
2001
Lecturer, “Neuroanatomy” The Pipeline Program, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
2001
Facilitator, Coping with Your Cadaver, Doctoring I Small Group Session, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
2000-2001
Course Director, International Health and Development, A Student Seminar Series, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
CURRENT POSITIONS
2016-Present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Connecticut
2014 – Present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery,
University of New England
College of Osteopathic Medicine
2014 – 2016
Attending Surgeon
Hartford Hospital Healthcare
2014 – Present
Attending Surgeon
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Bristol Hospital
2014 – Present
Attending Surgeon, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Eastern Connecticut Health Network
2014 – Present
Attending Surgeon, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Trinity Health New England
HONORS and AWARDS
1994
Finalist, National Merit Scholar
1994-1998
Diploma magna cum laude, Dean’s List,
James Bowdoin Scholar, Bowdoin College
1998
Highest departmental honors, Biochemistry, Bowdoin College
2000-2005
Recipient of the Class of 1948 and Class of 1969 Scholarships, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2009
Finalist, 2008 Research Award, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
2010
William T. Inouye Award for Teaching by a Resident Awarded to a Surgical Resident For Excellence in Teaching Medical Students in Surgery Core Curriculum, Selected by Medical Student Evaluationse
2011
Keith Reemtsma Surgical Resident of the Year Award Awarded to the Surgical Resident who has Received the Highest Evaluations on Clinical Rotations
2000-2005
Leonard J. Perloff Chief Resident Teaching Award Awarded to the Chief Resident who Contributed the Most to the Education of the Junior Surgical Resident, Selected by the Junior Surgical Residents
PUBLICATION
Lewis RT, Andreucci A, Nikolajczyk BS.“PU.1-mediated transcription is enhanced by HMG-I(Y)-dependent structural mechanisms.” Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2001; 276(12):9550-7.
Kesmodel SB, Karakousis GC, Botbyl JD, Canter RJ, Lewis RT, Wahl PM, Terhune KP, Alavi A, Elder DE, Ming ME, Guerry D, Gimotty PA, Fraker DL, Czerniecki BJ, Spitz FR. “Mitotic rate as a predictor of sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas.” Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2005; 12(6):1477-80
Fraker DL, Harsono H, Lewis RT. “Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy- Benefits and Requirements of Localization Diagnosis and Intraoperative PTH monitoring- Long Term Results.” World Journal of Surgery 2009; 33(11):2256-65.
Lewis RT, Maron DJ. “Anorectal Crohn’s Disease” Surgical Clinics of North America 2010; 90(1): 83-97.
Lewis RT, Maron DJ. “Efficacy and Complications of Surgery for Crohn’s Disease” Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2010; 6(9):587-596.
Furstenau DK, Mitra N, Wan F, Lewis R, Feldman MD, Fraker DL, Guvakova MA “Ras-related protein 1 and the insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor are associated with risk progression in patients diagnosed with carcinoma in situ.” Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2010
Prabakaran I, Grau JR, Lewis RT, Fraker DL, Guvakova MA. “Rap2A Is Upregulated in Invasive Cells Dissected from Follicular Thyroid Cancer” Journal of Thyroid Research 2011: 979840
Goldberg SM, Lewis RT. “Invited Commentary” Colorectal Disease 2013; 15(7): 868-70
Lewis RT, Bleier JI. “Surgical treatment of anorectal crohn disease.” Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2013; 26(2):90-9
Datta J, Caplow JA, Lewis RT, Braslow BM. “Novel emergency management of descending colon cancer presenting with retroperitoneal perforation.” J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2014; 7(1):55-6