CURRICULUM VITAE

 

PAUL JEFFREY LEWIS, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - General Science (1976-78)

 

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Medical Internship (1982-83)

 

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA - Neurosurgery Residency (1983-89)

 

DEGREES

 

Doctor of Medicine (1982)

 

Master of Science (1987) - Experimental Neurosurgery

 

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (1989) - Neurosurgery

 

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

 

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

 

Research Fellow of the Albert Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (1987)

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

 

American Board of Neurological Surgeons - May 13, 1993

 

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

 

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA - M.Sc. degree (1987)

 

Intrathecal Nimodipine Therapy in a Primate Model of Chronic Cerebral Vasospasm

 

 

CLINICAL RESEARCH

 

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

 

Longterm Prospective Study of Lumbosacral Discectomy

 

Treatment of Refractory Parkinson's Disease with Adrenal Medullary Autografts

 

CURRENT POSITIONS HELD

 

2/96         Present       Division Chief – Neurosurgery

                                    St. Joseph Hospital

 

NEUROSURGERY COURSES

 

Midas Rex Psychomotor Institute (1986)

Pneumatic Instrumentation for Surgical Procedures

 

Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (AANS/CNS - 1987)

 

Mayfield Neurological Institute - Cincinnati, Ohio (Nov - 1990)

Skull Base Course

 

Ear Research Foundation - Sarasota, Florida (Mar - 1991)

Advanced Surgical Techniques of Temporal Bone and Skull Base

 

Mayo Clinic - Cincinnati, Ohio (May - 1991)

Computer Assisted Tumor Volumetric Stereotaxis

 

University of Irvine - Orange, California  (Aug - 1991)

Stereotactic Workshop

 

AANS Meeting - St. Louis, Missouri - Microsurgery of the Brain

and Skull Base (Feb. 23 - March 1, 1992)

 

University at Buffalo -  Buffalo, New York - Stroke:  Medical and Surgical Management  (March, 1992)

 

Spinal Science Advancement Foundation - Orlando, Florida - Specialized Spinal Instrumentation Applications Degenerative Lumbar Instability  (July, 1992)

 

St. Louis University School of Medicine - Surgical Approaches to

the Skull Base - St. Louis, Missouri  (November, 1992)

 

AANS Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts  (April, 1993)

 

HCA Center for Research Education - Kansas City, Kansas - Thoracolumbosacral Spine Disorders (December, 1993)

 

AANS Meeting - Orlando, Florida (April, 1995)

 

Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Skull Base Dissection Hands-On Workshop  (June, 1995)

 

AANS Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts (November, 1995)

 

Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy and Hands-On Dissection Workshop

(November 1995)

 

Surgical Dynamics Incorporated - Columbus, Ohio -  Ray Threaded Fusion Cage Surgical Technique Training Workshop (April 1997)

 

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana - October, 1997

 

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Videoscopic Anterior Approaches to Thoracic & Lumbar Spine Surgery Course - Cincinnati, Ohio - February 27-28, 1998

 

Medical Education Resources, Inc. - Anterior Column Support of the Spine: Cage Technology and Bone Graft Alternatives - Scottsdale, Arizona - November 12-14, 1998

 

AANS Annual Meeting - New Orleans, LA - April 24-29, 1999

 

ORATEC - Technique for Percutaneous ElectroThermal Treatment of Discogenic Pain -

Memphis, TN - October 3, 1999

 

North American Spine Society - 14th Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL, October 20-23, 1999

 

Spine Surgeons International Symposium - 6th SSIS - Napa, CA, September 21-23, 2000

 

Sextant Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Lab -  Memphis, TN - October 5, 2000

 

Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy workshop and hands on Disection course - Palm Beach Gardens, Fl - November 1 -3, 2000

 

AANS Annual Meeting - Toronto, Canada - April 24-26, 2001

 

Inflatable Bone Tamp Technology - Boston, MA - August 2, 2001

 

Barrow Neurological Institute & St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center -

Advanced Techniques in Image-Guided Skull Base Surgery - Phoenix, AZ - February 27, 2002

 

Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy workshop and hands on Disection course - Palm Beach Gardens, Fl - May 2 - 4, 2002

 

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, PA - September, 2002

 

Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy workshop and hands on Disection course - Palm Beach Gardens, Fl - November 21 -23, 2002

 

Saint Louis University School of Medicine Practical Anatomy Workshop - St. Louis, MO

July 25-27, 2003

 

Barrow Neurological Institute & St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center -

Anterior Endoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic Spine - Phoenix, AZ - September 15 -16, 2003

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1.)        Lewis PJ, Noseworthy TW, Fitzgerald AA, Andrew GC, Geeraert  AJ:  Rapid reversal of ergotamine-induced vasospasm, J Neurol Sci 13:72-74, 1986.

 

2.)        Lewis PJ, Weir BK, Broad RW, Grace MG: Long-term prospective study of lumbosacral discectomy.  J Neurosurg 67:49-53, 1987.

 

3.)        Lewis PJ, Weir BK, Nosko MG, Tanabe T, Grace MG:  Intrathecal nimodipine therapy in a primate model of chronic cerebral vasospasm. Neurosurgery 22:492-500, 1988.

 

4.)        Lewis PJ: Intrathecal nimodipine therapy in a primate model of chronic cerebral vasospasm. M.Sc. thesis, University of Alberta, 1987.

 

5.)        Lewis PJ, Weir BKA, Mosko MG, Tanabe T, Grace MG:  Intrathecal nimodipine therapy in a primate model of chronic cerebral vasospasm, in Wilkins RH (ed):  Cerebral Vasospasm.  New York, Raven Press, 1988, pp 473-82.

 

6.)        Tanabe T, Lewis PJ, Itoh H, Sakui H, Endoh M, Yada K:  Hypervolemic therapy without induced hypertension in patients with severe subarachnoid hemorrhage.  Wilkins RH (ed):  Cerebral Vasospasm.  New York, Raven Press, 1988, pp 421-24

 

7.)        Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Asch, HL:  Decompressive lumbar laminectomy for spinal stenosis.  J Neurosurg 78:695-701, 1993.

                                                                             

8.)        Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Asch HL, Clabeaux DE:  Lumbar discectomy for recurrent disc herniation. J of Spinal Disorders 7:408-419, 1994.

           

9.)        Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Asch HL, Clabeaux DE:  Lumbar disc excision in patients under 21 years of age. Spine 19:2387-2391, 1994.

 

10.)      Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Suddaby LS, Asch HL, Clabeaux DE, Blumenson, LE:  Day surgery for cervical microdiscectomy: Is it safe and effective?  J of Spinal Disorders 9:287-293, 1996.

 

11.)      Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Asch HL, Clabeaux DE: Lumbar microdiscectomy in the elderly patient. British J of Neurosurg 11:16-24, 1997.

 

12.)      Lewis PJ, Moreland DB, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE: Letter to the Editor regarding Outpatient surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy; Tomaras CR, Blacklock JB, Parker WD, et al

            Journal of Neurosurgery  88:358, 1998

 

13.)      Asch HL, Lewis PJ, Moreland DB, Egnatchik JG, Yu YJ, Clabeaux DE, Hyland AH:

            Prospective Multiple Outcomes Study of Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy: should

            75-80% success rates be the norm? J Neurosurg (Spine 1) 96:34-44, 2002

 

 

NEUROSURGERY CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Longterm Prospective Study of Lumbosacral Discectomy

presented:  Joint Section on Spinal Disorders (AANS/CNS)

                  San Diego, California (1986)

 

Intrathecal Nimodipine Therapy in a Primate Model of Chronic Cerebral Vasospasm

presented:  Cerebral Vasospasm:  A Research Conference 1987

                   Charlottesville, Virginia

 

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences 1987

                   Vancouver, British Columbia

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Surgical Management of Lumbar Disc Disease

            presented:  Computed Tomography Technologists Society -

                                    Meeting - March 7, 1998

 

Practice of Medicine in a Changing Environment: Legal, Regulatory and Payment Issues

            presented:  Erie Institute of Law meeting - September 20, 2003

 

 

VIDEOCONFERENCE

 

Bone Grafting Options in the Lumbar Spine

            presented:  Medical Education Resources -

                                    February 2, 2002 - Buffalo, NY 

 

 

 

 

 

PROSPECTIVE STUDIES CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS

 

1.)        Co-Investigator -  Prestige artificial cervical disc study, 2003 - 2004.

 

2.)        Outcomes and risk factors for decompressive lumbar laminectomy.

 

3.)        Outpatient lumbar and cervical microdiscectomy.

 

4.)        Outcomes and risk factors for posterior lumbar interbody fusion.

 

 

CERTIFICATES

 

Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada (L.M.C.C.) (1984)

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (A.C.L.S.) (1982)

 

Advanced Trauma Life Support (A.T.L.S.) (1983)

 

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (F.R.C.S.C.)    (Certified - 1989)

 

American Board of Neurological Surgery (Certified - 1993)

 

 

LICENSES

 

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

General Medical License

 

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta

Education Medical License

 

New York State Medical License

 

 

SOCIETIES

 

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

 

American College of Surgeons

 

American Medical Association

 

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

 

The Medical Society of the State of New York

 

Erie County Medical Society

 

Alberta Medical Association

 

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

 

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

 

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society


 

 

 

 

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