• American Board of Anesthesiology

• Assistant Dean, International Graduate Medical Education
• Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

• Increasing Geriatrics Expertise In Surgical And Related Medical Specialties: Geriatrics Education For Specialty Residents Program - 7/1/03 - 6/30/05
• The Use Of Melatonin To Minimize Delirium In The Elderly Ambulatory Patients - 8/1/05 - 8/1/07
• Perioperative care of the elderly:  A proposal for the development of an e-learning program:  A new paradigm for teaching and evaluation - 1/1/05 - 12/31/06
• Post Operative function in the elderly adult. A translation model 1/09-current

• Lewis MC, Paniagua M, Cohen K, Davidson E, Matadial C, A Primer in Perioperative Care of the Elderly. MedEdPortal
• Avramovich A, Fukazawa K, Patel N, Lewis MC, Pretto EA. Intra-Operative Hyponatremia Is a Predictor of Morbidity Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Anesthesiology 109 A1023
• Banks S, Gaitan BD, Katz, J, Lewis MC. Don't Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater: Post-Interview No-Call Policies May Serve No One. Anesthesiology 109 A833
• Samuel JV, Saltzman B, Lewis MC, Penning DH, Ranasinghe J. Epidural Anesthesia for Pregnancy in an Achodroplasitic Dwarf: Visualization by Ultrasonography. Anesthesiology 109 A1323
• Lewis MC. Pierre E, Tutiven J, Diez C, Banks S. Behavioral Interviews and the ACGME Core Competencies; a New Tool for Recruitment? Anesthesiology 109 A1167
• Jones L, Lewis MC, Nevo I, Vaccari JPR, Bramlett H. Isoflurane Effects in Aged Rats and the Mechanism of Elderly Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. Anesthesiology 109 A1313
• Lewis MC, Paniagua M, Cohen K, Davidson E, Matadial C, A Primer in Perioperative Care of the Elderly. MedEdPortal; . Available from: http://services.aamc.org/jsp/mededportal/retrieveSubmissionDetailById.do?subId=635
• Lewis MC, Avramovich A, Ranasinghe J, Penning DH. Religious and Cultural Controversies Surrounding the Advent of Anesthesia. Some Myths Debunked. Anesthesiology 107: A406
• Lewis MC, Abouelenin K, Paniagua M. Geriatric Trauma: Special Considerations in the Anesthetic Management of the Injured Elderly Patient. Anesthesiol Clin. 25:75-90
• Lewis MC. Ole Secher: a true hero of Anesthesiology. Israel Med Assoc J. 9:215-6
• Davidson E, Ben-Ami A, Lewis MC. Ketamine for Chronic Pain. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 21(1):7-14
• Lewis MC, Nevo I, Paniagua A, Ben-Ari A, Pretto E, Eisdorfer S, Davidson E, Matot I, Eisdorfer C. Does Uncomplicated General Anesthesia in the Elderly Result in Long Lasting Biochemical Changes Generating Cognitive Decline? Does Cognitive Decline Predict Morbidity and Mortality? Med Hypotheses. 68: 484-92
• Lewis MC. Metabolic Changes in the Elderly. Geriatric Anesthesiology, 2nd Edition. Springer Pgs 97-105
• Lewis MC. The Zirconium Jewel of sort-of intubation. The LMA. In Anesthesia Unplugged. Mc Graw Hill Pgs 101- 109
• Lewis MC. Geriatric Anesthesia in ‘Anesthesia Pearls’ Mc Graw Hill Pgs 137 -143
• Ben-Ari A, Lewis MC, Davidson E. Ketamine Use in chronic pain. The Israel Journal of Symptoms and Pain Control: 16: 16-23
• Lewis MC, Gerenstein RI, Chidiac G. Onset time for sevoflurane/nitrous oxide induction in adults is prolonged with increasing age. Anesth Analg. Jun; 102:1699-702
• Lewis MC, Avramovitch, A. A True Hero of Anesthesia. Ole Secher. Anesthesiology 105: A157
• Marks R, Shekhter I, Gallagher C, Lewis MC. “Play it again, Sam”—a new approach to simulation. Jour of Clin Anesth 17: 679-680
• Ranasinghe JS, Tjin-A-Tsoi EW, Lewis MC. An unusual presentation of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in pregnancy. J Clin Anesth. 17:66-8
• Lewis, MC, Candiotti K, Steadman J, Matadial M, Chidiac G. A Changing Paradigm: Medical Students’ Choice of Anesthesia as a Specialty. Anesthesiology 2004; 101: A-1351
• Candiotti K, Kamat, A, Nhuch F, Lewis MC, Barach P, Biological and Chemical Terrorism Preparedness-A Survey of Anesthesia Training Programs in the United States. Anesthesiology 2004; 101: A-1316
• Lewis MC, Gallagher CJ. Stonewall Jackson: Did He Die from Aspiration Pneumonia? Anesthesiology 101: A1317
• Lewis MC, TerRiet MF, DeLaCruz L, Matadial CM, Gerenstein R, DeSouza GJA, Chidiac GJ. Rapid sevoflurane induction compared with thiopental. Journ Clin Anesth 16: 271-275
• Lewis MC, Barnett S. Postoperative delirium: A unitary model. Medical Hypotheses 63: 402-406
• Lewis MC. Perioperative Hypothermia in ‘Anesthesia Pearls’ McGraw Hill, Pgs 159-163
• Lewis MC. Perioperative Hypothermia in ‘Anesthesia Pearls’ McGraw Hill Pgs 159-163
• Lewis, MC, Steadman J, Matadial C, Chidiac G. What Determines Medical Students' Choice of Anesthesia as a Specialty? Anesthesiology 99: A-1317
• Lewis, MC. Does a Mandatory Anesthesia Rotation in the Fourth Year of Medical School Influence a Student's View of Anesthesiology as a Career? Anesthesiology 97: A1117
• Lewis MC. Gerenstein RI, Restrepo JC, Desouza GJ. Inhalation Induction with Sevoflurane and N 2 O Is Prolonged with Increasing Age .Anesthesiology 2001; 95: A-27
• G.J. DeSouza, M.C. Lewis, G. Helo, J.C. Restrepo. Thoracic epidural anesthesia for single vessel coronary artery bypass grafting. Anesth Analg 2001; SCA 30: 7
• TerRiet MF, Jacobs JS, Lewis MC, DeSouza GJA: Propofol and analgesia. Letter to the editor. Anesth Analg 2000; 90:1455
• TerRiet MF, Jacobs JS, Cobas MA, Lewis MC, DeSouza GJA: Strategic Planning for a Mandatory Medical Student Anesthesiology Rotation. Anesth Analg 2000; 90: S187
• TerRiet MF, MD; Cobas M, Fabian J, Lewis MC, DeSouza G. Attenuating the Response to Intubation: Remifentanil, Esmolol and Placebo. Anesthesiology 2000; 93: A232
• TerRiet MF, DeSouza GJA, Jacobs JS, Young D, Lewis MC, Herrington C, Gold MI. Which is the most pungent: Isoflurane, sevoflurane, or desflurane? Short communication, Br J Anaesth, 85 (2): 305-307,
• Lewis MC, Lafferty JP, Sacks MS, Pallares VS, TerRiet MF. “How Much Work is required to Puncture Dura with Tuohy Needles?” Br J Anaesth, 85 (2): 238- 241,
• Jacobs JS, Lewis MC, DeSouza GJA, TerRiet MF: Crimping of a laser tube resulting in hypoxemia. Letter to the Editor. Anesthesiology 1999; 91: 898
• Lewis MC. Electrical Safety in Operating Room. Progress in Anesthesiology, Vol. XIII, Chap. 15, Pgs. 287-295.
• Jacobs JS, Cobas M, TerRiet MF, Lewis MC, DeSouza GJA. Recruitment Of American Medical Graduates: The Impact of a Mandatory Anesthesia Rotation. Anesthesiology 91: A1142
• Jacobs JS, TerRiet MF, Lewis MC, DeLaCruz L, DeSouza GJA. Pre-emptive Analgesia: Wishful Thinking? Anesthesiology 91: A41
• Lewis MC, DeLaCruz L, TerRiet MF, DeSouza GJA, Jacobs JS. Is the single breath technique a myth? Anesthesiology 91: A852
• Lewis M, et al. “The Effects of Hemoconcentrator in the CPB Circuit on Remifentanil Requirements” Anesth Analg 86; S 79
• Lewis MC. Hypothermia in the Operating Room, Progress in Anesthesiology, Vol XII, Chap. 14, Pgs. 247-259
• DeSouza GJA, Lewis MC, TerRiet MF. “Severe Bradycardia and Remifentanil” Correspondence to the Editor. Anesthesiology 1997; 87: 1019-1020
• Lewis M, et al. “A True Hero of Anesthesiology, Joseph T. Davidson” Anesthesiology 87: A927
• Lewis, M, et al. "Bevel Orientation and Dural Puncture." Anesth Analg 82: S277
• Lewis, M, et al. "Non-cardiac Surgical Patients at Risk for Myocardial Ischemia: Comparison of Sevoflurane with Isoflurane." Anesth Analg 82: S276
• Lewis MC, et al. “Single Breath Induction Technique: Comparison of Sevoflurane and Isoflurane” Letter to Editor. Anesth Analg 83: 890-891
• Lehman L, Lewis MC. "Cardiopulmonary Complications During Laparoscopy: Two Case Reports." Southern Medical Journal, Vol. 88, No. 10, October
• Krishnaprasad D, Ojea J, Lewis MC. "Prospective review of the incidence and post anesthetic care in negative pressure pulmonary edema due to upper airway obstruction." Critical Care Medicine, vol. 22/number 1 Jan A101
• Geller E, Halperin P, Barzalai E, Sorkin P, Lewis M, Silberger A, Nevo Y. "Midazolam infusion and the benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil to sedation of intensive care patients." Resuscitation, vol. 16 supplement S31-39
• Lewis MC, Rai G. “Tightness in the Chest” Case report. Geriatrics for GPs Medicine, October