Basil Stanley Lewis

Background

Lewis, Basil Stanley was born on January 17, 1946 in Springs, South Africa. Son of Philip and Bluma (Levin) Lewis.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1968. Doctor of Medicine, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977.

Career

Medical officer Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa, 1971-1973. Member staff Johannesburg Hospital, 1975-1976. Senior staff cardiologist, associate professor Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1976-1984.

Director cardiac catheterization Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1992-1995. Professor medicine University of California at Los Angeles, 1992-1995. Director cardiology, professor medicine Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Technion University School Medicine, Haifa, Israel, since 1995.

Achievements

• Basil Stanley Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiologist, researcher, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Management

Membership

Lieutenant South African Defense Forces, 1970. Fellow Royal College Physicians, European Society Cardiology, American College Cardiology. Member International Society Heart Failure (founder, chairman 1989), Israel Heart Society (executive committee 1983-1984, chairman committee heart failure 2000-2005, president-elect 2005), American Heart Association.

Connections

Married Noga Sara Amitai, May 24, 1977. Children: Yair, Noam, Eran, Nir.

Father:

Philip Lewis

Mother:

Bluma (Levin) Lewis

Spouse:

Noga Sara Amitai

child:

Nir Lewis

child:

Noam Lewis

child:

Eran Lewis

child:

Yair Lewis