Vivan Lewis, M.D.

Dr. Lewis attended Harvard College as an undergraduate and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons as a medical student. She completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and a reproductive endocrinology fellowship at the University of California - San Francisco.

Dr Lewis is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine, where she is also Associate Dean for Faculty Development for Women and Diversity.  Prior to coming to Rochester, she was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago where she cared for infertility patients and ran a multidisciplinary menopause clinic.

Dr. Lewis is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in obstetrics/gynecology and reproductive endocrinology.  She is a member of the numerous professional societies including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the North American Menopause Society, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.  She has served for two terms as a member of the advisory committee on reproductive health drugs for the Food and Drug Administration.

Her areas of expertise include reproductive endocrinology, infertility, menopause, in vitro fertilization and hormone replacement therapy.  Her current areas of research interest are: male infertility, menopausal health and hormone therapy.

Current areas of interest:
Ovulation induction, Menopause, Male infertility

How to contact Dr. Lewis:
E-Mail Address: Vivian_Lewis@urmc.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-1930
Link to: Strong Health

Current research and publications:

• Lewis V: Polycystic ovary syndrome: a diagnostic challenge. Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America 14: 497-516, 2003
• Lewis V, Pearson T: Prevention of heart disease-beyond hormone replacement therapy. Menopausal Medicine 11: 5-11; 2003
• Lewis V. New hormone-therapy formulations and routes of delivery; meeting the needs of your patients in the post -WHI world. OBG Management S 11-18; 2004
• Grady-Weliky T, Lewis V: “Premenstrual syndrome” in Primary Care for Women, 2nd edition: Leppert P, Hartmann D, editors. Lippincott, Philadelphia. 2004

Updated November 27, 2007