Stephen B. Lewis, MD ,James and Newton Eblen Eminent Scholar in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida was born in Perth, Western Australia. He attended medical school at the University of Western Australia, became president of the medical students society in 1984 and graduated in 1985. He completed his internship year at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in 1986 and then undertook junior resident rotations in intensive care medicine, general surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cardiothoracic and neurological surgery. From 1992 to 1995 he studied acute brain injury with Professor Peter Reilly at the University of Adelaide and was recipient of the WG Norman Research Scholarship (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1993 and 1994). This research focused on intracranial pressure waveform analysis and multimodality monitoring of acute brain injury. Dr Lewis received numerous awards including the RP Jebson Medal (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1993 and 1994), Young Investigators Award (Surgical Research Society of Australasia 1995) and the Peter Leech Prize (Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 1996).

After completing his neurosurgery training and board certification with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Neurosurgery) in 2000, Dr Lewis undertook a fellowship in Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Tumor Surgery with Professor Alan Crockard and Mr Neil Kitchen at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square London. Prior to accepting a position at the University of Florida, he completed a cerebrovascular surgery and skull base tumor fellowhship with Dr Arthur Day.

Dr Lewis is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, North American Skull Base Society, Joint AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section, Joint AANS/CNS Neurotrauma and Critical Care Section, and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. He currently serves on the medical advisory board for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation. He has authored over 50 scientific articles and given over 80 presentations at national and international scientific meetings.

Dr. Lewis has an active basic science research interest in biomarkers of brain injury after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and trauma. He collaborates with Professor Gerry Shaw at the McKnight Brain Institute. Their work examines the association of biomarkers detectable in CSF and serum to brain injury and recovery. This work has the potential to guide treatment after brain injury and provide early warning of impending neurological decline and stroke. This work has been published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurotrauma, and the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism.

Dr Lewis performs the complete range of open surgical procedures for cerebrovascular disease (including craniotomy and clipping of cerebral aneurysms, resection of arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, EC-IC bypass procedures, carotid endarterectomies) and skull base tumors (craniotomy and endoscopic transnasal approaches).

Special Interests: Clinical interests include: minimally invasive cerebrovascular and skull base tumor surgery, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery disease, Moya Moya disease, and brain/skull base tumors. Research interests include: acute brain injury from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and trauma.

Email: lewis@neurosurgery.ufl.edu