Carole Bernstein-Lewis, PT, MSG, MPA, PhD Biography
Dr. Carole Lewis has been a physical therapist since 1975. She has worked in home health, long-term care, acute hospitals, rehabilitation departments and outpatient clinics. She started a private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1981 and continues to work as a clinician for 20-30 hours a week. In 1979, Dr. Lewis received her tow master's degrees in Health Care Management and Gerontology from the University of Southern California. In 1983, she received her PhD from the University of Maryland in Biomedical Health Sciences. Dr. Lewis believes in being actively involved in APTA. She served as the D.C. Chapter president and is past chairperson of the Section on Geriatrics. She currently serves on the medical faculty at George Washington University.
Dr. Lewis also has extensive publications in the field of aging. Her articles have published in The Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, Clinical Management, Geriatrics, and Senior Patient. She has been practicing geriatric therapy since 1977 in the chronic an acute settings. Dr. Lewis is a frequent speaker on geriatrics throughout the United States. She was honored in being one of the ten Outstanding Young Women in America in 1984 and delivered the prestigious Kennedy Lecture in 1991.
Her prolific writings for the clinician include Geriatric Physical Therapy: A Clinical Approach, Orthopedic Assessment and Treatment of the Geriatric Patient, and Aging: The Health Care Challenge, An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessment and Rehabilition Management of the Elderly and many more.
Dr. Lewis has also written numerous publications for the lay public, including The Balance Book and Osteoporosis Exercise Book.
Finally, Dr. Lewis is delighted to be one of the few geriatric clinical specialists in the United States, having passed the first exam given in this area.