Dr. Stuart Lewis moved to Denver in 1979 after receiving a B.A. from Cornell University in 1974, earning his M.D. from George Washington University in 1978 and completing an internal medicine internship at Northwestern University in 1979. At the conclusion of his ophthalmology residency at the University of Colorado in 1982, he entered private practice. Dr. Lewis was specialty Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (1983) and was elected to be a Fellow and Diplomat of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (1984). In 2018, was selected as a Lifetime Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Lewis has been an active community member in Denver having built the Cherry Creek Eye Center in 1985; one of the first inclusive Eye facilities in Denver and created Cherry Creek Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C. He has served on various boards including the Investigational Research Review Board at Rose Medical Center and was an original board member at Harvard Park Surgical Center. He served at least two terms as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Rose Medical Center. He also holds a position as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado eye residency program and was a visiting Professor of Ophthalmology at the Elias Santana Hospital in the Dominican Republic. In 2018, Cherry Creek Eye Physicians and Surgeons, P.C. was listed as the 36th highest rated business in Colorado based on patient reviews by “Top Rated.”
Dr. Lewis is an active alpine and cross-country skier, bicyclist and golfer and enjoys travel, birding, bridge and opera.
Education and Training
Undergraduate
9/70 – 5/74 Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
B.A., Neurobiology & Behavior, 1974
Graduate
8/74 – 5/78 George Washington University Washington, D.C.
M.D., 1978
Post-Graduate
7/78 – 6/79 Northwestern University Hospitals Chicago, Illinois
Internship in Internal Medicine
7/79 – 6/82 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado
Residency in Ophthalmology
12/95 Jules Stein Eye Institute Los Angeles, California
UCLA School of Medicine
PRK Summit Technologies Certification
1/96 ClearVision Laser Centers Denver, Colorado
PRK Patient Management Certification
3/96 ClearVision Laser Centers Denver, Colorado
PRK Patient Management Certification
10/96 VISX Certification Course Denver, Colorado
VISX Excimer Laser System PRK Certification
11/96 Chiron C-LASIK Course Denver, Colorado
Chiron Microkeratome Certification
1/97 VISX Certification Course Denver, Colorado
VISX Excimer Laser System PTK Certification
4/97 VISX Certification Course Denver, Colorado
VISX Excimer Laser System Astigmatism Treatment Certification
11/98 VISX Certification Course Denver, Colorado
VISX Excimer Laser System Hyperopia Treatment Certification
Certification and Licensure
1978 Medical Licensure, State of Illinois
1979 National Board Medical Examination, Parts I-III
1980 Medical Licensure, State of Colorado
1983 Specialty Board Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
Professional Activities
Private Practice
7/82 – 12/85 Partner, Kaplan and Lewis
1984 Co-Founder, Cherry Creek Eye Physicians and Surgeons, P.C. Managing Partner: 1988,1994,1999
1986 – 2001 Present Solo Practice
2001 – Present, Cherry Creek Eye Physicians and Surgeons, PC (President and CEO)
1982 – Present Active Attending Staff, Rose Medical Center
1989 – 1995 Institutional Research Review Committee
1993 – 1994 Chairman, Ophthalmology Section – Department of Surgery
Jan. 2008 – 2010 Chairman, Dept. of Ophthalmology at Rose Medical Center
Teaching Positions
1982 – 1988 Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Ophthalmology
1988 – 2001 Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Ophthalmology
2001 – Present, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Ophthalmology
1985 – Present Clinical Instructor, Family Practice Residency, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1985 – Present Clinical Instructor, Family Practice Residency, St. Joseph’s Hospital
Professional Organizations
1982 – Present Colorado Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
1983 – Present Diplomat, American Academy of Ophthalmology
1984 – Present Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2001 – Present Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Oct. 2007 – Present Fellow of the American College of Surgeons