His Story
Dr. Bill Lewis was a founding member of what originally was the Child Advocacy Center in Fort Wayne and which was renamed after him following his death in June 2009.
Born in Tacoma, WA., and raised in Palo Alto, CA, he was the co-founder, along with Dr. Hoffman, of the Parkview Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Fort Wayne, the region's first neonatal intensive care unit. He was medical director of Parkview's NICU from 1979 to 2005, then served as director emeritus.
He received a B.S. from Marquette University and his M.D. degree from Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine. He was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha while in medical school. He did his internship, residency and fellowship at Ohio State University's Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH. He was assistant professor of Pediatrics at OSU and later clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine-Fort Wayne. For a time he also was on the faculty at the former Lutheran College of Health Professions and at Ivy Tech Fort Wayne.
He was board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and sub-board certified in neonatal/perinatal medicine. He had numerous articles published in medical journals and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving a leadership role in these sections: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Child Abuse and Neglect; and Bioethics. His special medical interests were child abuse, apnea, SIDS, and neonatal respiratory disease.
Other memberships included: the American Medical Association; Indiana State Medical Association; National Perinatal Association; Indiana Neonatal Association; Indiana Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect; and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.
He served on numerous hospital committees and had staff privileges at four Fort Wayne Hospitals and at hospitals in surrounding communities.