Sharon Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Sharon Lewis is a Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas in both the School of Nursing and in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Lewis is also a Clinical Nurse Scientist at the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, for the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System in San Antonio. She has conducted studies and written journal articles on subjects including blood, renal, and dialysis issues. She has also presented on topics such as stress and health problems faced by family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Lewis has been recognized as a Distinguished Writer (1999-present) and Lecturer (1994-present) by Sigma Theta Tau and was a fellow with the American Academy of Nursing in 1992 among other honors. She received her PhD in Immunology/Pathology in 1985 and completed Postdoctoral work in Renal Immunopathology in 1987.
