Divisions & Faculty

Background

• Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
• Residency: Portsmouth Naval Hospital
• Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
• Child Neurology

Clinical Interests

• Headache
• Child Migraine
• Neoromuscular disorders
• Epilepsy
• Neuro-oncology
• Developmental disorders
• Anticonvulsants
• Rett Syndro

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Teacher of the Year, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1985
• Teacher of the Year Award, US Naval Hospital, 1988
• Navy Achievement Medal, 1988
• Teacher of the Year Award, Pediatrics, US Naval Hospital, 1991
• Outstanding Pediatric Teacher, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1991
• Meritorious Service Medal, 1993
• James W. Hayes Faculty Teaching Award, EVMS, Pediatrics, 1994
• Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Department of Pediatrics Teaching Award
• Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
  Department of Pediatrics Clerkship Teaching Award, 2004
• Association of American Medical Colleges "Humanism in Medicine Award" Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative
  EVMS nominee, 2004
• Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
  Department of Pediatrics, Clerkship Teaching Award, 2005
• Children's Health Advocacy Award-Individual level Community Leader, Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH), 2007

Professional Affiliations

• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics, fellow
• AAP Section of Neurology, Executive Board
• American Academy of Neurology,
• Fellow, AAN Practice Parameters Committee,
  Director: - Pediatric Headache
• American Headache Society
  
• Child Neurology Society, Member
• Professors of Child Neurology
• American Medical School Pediatric, Department Chair Association
• Tidewater Pediatric Society

Selected Publications

BOOKS

Young Adult and Pediatric Headache Management. Edited by Paul Winner and Donald Lewis. BC Decker Publishers, Hamilton, Ontario 2005.

Headache in Children and Adolescents: Edited by Paul Winner, Donald Lewis, David Rothner. BC Decker Publishers, Hamilton Ontario 2008

ARTICLES

Lewis DW, Qureshi FA. Acute Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Department.Headache 40; 200-203: 2000.

Lewis DW, Dorbad D. The utility of neuroimaging in the evaluation of children and adolescents with migraine or chronic daily headache who have normal neurological examinations. Headache Sept. 2000; 40.629-632.

Lewis DW. Headache in children and adolescents. American Family Physician. 2002; 65: 625-632.

Lewis DW. Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Room. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology 2001; 8: 46-51.

Evans RW, Lewis DW. Is an MRI scan indicated in a child with new-onset daily headache?Headache. 2001 Oct;41(9):905-6.

Lewis DW. Psychosocial issues in pediatric headache. American Headache Society Clinical Profiles (2003)

Lewis DW. Migraine headaches in the adolescent.Adolesc Med. 2002 Oct;13(3):413-32.

Lewis DW, Frank LM, Toor S. Familial Neck Tongue Syndrome. Headache 2002 (in press-Feb 2003)

Winner P, Lewis DW, Evans J, et al. Rizatriptan 5 mg for the Acute Treatment of Migraine in Adolescents: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Headache 2002;42: 49-55.

Lewis DW, Kellstein D, Dahl G, Burke B, et al. Children's ibuprofen suspension for pediatric migraine. Headache 2002; 42: 780-786.

Lewis DW, Ashwal S, Dahl G, et al. Practice Parameter: Evaluation of children and adolescents with recurrent headache. Neurology 2002; 59: 490-498.

Lewis DW, Scott D, Rendin V. Treatment of Pediatric Headache. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2002; 3: 1-9.

Lewis DW, Frank LM, White L. The Break-through seizure. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2003; 4: 221-225.

Qureshi F, Lewis DW. Managing headache in the pediatric emergency department. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2003; 4: 159-170.

Lewis DW, Diamond S, Scott D, Jones V.. Prophylactic treatment of pediatric migraine. Headache 2004; 44:230-237.

Brandes JL, Saper JR, Diamond M, Couch JR, Lewis DW, et al. Topiramate for Migraine Prevention: A randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2004; 291: 965-973.

Lewis DW. Toward the definition of childhood migraine. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2004: 16: 628-636.

Lewis D, Ashwal S, Hershey A, Hirtz D, Yonker M, Silberstein S. Practice Parameter: Pharmacological Treatment of migraine headache in children and adolescents. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology 2004; 63: 2215-2224 (Endorsement by American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrics 2005; 115: 1107).

Lewis DW, Winner P, Wasiewski, W. The placebo responder rate in pediatric migraine trials. Headache 2005; 45: 232-239.

Visser W, Winner P, Strohmaier K, Klipfel M, Peng Y, McCarroll K, Cady R, Lewis D, Nett R. Rizatriptan 5 mg for the acute treatment of migraine in adolescents: Results from a double-blind, single-attack,and two open-label, multiple attack studies. Headache 2004; 44: 891-899.

Lewis D, Avner M, Gozzo Y. Pediatric Migraine: Update on classification, diagnosis, and evaluation. Headache and Pain 2005; 16: 81-88.

Lewis D, Avner M, Gozzo Y. Pediatric Migraine: Update on treatment. Headache and Pain 2005

Lewis D, Gozzo Y, Avner M. The "other" primary headaches in children and adolescents. Pediatric Neurology 2005; 33: 303-313.

Lewis D. Pediatric Migraine 2005. Neurotherapeutics 2005 (in press)

Lewis D. New Practice Parameter: What does the evidence say? Current Pain and Headache Reports 2005 Oct;9(5):351-7. Review.

Lewis DW, Pearlman E. The Migraine Variants. Pediatric Annals 2005; 34: 486-497. Review.

Lewis DW, Yonker M, Winner P, Sowell M. The treatment of pediatric migraine. Pediatric Annals 2005; 34: 449-460.

Rothner A, Wasiewski W, Winner P, Lewis D, Stankowski J. Zolmitriptan oral tablet in migraine treatment: high placebo responses in adolescents. Headache. 2006 Jan;46(1):101-9.

Lewis DW, Winner PW. The Pharmacological Treatment Options for Pediatric Migraine: An evidence based appraisal. NeuroRx: The Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics. 2006; 3; 181-191.

Allen AJ, Kurlan RM, Gilbert DL, Coffey BJ, Linder SL, Lewis DW, Winner P., et al. Atomoxetine treatment in children and adolescents with ADHD and comorbid tic disorders.
Neurology. 2005 Dec 27;65(12):1941-9.

Lewis DW. Please don't let her suffer like I did! Expert Rev Neurother. 2005 May;5(3):291-294.

Evans RW, Lewis DW. Is an MRI scan indicated in a child with new-onset daily headache? Headache. 2001 Oct;41(9):905-6.

Hershey AD, Winner P, Kabbouche MA, Gladstein J, Yonker M, Lewis D, et al. Use of the ICHD-II criteria in the diagnosis of pediatric migraine. Headache. 2005 Nov-Dec;45(10):1288-97.

Lewis D. Pediatric Migraine. Pediatrics in Review. Feb 2007

Lewis D, Winner P, Hershey A, et al. Zolmitriptan 5 mg Nasal Spray for adolescent migraine. Pediatric 2007; 120: 390-396.

Lewis D, Paradiso E. Topiramate for prevention of basilar-type migraine in children and adolescents. Headache 2007 Nov-Dec;47(10):1409-17.

Brenner M, Oakley C, Lewis D. Unusual Headache Syndromes in Children. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2007 Oct;11(5):383-9.

Brenner M, Lewis D. The treatment of migraine headache in children and adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2008;13:17-24.

Lewis D. Headaches in Children and Adolescents. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2007; 37: 201-252.

Lewis D. Abdominal Migraine: my gut instinct. AAP News, August 2007

Brenner M, Lewis D. Wither goest the migraine variants. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2007 (in press).

Lewis DW. The epidemiology and treatment of pediatric migraine. Pain Medicine 2006; 1: 61-69.

Schobitz E, Qureshi F, Lewis D. Pediatric headaches in the emergency department. Current pain and headache reports 2006; 10: 391-396.

Spencer TJ, Sallee FR, Dunn DW, McCracken JT, Coffey BJ, Budman CL, Ricardi RK, Leonard HL, Allen AJ, Gilbert DL, Geller DA, Linder SL, Lewis DW, Winner PK, Kurland RM, Mintz M, Milton DR, Feldman PD, Kelsey DK. Atomoxetine treatment of ADHD in children with co-morbid Tourette Syndrome. J Atten Disord. 2007:Oct 12 [Epub ahead of print]

Fisher PG, Koch TK, Lewis DW. Headaches: In your office. Prep Audio 2007; 2, #11.

Lewis DW. Headache in the pediatric emergency department; a commentary. Nature Clinical Neurology. 2008; 4:412-413.

Linder SL, Mathew NT, Cady RK, Finlayson G, Ishkanian G, Lewis DW. Efficacy and Tolerability of Almotriptan in Adolescents: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Headache. 2008 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]

Lewis D, Hershey A. Harry Potter's Headaches. Headache. 2008 Jan;48(1):167-8.

Hershey AD, Winner P, Kabbouche MA, Gladstein J, Yonker M, Lewis D, Pearlman E, Linder SL, Rothner AD, Powers SW. Use of the ICHD-II criteria in the diagnosis of pediatric migraine. Headache. 2005 Nov-Dec;45(10):1288-97.

Brenner M, Oakley C, Lewis D. The evaluation of children and adolescents with headache. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2008 Oct;12(5):361-6.

Lewis DW. Red flags in children who present with headache--how to recognize a serious problem. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Aug;4(8):412-3.

Book Chapters

Lewis DW. "Migraine and Mimics" in Current Management in Child Neurology

Edited by Bernard L Maria. BC Decker, Inc, Hamilton & London. Chapter 9 pp 49-53, 1999.

Lewis DW. "Primary Headache Disorders in Children and Adolescents" in Pediatric Headache edited by Paul Winner and David Rothner, Decker Publishers, New York, 2001: pages 60-86.

Lewis DW. "Headache in the pediatric emergency department" in Pediatric Headache edited by Paul Winner and David Rothner, Decker Publishers, New York, 2001: pages 163-181.

Lewis DW, Lake AE. "Psychological treatments for pediatric headache" Pediatric Headache edited by Paul Winner and David Rothner, Decker Publishers, New York, 2001: pages 126-141.

Lewis DW, Rothner AD. Headache in children and adolescents. Current Therapy in Neurological Disease, Vol 6. Edited by Johnson RT, Griffin JW, McArthur JC. Mosby, Inc. pages 88-94.

Lewis DW, Winner P. "Childhood Headache Syndromes" in Neurological Therapeutics; Principles and Practice. Edited by JH Noseworthy. Martin Dunitz Publishers, London and New York (2003), pages 158-165.

Lewis DW. "Psychosocial aspects of pediatric headache"in Current Management in Child Neurology edited by Bernard Maria. BC Decker, Inc, Hamilton & London pages 77-83.

Lewis DW. "Preventative therapies in pediatric migraine" in Current Management in Child Neurology edited by Bernard Maria. BC Decker, Inc, Hamilton & London pages 70-77.

Lewis DW. "Migraine Headache in the Adolescent." In Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews edited by Donald E. Greydanus and Douglas Homnick. Hanley & Belfus Publishers, Philadelphia (Oct 2002) Vol 13: 1-20.

Lewis DW. "The Nervous System". In Nelson's Essentials of Pediatrics. Edited by R Kliegman, K, Marcdante, H. Jenson, R. Behrman. Elsevier Publishers (in press 2004).

Lewis DW, Gozzo Y, Avner M. "Childhood Headache Syndromes" in Neurological Therapeutics; Principles and Practice (second edition). Edited by JH Noseworthy. Martin Dunitz Publishers, London and New York (in press, 2005).

Lewis DW. "Preventative therapies for pediatric migraine" in Current Management in Child Neurology (third edition 2005) edited by Bernard Maria. BC Decker, Inc, Hamilton & London.