Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Colorado, School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
CO
USA 27514

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Carmen Lewis is a practicing general internists and a health communication researcher with expertise in cancer screening and prevention and medical decision making. Her content expertise is focused specifically on decision making in elderly patients with multi-morbidities. As a part of the recently awarded AHRQ Center of Excellence in Preventive Services, she is the principal investigator on the project entitled “Improving Appropriate Colorectal Cancer Screening in Elderly Patients”. The purpose of this research is to determine the efficacy of a patient decision support intervention on appropriate colorectal cancer screening in patients ages 70 to 85. She has served as the principal investigator for the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making supported research to implement decision support interventions since 2009 and as a co-investigator since 2007. Additionally, she is co-principal investigator on an ARRA award through Health and Human Services to test the effect of decision support on prostate cancer screening and treatment decision making.

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