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A special photo sits on Dr. Jeffrey Lewis\u2019 desk at the UCHealth Family Medicine Clinic in Boulder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
Dr. Jeanne Lewis was featured in a 1994 story in the Boulder Daily Camera about the growing number of women doctors. She was a beloved family doctor in Boulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It shows Jeff\u2019s mom, Dr. Jeanne Lewis, with a young patient in her Boulder medical office years ago. A little girl sits on an exam table. She has brought a toy stethoscope and is checking on her stuffed animal while Jeanne does the same with her real stethoscope.<\/p>\n

Jeanne Lewis was a beloved family doctor who delivered babies and cared for thousands of patients of all ages. She practiced in Boulder and Lafayette from 1983 until her retirement in 2003. Now Jeff Lewis gets to follow in his mom\u2019s footsteps, serving as a hometown doctor is his hometown.<\/p>\n

\u2018An honor\u2019 to care for Boulder families<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Last summer, Lewis cared for a young boy, then a couple of months later, the boy\u2019s father came to see him, and soon after that, the man\u2019s wife also became a patient. Jeff now gets to see the entire family. Seeing patients of all ages and getting to care for multiple members of Boulder families is a great benefit of being a family doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be thought of so highly that a whole family wants you to be their doctor,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cThat has happened several times.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while it hasn\u2019t happened yet, he knows that one of these days, he\u2019ll find himself tending to a patient who once saw his mom, or perhaps was one of those babies she delivered.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
Dr Jeffrey Lewis, with his mom, at his medical school graduation. Jeffrey followed in his mom’s footsteps to become a family doctor in Boulder. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeanne Lewis started medical school back when her son was about five. She had always loved science and was eager to study medicine, but received little encouragement. She had already earned a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin. Then, she decided in her mid-30s to go to medical school. The University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/a> told her she was too old and didn\u2019t accept her. But, Jeanne did get in to Washington University in St. Louis<\/a>. Her husband, a German professor at University of Colorado in Boulder<\/a>, encouraged her to seize the opportunity. His mother came from England to help with their son. Jeanne Lewis graduated with honors in just three years.<\/p>\n

While his mom was away, Jeff Lewis never felt neglected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was close with my dad. It didn\u2019t seem unusual to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A shared love of science<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Later, when he was a little older, he loved the independence of walking home from school and visiting his mom at her office or going to the hospital while she did rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d sit in the doctors\u2019 lounge. They had ice cream sandwiches,\u201d Jeff Lewis said. \u201cIt was very special.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
Jeanne Lewis graduates from medical school. Stymied at first, Jeanne Lewis went to medical school in her 30s and loved being a family doctor in Boulder. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His mom also shared her love of science with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would bring things home, like a microscope and slides from histology class. She would teach me things. One that made a big impression on me was her anatomy text book. I thought it was interesting and maybe, a little scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Lewis cherishes a 1994 article from the Boulder Daily Camera<\/a> that features his mom among many other women who were pioneering female doctors in their time. It\u2019s surprising that just 24 years ago, women doctors were still a novelty. Today more than one-third of doctors in Colorado are women and across the country, women comprise about 51 percent of medical students.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
Dr. Jeanne Lewis with patients back when she was practicing in Boulder. She inspired her son, Jeffrey, to follow her into a career in family medicine. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anne Donovan, practice administrator for the UCHealth Boulder Health Center<\/a>, worked as Jeanne Lewis\u2019 nurse many years ago. She remembers what a coup it was for their office to have their first woman doctor.<\/p>\n

Jeanne Lewis also stood out for her dedication to her patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had such a sparkle and provided such amazing patient care,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cHer patients adored her. She always did what was right for patients even if it took extra time. She was really respected in the practice and in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donovan was thrilled when Jeff Lewis joined UCHealth\u2019s Boulder clinic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw what an amazing doctor his mom was. As a nurse, you get to see the special moments. What I remember was her kindness. I get to see that now in Jeff too,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n

Jeff Lewis recently won an award from co-workers, acknowledging how much he\u2019s contributing to the practice. They thanked him for smiling all the time, caring about fellow team members, welcoming new patients at the last minute and \u201cbeing an overall good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

His journey into medicine was circuitous, like his mom\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Choosing medicine in his 30s, just like his mom<\/strong><\/h2>\n

He went to Duke University for college, where he studied both engineering and pre-med. After college, he worked in engineering, writing software and successfully navigating the corporate world for several years. But, he decided he wanted a job with more meaning.<\/p>\n

So, like his mom, he decided in his 30s to go to medical school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew medicine would be a really good fit because of my mom. It felt totally natural,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Starting medical school at age 36 was tough, but policies about older students had evolved at University of Colorado. Jeff applied only to CU, and fortunately, he got in.<\/p>\n

He credits his wife and family support for making his second career possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty hard to go to medical school if you\u2019re 24 and single. It\u2019s harder when you\u2019re older,\u201d said Lewis, now 43.<\/p>\n

When he started medical school, he and his wife had a 2-year-old. Now they have two children, ages 7 and 10.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
On his first day of medical school, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis participated in a “white coat ceremony.” His mom, who inspired him to become a family doctor, cheered him on. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lewis\u2019 mom helped care for their oldest child, but she soon began to have serious health problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was suffering from some dementia and not quite knowing what was going on,\u201d Jeff said.<\/p>\n

Eventually his mom learned that she had Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a>. She later had a debilitating stroke and died last May. Lewis lost his dad back in 2002 and is an only child, so while completing medical school and his residency, he was also caring for his mom.<\/p>\n

Seeing his mom decline was devastating. She was his hero and the role model who inspired him. Caring for her in her later years has also made him a more compassionate doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing what it\u2019s like to be a family caregiver and to interact with long-term care facilities and insurance companies and to feel the pain and the shock of talking with a mortuary director after someone dies is really valuable,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cIn medicine, we deal with a lot of these things every day. And we might forget that for people going through them, it\u2019s a once in a lifetime event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can help make some of these things easier for my patients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For Lewis, each day at work is a tribute to his mom and for that, he\u2019s enormously grateful.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of us want to make a difference and be counted on,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to do something that really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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