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Super Bugs on the Rise
Bacteria and other infectious organisms are remarkably resilient. They often develop ways to survive drugs meant to kill them. The phenomenon is called antibiotic resistance . Overuse of antibiotics . . . more
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Describe Yourself:
Howard LeWine, M.D., is chief editor of Internet Publishing at Harvard Health Publications. He is recognized as an outstanding clinician and teacher and is a recipient of the Internal Medicine Teacher of the Year award at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. LeWine continues to practice Internal Medicine; most recently he became a hospitalist after practicing primary care for over 20 years.
Education/Training/Medical Practice
Undergraduate Education- Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Medical School- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency in Internal Medicine- Kaiser Hospital San Francisco
Clinical practice - Harvard Vanguard Hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital
What I enjoy most about being a doctor: Constantly learning new and better ways to stay healthy, diagnose diseases and treat them. And using what I learn to teach patients, medical students, interns and residents how to apply that knowledge according to an individual patient's needs.
Other interests&- fitness, spinning, skiing and laughing with his daughter.
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