Sandra Lewis MD, FACC FAHA FRCP is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine where she completed internship, residency, and cardiology training.  She was a recipient in the inaugural year of the ACC Merck Research Fellowship.  Dr. Lewis practices cardiology at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon where she previously led a multispecialty cardiology group for 25 years.  She is a Trustee of the ACC, Past Governor of the Oregon chapter of the American College of Cardiology, immediate past chair of the ACC Section Steering Committee, past chair of the ACC HeartPAC, past chair of the Women in Cardiology Section of ACC, past Chair of the ACC Ethics and Compliance Committee, and serves on the Governance Committee. 

Recognizing the untapped potential for some mid-career women cardiologists to develop leadership skills, she initiated the SJL Mid-Career Women’s Leadership Institute.  She looks to these women becoming a link in the path to bring more women into cardiovascular leadership.

She was an investigator in landmark clinical trials including several TIMI trials, SAVE, PROVE-IT, TNT, Jupiter, and the CARE trial where she authored or co-authored multiple subgroup analyses.

More recently she authored the third ACC Professional Life Survey, co-authored papers on Sex Differences in Ischemic Heart Disease, The Pregnant Cardiologist, Building Heart Centers for Women, and Career Preferences and Perceptions of Cardiology Among US Internal Medicine Trainees.

She was named by Good Housekeeping as one of the 44 top cardiac centers/doctors for women, and has been recognized over many years in Castle and Connolly America’s Top Doctors.