Dr. Victor Lewis

Biography

Dr. Lewis completed his medical training in Pakistan and spent years as an internist before retraining in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Minnesota, USA. He joined the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital in 2002. His research interests include pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, with a special focus on transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases. His areas of specialty encompass cord blood transplantation, immune deficiencies, and metabolic disorders. He concentrates on issues related to graft versus host disease, exploring methods for its prevention and supportive care trials in oncology transplantation. Dr. Lewis co-leads a Phase I/II program at the Children’s Hospital and currently serves as the director of the Oncology Blood Marrow Transplant sections at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. His research involves clinical trials, focusing primarily on studying graft versus host disease at both clinical and basic science levels. He collaborates extensively with scientists at the University of Calgary and leads the immune deficiency transplant program, emphasizing the implementation of new transplant technology and the establishment of techniques to ensure safe delivery of chemotherapy agents to patients. He is also involved in supportive care studies for oncology transplant patients and co-leads the developmental therapeutics program at the institution.

Research Interests