Richard F. Lewis, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Otoneurology

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3501
Office hours: Mon. and Thu. 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

Yale University School of Medicine

Residency

Johns Hopkins University

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University

Board Certification

Neurology

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuroscience, Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Clinical Interests

Vestibular, balance, and eye movement disorders

Research Interests

Current Research: vestibular and oculomotor physiololgy

Selected Publications

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See also below.

Merfeld DM, Gong W, Haburcakova C, Lewis RF. Vestibulo-ocular Reflexes Evoked by Chronic Stimulation Provided by a Vestibular Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54;1005-1015:2007

Lewis RF, Carey JP. Eye movement abnormalities associated with unilateral loss of vestibular function. The New England Journal of Medicine 355:24, e26,2006

Merfeld DM, Gong W, Morrissey J, Saginaw M, Haburcakova C, Lewis RF. Acclimation to Chronic Constant-Rate Peripheral Stimulation Provided by a Vestibular Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 53;2362-2372:2006

Lewis RF, Haburcakova C, Merfeld DM. Tilt psychophysics measured in non-human primates. Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 1039;294-305:2005

Lewis RF. Frequency-specific mal de debarquement. Neurology, 63;1983-1984:2004

Lewis RF, Zee DS, Clendaniel R. Vergence-dependent adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Experimental Brain Research, 152;335-340:2003

Lewis RF. Context-dependent adaptation of visually-guided arm movements and vestibular eye movements: role of the cerebellum. The Cerebellum, 2;123-130:2003

Lewis RF, Gong W, Ramsey M, Minor L, Boyle R, Merfeld DM. Vestibular adaptation studied with a prosthetic semicircular canal. Journal of Vestibular Research, 12;87-94:2003

Lewis RF and Crawford TO. Slow target-directed eye movements in ataxia-telangiectasia. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 43;686-691:2002

Publications

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