Travis Lewis MD

Provider Biography

Dr. Lewis was born and raised in London, KY. He attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington on a full-tuition academic scholarship where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Biology in May 2007. The following fall he entered the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He was elected as a member of the prestigious medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, and served as a student member of the college’s admission committee.  He graduated from medical school, top 5 of his class with the Highest Honors in May 2011.  Following medical school, he completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Texas – (Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX – one of the largest medical centers in the country).

During his time at UTSW, Dr. Lewis trained at two of the largest county hospitals in the country (Parkland in Dallas and John Peter Smith in Fort Worth), the second-largest VA hospital in America (the only academic tertiary referral hospital in a metropolitan area of 6 million (UTSW) and Children’s Medical Center – Dallas – a 600-bed pediatric-only trauma and tertiary referral center).  As such, he obtained extensive training in a variety of ENT conditions including head/neck cancer, hearing loss, and ear pathology, sinus disease, pediatric infections, neck masses, sleep medicine, facial trauma, and voice conditions. During residency, he published research examining weight changes in children following tonsillectomy for which he won the junior resident research award in his department. This research was also presented at the National Academy of Otolaryngology meeting where it was selected as one of the Top 10 abstracts submitted amongst hundreds for presentation in 2014. Dr. Lewis is Board Certified in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.