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Richard Alan Lewis, M.D., M.S., is a Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, holding concurrent roles in the Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Pediatrics, and affiliated institutes such as the Huffington Center on Aging and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on hereditary eye disorders, genetic systemic diseases, and ocular manifestations of systemic hereditary conditions. He has pioneered genetic mapping for X-linked ocular disorders, including retinitis pigmentosa and Lowe syndrome, and collaborated extensively on studies of syndromes like Bardet-Biedl and Usher.
Education: BA from Harvard College (1965), MD and MS from the University of Michigan (1969 and 1974). Professional affiliations include the Cullen Eye Institute and leadership roles in the National Eye Institute’s eyeGENE Program and the Undiagnosed Diseases Network. Key contributions include defining digenic triallelic inheritance in LMBBS and leading the AREDS2 trial on nutritional supplements for macular degeneration.
His grants include the 25-year Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS (SOCA) and the AREDS2 clinical trial. Collaborations span interdisciplinary teams at Baylor, focusing on genetic diagnostics and rare disease mechanisms. He remains active in clinical practice, advising on genetic eye diseases and systemic associations.
