Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), announced that Dr. Kevin L. Lewis, CPE, FAASM, will join the system’s executive leadership team as senior vice president and chief physician executive on August 28th. President and Chief Executive Officer with HSHS, Damon Boatwright, says that Dr. Lewis brings an ideal mix of healthcare leadership experience and passion for our mission.
A pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine physician by training, Dr. Lewis practiced for 15 years before fully focusing on his journey as a healthcare executive. He previously served as the Regional President and CEO of SSM Health Medical Group as well as the Regional Chief Clinical Officer of SSM Health—Oklahoma.
Dr. Lewis says that the depth and breadth of the mission at HSHS, along with the extent to which leaders value their connection to the mission really struck him and he’s honored to have the opportunity to serve in a ministry with such a rich, enduring legacy.
Dr. Lewis graduated Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio for Medical School. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa and Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Lewis and his wife Michelle have three adult daughters. He lived in Springfield as a child and attended DuBois Elementary School from Kindergarten through Second Grade.
