Medical Volunteer Spotlight - Mark Lewin, M.D.
Children’s HeartLink is fortunate to have collaborated with Mark B. Lewin, M.D., at our partner site in Kyiv, Ukraine, since 2007. In that time, Dr. Lewin has been on three cardiac training visits to the Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center. Dr. Lewin is chief of the division of cardiology, director of the Prenatal Center, co-director of the Cardiac Ultrasound Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital and co-director of Seattle Children’s Heart Center. He is also a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. When asked why his work with Children’s HeartLink is important, Dr. Lewin said, "It provides the personal satisfaction of having the chance to use skills in a completely unique way, providing a resource to a community in need, the chance to do program development, to model this form of philanthropy for my team, and the opportunity to work with a set of new, incredibly dedicated peers."
About Dr. Lewin
Institutions: University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Education Background: Dr. Lewin completed his undergraduate and graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, medical school at the University of Southern California, residency at a the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles and did a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospitals / Baylor College of Medicine.
Interest and Hobbies: Skiing, camping, hiking and biking
Favorite Music: Jazz, opera, rock from the 1960's and '70s
Currently Reading: Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Favorite Quotes:
“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King.
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” Albert Einstein
Why is your volunteer work with Children’s HeartLink important to you: This is multifactorial: personal satisfaction in having the chance to use the tools of my trade in a completely unique way, providing a resource to a community in need, the chance to do program development, to model this form of philanthropy for my team, and the opportunity to work with a set of new, incredibly dedicated peers.
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Marie Steiner, M.D. and Lee Pyles, M.D.
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