Sara C Lewis, MD

Dr. Lewis is a Professor of Radiology in the Body Imaging/Body MRI Section at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). After finishing residency in Diagnostic Radiology at ISMMS where she also served as Chief Resident, Dr. Lewis then went on to complete an additional year of sub-specialization in abdominal MRI and CT. She subsequently joined the Body Imaging Section in 2011 and Body/Cancer MRI Research Group in the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) in 2016. Dr. Lewis is actively involved in multiple areas of clinical research in abdominal imaging. Her work is focused on conducting clinical translational imaging research centered on the use of advanced MRI methods in characterizing hepatobiliary neoplasms, native and transplant organ dysfunction as well as prostate cancer. Dr. Lewis has received grant support from SAR (2015), RSNA (2016), ISMMS (2018), Bayer Healthcare (2019), NIH/NIDDK (2021) and Bracco Diagnostics (2024) for imaging research.

Dr. Lewis has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and actively lectures around the country.  She is a peer reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed imaging journals.

Dr. Lewis is also actively involved in education, serving as the Body MRI Fellowship Program Director and a member of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Core Clinical Competency Committee. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society, Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR), and International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).  She is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Radiology.