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Dara K. Lee Lewis, MD
Contributor; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Dr. Dara Lee Lewis is a full-time cardiologist, director of imaging, and co-director of the women’s program at the Lown Cardiovascular Center. Her clinical interests include cardiac physiology, echocardiography, and heart disease in women. She is an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She also co-directs, teaches, and develops curriculum for the first-year Harvard Medical School cardiology, physiology, and pathophysiology course. Dr. Lee Lewis earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Posts by Dara K. Lee Lewis, MD

Heart Health
Trying to lower stubbornly high LDL cholesterol?

Diseases & Conditions
POTS: Diagnosing and treating this dizzying syndrome

Diseases & Conditions
POTS: Lightheadedness and a racing heart

Heart Health
How does cardiovascular disease increase the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19?

Heart Health
LDL cholesterol: How low can you (safely) go?

Dara K. Lee Lewis, MD
Medications as effective as stents for most with coronary artery disease

Heart Health
In defense of the salt shaker

Heart Health