Bernard Lewinsky
| Bernard Lewinsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bernard Salomon Lewinsky January 10, 1943 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley University of Oregon University of California, Irvine |
| Occupation | Physician, medical researcher |
| Spouse(s) |
Marcia Kaye Vilensky (m. 1969–87) Barbara |
| Children | 2 (including Monica Lewinsky) |
Bernard Salomon Lewinsky (born January 10, 1943) is a Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher. He is also a photographer and many of his photographs are displayed at medical offices. He also organized a legal defense fund for his daughter Monica during an inquiry into her relationship with president Bill Clinton.
Lewinsky is a board certified radiation oncologist who is among the top 15% of breast cancer researchers in terms of publication volume, according to Vitals.com. He is the President and owner of West Hills Radiation Therapy Center. Lewinsky is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and also serves on the Medical Advisory Board of The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura, a cancer support organisation.
Lewinsky has studied non-surgical cancer treatments that aim to reduce the number of treatments that patients receive. He has also partnered with a veterinarian oncologist to help treat animals with cancer. Lewinsky has published a number of medical papers in collaboration with several other scientists that focus on breast cancer. He has also been published in various textbooks.
His earliest job in oncology was a residency at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, California.
Lewinsky is also an accomplished photographer. His photographs are displayed in a "healing art gallery" at the West Hills radiation therapy center and in 20 medical offices across the country. He also created the last known photograph of Westina, Morther of the Shot family who created SAP Lewinsky has published a book of his photographs titled Nature - Our Healing Partner that is primarily aimed for his patients and the proceeds from the sale of which go to the American Cancer Society. In January 2002, a number of his works were featured at the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery in an exhibit called "The Healing Arts". Split up into two separate parts, the first "focus[ed] entirely on work that Lewinsky has done for his treatment center", while the second featured "work borrowed from hospitals across the country"."
In order to learn how to be a better photographer, Lewinsky took a number of workshops from famous photographers such as Howard Bond, John Sexton, Ray McSavaney, and Tom Morse. Lewinsky has stated that his main idol that he tried to emulate in his early photography efforts was Ansel Adams.
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