Col. Michael Lewis, MD about managing stress around infectious disease.

Send us Fan MailCol. (ret) Michael D. Lewis, MD graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, and served as an intelligence officer in Infantry Divisions for five years prior to attending medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans. Following internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Dr. Lewis served at The Pentagon where he routinely cared for the highest levels of leadership in the Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, and U.S. Supreme Court. He was rated as a Senior Flight Surgeon and a graduate of the U.S. Army's Airborne and Ranger schools. Dr. Lewis is board‐certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He developed the ESSENCE program, the nation’s first and largest Syndrome‐based Disease Outbreak Recognition System.Learn how to mentally cope with the stress of COVID-19 and learn the simple things you can do to keep yourself healthy. ​