Tara C. Lewis, MD

Tara C. Lewis, MD

Gender: Female

Biography: Tara Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she is the acting Medical Director of the OB/Gyn Emergency Department and Medical Director of Quality and Quality Council. Prior to Emergency Medicine, she worked for ten years in the academic and community setting as a Labor and Delivery nurse and has maintained a passion for women’s health and maternal care. She is fellowship trained in Emergency Ultrasound and serves as Core Content Expert for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Emergency Medicine. She has worked with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology to help develop their AIM Obstetric Emergency Readiness Resource Kit- a collection of best practices to aid in readiness efforts to appropriately care for people experiencing obstetric emergencies in non-obstetric settings. She is an educator for the STORK program, a grant funded research project developed in 2022 by the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services to teach emergency obstetric care to prehospital and rural emergency providers and staff using didactics and high fidelity simulation. She is actively engaged in resident mentorship and serves as Faculty Chair of the UMMC Emergency Medicine Wellness Committee. She lives with her three children in Madison, Mississippi.

Education

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921607/2020 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, American Board of Emergency Medicine12/2021 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure06/2019 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Best Faculty Lecture of 2024-2025 AY, UMMC Department of Emergency Medicine2025
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award, UMMC Department of Emergency Medicine2020
Emergency Medicine Star Resident of the Quarter, UMMC Department of Emergency Medicine2019
Emergency Medicine Research Award, UMMC Department of Emergency Medicine2019
School of Medicine Leadership Award, University of Mississippi School of Medicine2017
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, UMMC School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society2017