Thomas Lewis, M.D.

Thomas Lewis md

physician

writer

speaker

creative

medical training

I attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where I also did my internship, residency, and fellowship training

private practice

I see adult patients for psychotherapy and/or psychopharmacology.

current status

My practice is currently full and I am unable to see new patients, in either treatment or consultation

limbic resonance

is a process

of interpersonal attunement

between connected people.

I coined this phrase in A General Theory of Love to describe the mental, emotional, and physiologic synchrony that occurs between mammals who are bonded through attachment - or, as it is first described in the book, "a symphony of mutual exchange and internal adaptation whereby two mammals become attuned to each other's inner states." The term has since achieved a widespread cultural adoption, with its own Wikipedia page, and it served as the title for the first episode of the Netflix series Sense8.

forever young

In our midst, a scientific revolution is taking place: medical science has now seized control of the very mechanisms of life itself. Throughout human history, aging was an inevitable part of every person’s life. Now, longevity scientists tell us that aging is a physiologic process they can modulate. Science today has the power to slow aging and may soon attain the power to stop – and even to reverse – the aging process. This sounds like science from a far-off future, but it’s not. As Dr. Nir Birzalai says in Forever Young:, “This is science now — it’s not science fiction.”

Forever Young is a feature-length documentary film, directed by David Donnelly and produced by James Johnson. The film examines not only the substance but the implications of the incredible advances in longevity science being made around us.

I appear in Forever Young as one of the experts who explain the science, and I am also a consulting producer on the film.

LEARN MORE

Click below for the film's website, where you can find out more about the content and themes of the film.

LEARN MORE

Click below for the film's IMDB page, where you can find out more about the cast, crew, composer, and production.

SPeAKING

I frequently give talks on topics related to the intersection of neuroscience and the human experiences. To the right are some of the the courses I've taught at the University of San Francisco (USF), where I am an adjunct professor.

all the details & everything else

SPEAKING

At the link below, you can download a description of nearly every talk and lecture I’ve ever given.

EXPERT

I have served as an expert witness in a number of cases, including federal cases in which my opinion was influential in the Court’s decision.

INVENTION

I’m the co-inventor of US Patent #7126627, a device to establish direct eye contact while using videoconferencing.

WRITING

In addition to A General Theory of Love, I’ve written a small number of scientific papers which you can find referenced at the link below.

EDUCATION

All the details of my educational background are below, should anyone have any interest in that, although I’m not sure why anyone would.

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