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Kristina Lewis, MD, MPH

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Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) · Wake Forest University School of Medicine

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Region🇺🇸 Winston Salem, NC · Southeast · United StatesSpecialtyObesity MedicineFocusBariatric Surgery and Outcomes+4
Active KOLFindMyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2026Online presenceNone verifiedPayments2025–2025NIH funding2021–2025

Kristina Lewis is Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 94 publications with 1,218 citations (h-index 20); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 4 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 5 Nov 2026

Kristina Henderson Lewis, MD MPH SM, is Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The public record shows 94 publications with 1,218 citations (h-index 20), centered on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Obesity and Health Practices. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2021–2025).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · JMIR pediatrics and parenting
  • Top research focus: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 3 companies

Generated from the cited public record · current as of 5 Nov 2026. Every fact links its source below.

Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Obesity5 trialsAtrial FibrillationHypertensionType 2 DiabetesDepression (MDD)EpilepsySchizophrenia

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesObesity, Physical Activity, DietObesity and Health PracticesPharmacology and Obesity TreatmentBody Contouring and Surgery

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Benlystageneric · BelimumabClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Novo Nordisk IncClinical trials—Industry payments6Wake Forest University Health SciencesClinical trials4Industry payments—GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Kaiser PermanenteClinical trials1Industry payments—Stryker CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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94publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 24 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.

1,218citations

Citations across these publications.

20h-index

H-index from these publications. i10-index 29.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
5clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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3companies · 2025–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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2NIH grants · 2021–2025

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

An office address from a public listing. This research profile has no federal registry record to draw from.

Office address

4614 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104

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Clinical trials

Updated 5 Nov 2026

Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 5 Nov 2026

3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2025–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 5 Nov 2026

2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2021–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Congress activity

Updated 5 Nov 2026

2 congress contributions (2018–2026) across ADA, AHA per OpenAlex. The most recent:

Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 5 Nov 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

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Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
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Network

Updated 5 Nov 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

David E Arterburn24Deborah Rohm Young18Jamy D. Ard17Karen J. Coleman14Darren D. Moore12Jason P. Block11Silvia R. Paz11Sameer B. Murali11Adam Drewnowski11Bhumi B. Bhakta10Joseph A. Skelton10James Frank Wharam10Ming Ji9Dennis Ross‐Degnan9Sengwee Toh8Stephanie Argetsinger7Matthew F. Daley7Mayra M. Macias7Marlaine Figueroa Gray7Fang Zhang7Adolfo Fernandez7Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman6Kimberly G. Montez6David M. Janicke5Walter J. Pories5Amy E. Rothberg5Callie L. Brown5Kimberly Anne Gudzune5Joshua Petimar5Brianna Taylor5Judy Loper5Katherine Callaway Kim5S. Coburn4Fang‐Chi Hsu4Laura E. Matarese4Ayae Yamamoto4Sarah S. Cohen4Morgana Mongraw‐Chaffin4Justin B. Moore4William J. Heerman4

Background & recognition

Updated 5 Nov 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • MD

    Tulane University School of Medicine

    2007
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗

Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments
  • Chair-elect

    Health Services Research Section, The Obesity Society

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthaffairs.org ↗

Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Associate Professor

    Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)

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  • Associate Professor

    Implementation Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)

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  • Associate Professor

    Bariatric and Weight Management, Surgery (Winston-Salem)

    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗

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