Lewis Justin
Contact:
juslewis@ucdavis.edu
jlewis@calpoison.org

Titles:

  • Director, California Poison Control System – Sacramento Division
  • Associate Clinical Professor - UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
  • Assistant Clinical Professor – UC Davis School of Medicine

Education:
PharmD., University of California, San Francisco, 2009

Post-graduate Training:
Board certified as a Clinical Toxicologist by the American Board of Applied Toxicology (2015)

Research Interests:
Poisonings, Bites and Stings, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Poison Prevention, Drugs of Abuse

Rotations Precepted:
Poison Control / Clinical Toxicology (PGY1 Acute and Ambulatory care, PGY2 EM, Critical Care, Pediatrics)

Bio:
Dr. Lewis earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy from UCSF in 2009 and took a position with the California Poison Control System (CPCS) – Sacramento Division as a Toxicology Management Specialist in 2010.

Dr. Lewis joined the UCSF volunteer clinical faculty in 2011 and is currently a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Pharmacy. He precepts UCSF APPE students who take the Poison Control / Toxicology rotation as well as UCD Medicine students, and UOP Pharmacy students. He has lectured at state and national conferences to audiences of physicians, pharmacists and nurses. He has 7 peer reviewed publications, several book chapters and has developed many clinical guidelines for CPCS.

In 2013, he transitioned to an administrative position at CPCS – Sacramento Division where he serves as the Director.   Dr. Lewis precepts the Poison Control / Toxicology Rotation for Pharmacy Practice Residents, helps train UCD Medical Toxicology Fellows, and applies his academic and clinical background to providing care for poisoned patients across California. For the 2017 – 2018 year Dr. Lewis was awarded the Residency Preceptor of the Year.