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Dr. Gerald Lewis - MB ChB, FRACP, FRCP (UK), MD (Otago)
Specialist General Physician, Cardiologist and Clinical Pharmacologist

In all of his medical posts Dr Gerald Lewis has been a General Physician, maintaining his expertise and interest in most medical specialities. He is an invasive cardiologist and clinical pharmacologist.
In his years working at the Centre for Advanced Medicine (CAM) he developed further expertise in the management of Cancer with conventional and complementary therapies.

Dr Gerald is the author of many books and articles on high blood pressure, angina, heart disease, cancer, nutrition and supplements.

Dr Gerald Lewis is cited in both Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Medicine, for his discovery of the use of calcium channel blocker drugs in the treatment of high blood pressure (Lewis et al 1978). He is also cited in Leading Physicians of the World for his work.

Dr Lewis pioneered:-

The use of intravenous Vitamin C to treat cancer and infections-
The use of Cardiac CT scanning for Calcium-
EECP for angina and heart failure-
Cardiac catheterization in smaller cities in New Zealand.Throughout his career,
Dr Gerald has worked in public and private medical hospitals in the UK, Christchurch, Napier, Wellington and Auckland (NZ). He also headed the medical team at Salus Health (CT cardiac scanning for calcium), The Centre For Advanced Medicine (intravenous Vitamin C and chelation therapy) and Primary Heart Care (EECP therapy).Dr Gerald served on the NZ National Heart Foundation Scientific Committee, Advisory committee to the NZ Government on the introduction of new drugs (PTAC), Secretary in the NZ Cardiac Society, Editorial board to Addis press, and a lecturer for the Otago Medical School.

Dr Gerald was elected as a Fellow in both the Australasian and UK Colleges of Physicians , after completing his postgraduate training in Coventry (UK), at Hammersmith and St Thomas' Hospitals (London). He graduated MB ChB from the Otago Medical School (1967), and was awarded his MD (1977) on the topic of "Changes in Myocardial Function following open heart surgery"

Dr Gerald is married with three grown daughters, and four grandchildren. He lives in Taupo on his rural property, and runs a private medical consulting practice, both in person and latterly online, so that he can provide services to people who would otherwise not be able to access a physician or quality second medical opinions. He enjoys reading, walking, cycling the New Zealand cycle ways, fishing, golf, and appreciating the sheer beauty of nature.