Bernard Lewinsky Explained

Bernard Lewinsky
Birth Name:Bernard Salomon Lewinsky
Birth Date:10 January 1943
Birth Place:San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality:American
Occupation:Physician, medical researcher
Spouse:
    Children:2, including Monica
    Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
    University of Oregon
    University of California, Irvine

    Bernard Salomon Lewinsky[1] (born January 10, 1943) is a Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher. He is also a photographer, and many of his photographs are displayed at medical offices. He organized a legal defense fund for his daughter Monica during an inquiry into her relationship with President Bill Clinton.

    Early life and education

    Lewinsky's parents, Susi and George Lewinsky, were German Jews who left Germany in the 1920s, and settled in El Salvador.[2] [3] His mother was from Hamburg. Both of them were highly involved in the arts, with his mother being a landscape painter and his father a violinist. Lewinsky was born in San Salvador.[4] During his childhood, Lewinsky was interested in photography, but after the family moved to the United States in 1957 when he was 14, he turned to medicine. His interest in photography renewed in 1987, when he began using photographs in his radiology practice and going to photography workshops.[5] [6] In 1976, he joined the Sinai Temple.[7]

    Lewinsky attended the University of California, Berkeley, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in biology. He next attended the University of Oregon for a Master of Science in biology in 1965. Finally, he received his medical degree in 1969 at the University of California, Irvine. His medical internship was at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. Then he spent two years in the army as Chief of Radiation Therapy Services at the Letterman Army Hospital, for which he was awarded a Commendation Medal. After his schooling and training was complete, he began working in 1977 at the Western Tumor Medical Group as a junior assistant. In 1978 Lewinsky became a partner with the group. That same year, he helped open a new facility in West Hills and in 1990 another facility in Valencia. He has worked with the group ever since, becoming its president in 1994. After the other partners sold their stakes to Lewinsky, he became the sole proprietor.[8]

    Medical career

    Lewinsky is a board-certified radiation oncologist who is among the top 15% of breast cancer researchers in terms of publication volume, according to Vitals.com.[9] He is the President and owner of West Hills Radiation Therapy Center.[10] Lewinsky is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and also serves on the Medical Advisory Board of The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura, a cancer support organization.[11]

    Lewinsky has studied non-surgical cancer treatments that aim to reduce the number of treatments that patients receive.[12] He has also partnered with a veterinarian oncologist to help treat animals with cancer.[13] Lewinsky has published a number of medical papers in collaboration with several other scientists that focus on breast cancer.[14] [15] [16] He has also been published in various textbooks.[17]

    His earliest job in oncology was a residency at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, California.

    Photography

    Lewinsky is also an accomplished photographer.[18] [19] His photographs are displayed in a "healing art gallery" at the West Hills radiation therapy center plus 20 medical offices across the country.[20] Lewinsky has published a book of his photographs titled Nature – Our Healing Partner that is primarily aimed at his patients. The proceeds from its sale benefit the American Cancer Society.[21] In January 2002, a number of his works were featured at the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery in an exhibit titled "The Healing Arts". Divided into two parts, one "focus[ed] entirely on work that Lewinsky has done for his treatment center", while the second featured "work borrowed from hospitals across the country"."

    In order to learn to be a better photographer, Lewinsky attended workshops by famous photographers such as Howard Bond, John Sexton, Ray McSavaney, and Tom Morse.[22] Lewinsky has stated that one whose photography he attempted to emulate in his early efforts was Ansel Adams.[23]

    Personal life

    Lewinsky married Marcia Kaye Vilensky (born 1949), his first wife, in 1969. They had two children—Monica, in 1973, and Michael, in 1977. The couple divorced in 1987.[24]

    From 19951997, his daughter Monica was involved in a relationship with then-President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky organized a legal defense fund for his daughter, announcing it on the Today Show.[25] In a 1998 CNN interview, he described Monica's defense attorney William H. Ginsburg as a "close friend", and spoke out against government and media scrutiny of his daughter.[26]

    Further reading

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Yglesias . Linda . Richard T. Pienciak . February 1, 1998 . Monica: Making of a Temptress . Daily News . New York . https://web.archive.org/web/20090625061955/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1998/02/01/1998-02-01_monica__making_of_a_temptress.html . June 25, 2009.
    2. News: Deaths: Miriam Meyerowitz . . July 26, 2012 . January 15, 2015.
    3. Book: Morton, Andrew . Monica's Story . Macmillan . 1999 . 15 . 978-0-312-97362-9.
    4. News: Heller. Rachel. Doctor Calms Radiation Fears With Nature Photos. July 4, 2011. Jewish Journal. March 11, 2009.
    5. Nodecker . Natalie . December 2001 . Healing Nature . American Photo . 17–18 . . July 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326191101/http://www.lewinskyphotography.com/lewinskyphotography.com/Lewinsky_Photography_-_Interviews_and_Downloads_files/AmericanPhoto.pdf . March 26, 2012 . dead .
    6. News: Pooley. Eric. Monica's World. July 4, 2011. Time. March 2, 1998.
    7. News: L.A. temple fends off Lewinsky inquiries . Tugend . Tom . . January 30, 1998 . July 5, 2011.
    8. Linda Boone Hunt . December 2000 . Picture of loyalty . Modern Physician . 4 . 12 . 38 . July 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326191309/http://www.lewinskyphotography.com/lewinskyphotography.com/Lewinsky_Photography_-_Interviews_and_Downloads_files/modphysarticle.pdf . March 26, 2012 . dead .
    9. Web site: Bernard S Lewinsky, MD. Vitals.com. July 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005061827/http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Bernard_Lewinsky.html. October 5, 2011. dead.
    10. Web site: Bernard S. Lewinsky, MD, FACR – Medical Director & Radiation Oncologist. West Hills Radiation Therapy Center. July 4, 2011.
    11. Web site: Medical Advisory Board. The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura. July 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110704070410/http://www.twcvv.org/about/medical_advisory_board.asp. July 4, 2011. dead.
    12. News: Dador. Denise. Cancer patients excited about new treatments. July 5, 2011. KABC-TV. March 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110413091447/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fhealth%2Fyour_health&id=7334096. April 13, 2011. live.
    13. News: Lewinsky Dad Using His Clinic To Treat Cancer In Animals. July 5, 2011. The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 3, 1999.
    14. Melvin J. Silverstein . Michael D. Lagios . Pamela H. Craig . James R. Waisman . Bernard S. Lewinsky . William J. Colburn . David N. Poller . M.C.R.Path . amp . December 6, 1998 . A prognostic index for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast . . 77 . 11 . 2267–2274 . . 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960601)77:11<2267::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-V. 8635094 . 5822088 . free .
    15. Silverstein MJ, Lagios MD, Groshen S, Waisman JR, Lewinsky BS, Martino S, Gamagami P, Colburn WJ . May 13, 1999 . The influence of margin width on local control of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast . . 340 . 19 . 1455–1461 . . 10.1056/NEJM199905133401902. 10320383. free .
    16. News: Rethinking radiation after a breast surgery . Peter J. Howe . . May 13, 1999 . July 5, 2011 . November 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107090738/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/41345485.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+13,+1999&author=Peter+J.+Howe,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=Rethinking+radiation+after+a+breast+surgery&pqatl=google . dead .
    17. Book: Silberman, Howard . Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Difficult Problems . Silberman, Allan W. . 2009 . . 219–228 . 978-0-7817-6546-6 . July 5, 2011.
    18. Web site: Monica Lewinsky's Dad: Dr. Bernard Lewinsky. Delicious Day. July 4, 2011. November 24, 2008.
    19. Web site: Rubright. Linda. We Wish More Doctors Were Like Dr. Bernard Lewinsky. WaitingroomMagazine.com. July 4, 2011. July 14, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111015042531/http://waitingroommagazine.com/feature.php?id=4. October 15, 2011.
    20. News: Health Calendar . . July 9, 2007 . July 5, 2011.
    21. News: Dador. Denise. Cancer doc heals through photography. ABC News. July 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010092103/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fhealth&id=6297515. October 10, 2012. live.
    22. Avi Amiel . Jeremy Rosenberg . amp . Bernard Lewinsky on his photography . Art Collector International . 2 . 2 . 18–27 . July 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326191142/http://www.lewinskyphotography.com/lewinskyphotography.com/Lewinsky_Photography_-_Interviews_and_Downloads_files/ArtCollector.pdf . March 26, 2012 . dead .
    23. Margie Anne Clark . December 2006 – January 2007 . In Ansel's Footsteps: A Doctor's Approach to Healing . Élite . 32–34 . Prime Publications . July 8, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326191255/http://www.lewinskyphotography.com/lewinskyphotography.com/Lewinsky_Photography_-_Interviews_and_Downloads_files/Elitemagazine.pdf . March 26, 2012 . dead .
    24. News: Leen. Jeff. Role Puts Spotlight on Lewinsky's Mother. July 4, 2011. The Washington Post. February 4, 1998.
    25. News: Lacher. Irene. A Talk With Monica's Main Man. July 4, 2011. Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1998.
    26. News: Sources: Lewinsky Testifies She Had A Dozen Sexual Encounters With Clinton. July 4, 2011. CNN. August 6, 1998. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009064204/http://articles.cnn.com/1998-08-06/politics/lewinsky_1_lewinsky-testimony-immunity-deal-grand-jury?_s=PM%3AALLPOLITICS. October 9, 2012.

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