Michele C. Lewis

Shelly Lewis, a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics, is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of Clinical Education in the physical therapy department at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Outside of clinical education, Shelly's primary teaching responsibilities are ethics, professionalism, progressive neurologic diseases, interprofessional palliative care, and acute care. She continues to practice in the acute care setting at Pennsylvania Hospital, where she began her career as a physical therapist. Shelly earned her BSPT and MPT from the University of Evansville, her tDPT from Arcadia University, and her EdD from A.T. Still University. Her research focus is on clinical education, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and Health Humanities. Shelly is a member of many professional organizations and holds leadership positions in several of them, including serving as chair of the Philadelphia Area Clinical Education Consortium. Shelly was a founding membe