James, M Lewis, DMD attended the University of Alabama and earned his dental degree from the School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, in 1985. He has maintained a general dentistry p...mehr sehenJames, M Lewis, DMD attended the University of Alabama and earned his dental degree from the School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, in 1985. He has maintained a general dentistry practice since that time, exclusively in Madison, AL since 1986.
Dr. Lewis completed a Fellowship in Forensic Odontology from the Center for Education and Research in Forensics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2001. As a forensic odontologist, he assisted in victim identification in New York following the World Trade Center attack; and since 2003, he has served as a consultant to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS). And, is a volunteer to the Alabama Office of Emergency Preparedness in relation to its mass disaster response group.
Dr. Lewis is a Fellow of Odontology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), became board certified by the American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO) in 2008, has served on the Board of Governors of the American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO) and President of the organization in 2012. For the American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO), he served as member and Chair of the Dental Age Assessment Committee, 2008 – 2015; as a member of the Certification and Examination Committee, 2011 – 2015; Bitemark Evidence and Patterned Injury Committee, 2008 – 2015 and 2017; and currently holds the Office of ABFO Secretary. He is currently appointed to the Odontology Subcommittee, Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Dr. Lewis is on faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Dentistry, Fellowship in Forensic Odontology at The University of Tennessee, Graduate School of Medicine and adjunct faculty for the Center for Education and Research in Forensics (CERF), Fellowship in Forensic Odontology; and, the SW Symposium on Forensic Dentistry. He has authored text book chapters and articles in pier reviewed journals on forensic odontology.weniger sehen