Akeem R. Lewis, M.D.

Akeem R. Lewis, M.D., is a board-certified medical oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who specializes in kidney, prostate, bladder and testicular cancers.

Dr. Lewis believes the best cancer care is a partnership. He takes time to explain treatment options in plain language and include patients and their families in each decision. His approach focuses on choosing treatments carefully, managing symptoms so patients can keep doing what matters to them, and making sure each patient understands all of their options, including clinical trials of promising new therapies.

Dr. Lewis is a clinical investigator who leads investigator-initiated trials for advanced kidney cancer, testing new combinations of immunotherapy. His research aims to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer more effectively, with the goal of helping patients live longer and better. His work is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. He has published in journals including The Prostate and Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, and he co-authored a chapter in Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, one of the leading textbooks in the field.