Cynthia Major Lewis, MD
Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Cynthia Major Lewis, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services. Dr. Lewis is the Co-chair of The Baltimore City Suicide Prevention Legislative Workgroup. She is Co-Chair of the legislative committee and was recently voted onto the MPS Council of the Maryland Psychiatric Society. She is a founding member of the BEST PUNT group, focusing on helping the plight of patients who are our most vulnerable and disenfranchised. Dr. Lewis has been a tireless advocate for her patients who because of their persistent and severe mental illness, cannot advocate for themselves. Her advocacy included the providing of written and oral testimony that helped to get Maryland's first Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program that was signed into law by Governor Wes Moore on May 16, 2024. Dr. Lewis was recently awarded the Presidential Award of Excellence by the Maryland Psychiatric Society and the Marcia G. Pines Lifetime Advocacy and Service Award by NAMI Baltimore.