Dr. Joanna Lewis received her MD from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School in 2005.  She completed both residency and chief residency at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  She now serves as the pediatric residency program director at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.  She has been in this role for 10 years.   Her clinical focus is general pediatrics and school health and her scholarly focus is pediatric residency recruitment and innovations in medical education, including being the lead for the ACGME AIRE Pilot of X+Y scheduling.  Dr. Lewis is the Chair of the APPD Residency Recruitment Action Team, a group that brings together leaders from UME and GME along with medical students and current residents to develop best practices in pediatric residency recruitment.