Carnie Lewis OTD, OTR/L, CLT (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

Keck Hospital
CHP 133
(323) 442-5370
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Carnie Lewis completed her Bachelor’s to Master’s (BS-MA) progressive degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California. She then completed her Occupational Therapy Doctorate at USC with an acute care clinical residency at USC’s Keck Hospital and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Hospital. Throughout her clinical residency, she worked on further advancing occupational therapy’s role in multidisciplinary fall prevention and exploring OT’s role in palliative care within the acute care healthcare system. In addition, Carnie has a passion for advocacy and healthcare policy at the local, national and International level.

Dr. Lewis currently serves as a clinical faculty member at Keck Hospital of USC and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Hospital. She is a certified lymphedema therapist, and continues to focus on advancing occupational therapy within fall prevention and palliative care. In addition, Dr. Lewis currently serves as the OTAC Practice, Ethics and Reimbursement Co-Chair.

Education

Selected Publications

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.