I earned my medical degree from Loma Linda University and completed my family medicine residency at the University of Minnesota. I brought my passion for slow, unhurried medicine back to Nebraska, where I get to practice care the way it was meant to be. When I don't have my stethoscope on, I am a pastor's wife, boy mom, and dog mom. I'm also a lifelong horse girl, an aspiring gardener, and an avid fantasy reader. (INFP & proud Hufflepuff).
I'm Lorelii Lewis, board certified family medicine doctor- and your new friend.
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Medical School Graduation- 2016!
was born from the belief that
healthcare should lighten the load families carry — not add to it.
One experience stayed with me. A mother reached out after her toddler had already been evaluated but wasn't getting better. She wasn't asking for unnecessary medication. She was asking for help.
I knew I couldn't responsibly prescribe treatment without another assessment — but I also knew how much I was asking of a working parent: rearrange the day, pay for another visit, and bring a sick child back into a waiting room. That wasn't anyone's fault. It was simply how the system worked. And I realized it no longer reflected the kind of physician I wanted to be.
Like so many parents, I suddenly experienced healthcare through different eyes. Not as a physician. As a mom. I found myself asking questions I had never fully appreciated before. Why does getting help have to be so complicated? Why do parents have to choose between another copay and peace of mind? Why are physicians given so little time to truly know the people they're caring for?
Then, in 2023, I became a mom. And everything changed.
I didn't become a physician because I loved science — although I certainly do. I became a family physician because I love people.
For more than ten years I've cared for newborns, children, parents, grandparents, and everyone in between. Walking alongside families through both ordinary days and life's most difficult moments has been one of the greatest privileges of my life.
For much of that time, I believed I could make the greatest difference by working harder inside the traditional healthcare system.