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Ricardo Lewitus, M.D. (born November 1, 1949) Dr. Ricardo Lewitus is a pediatrician in Sudbury, Massachusetts and was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including MetroWest Medical Center and UMass Memorial Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Cayetano Heredia University and has been in practice for more than 40 years. Dr. Lewitus is also an entrepreneur with deep roots in the world of classical music and the arts. Born in Lima, Peru, he is the son of the late Hans Lewitus, a professor at the Lima Conservatory of Music and a founding member of the Peruvian Symphony Orchestra as lead clarinetist. His mother, Eva Heller de Lewitus, is a retired photographer.

Early life
He went from the age of 5 till 15 to Franco Peruano School where he graduated in 1965.

By 1963, he was appointed official photographer for the school events, a position he held until 1965. In 1964, on the occasion of French President Charles De Gaulle's visit to Peru and during his stopover in the Franco Peruano school, Ricardo Lewitus shook hands with the French president. In 1965, he enlisted in the military service of the Peruvian Army and he graduated as First Brigadier. From 1962 and until 1973, he became leader of the Jewish Youth organization Kineret.

Medical career
Dr. Lewitus is a graduate of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, where he received his medical degree in 1976. He completed his pediatric residency in New York, and was a practicing pediatrician in Massachusetts for over 40 years until his retirement in 2016. He served as Chief of Pediatrics at Marlborough Hospital and later became active with the MetroWest Physicians Organization as a board member and as pediatric medical director.

Musical career
Since his retirement, Dr. Lewitus has become more active in pursuing his interest in music.

He has produced three CD’s of his father’s arrangements of music: ;Recorders Latin Music for Recorders in 2017, Sacred Songs for Recorder Quartet from J.S.Bach in 2019 and De Johann a Hans J.S.Bach Canciones Sagradas in 2021. Dr. Lewitus has also been instrumental in the recent publication by the Universidad Nacional de Música (Lima Peru) of his father’s arrangements of Slovak music for clarinet: Obras para dúo y trio de clarinetes, April 2018.

He and his wife, Marla, have endowed a scholarship for a piano student and another one for a clarinetist at the ;Conservatory Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

He is a sponsor of the Vivace Vilnius Music Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania, and has sponsored recitals for Boston Conservatory piano students in Lima, Peru and in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Dr. Lewitus currently serves on the Leadership Circle of Boston Conservatory at Berklee and as a Chairman of the Board of the ;organization Kaleidoscope Musart organization.

Sports
He participated in the Macabiadas Panamericanas in 1976 with the Volley ball team and he received an Honors Diploma for his participation.

Author
Dr. Lewitus is the author of a children’s book, What Does the Sign Say? , which received a Moonbeam award in 2008 and has sold over 18,000 copies. He has also authored:

– Chazuta - Memorias de un externado, published by Bookemon in 2013.

– My Pediatrician Meu Pediatria Mi pediatría, a wordless book upon his retirement in 2016 and dedicated as a present to all of his patients.

– From Conception to Birth: My 38-week Journey, issued in 2021.

Photography
He is an accomplished photographer in his own right, winning Honorable Mention in a photography contest sponsored by the mayor’s office of the City of Lima in 1971.

Theater
He has also been involved in theater arts, playing the role of Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank and  Irving  in “El rapto del Papa” (Joao Betancourt)  under the acclaimed director Ricardo Roca Rey in 1975 and 1976.