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Richard Jonathan Levy, MD

The Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Center for Surgical Care

Departments
Associate Division Chief, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Critical Care Medicine

Programs
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Program
Cardiac Critical Care
Fetal and Transitional Medicine



Board CertificationsAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Critical Care
National Provider Identifier1861550725
E-Mail
Service LocationsChildren's National Medical Center - Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
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Phone: 202-476-5000
Biography

Richard Levy, MD, is a fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologist. He is the vice chief of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and director of Cardiac Anesthesiology, which provides care for infants and children with heart defects.

Dr. Levy is an active researcher focused on sepsis-associated myocardial dysfunction and improving patient safety.

Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Undergraduate Education State University of New York Brooklyn, NYBachelor of Science Biology 1991
Medical School New York Medical College Valhalla, NYDoctor of Medicine 1991 -1995

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Internship Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAIntern Pediatric 1995 - 1996
Residency Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAResident Pediatrics 1996 - 1998
Residency Program Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAResident Anesthesia 1998 - 2001
Fellowship Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAFellow Pediatric Anesthesiology 2000 - 2001
Fellowship Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAFellow Pediatric Critical Care 2001 - 2003
In the News

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National & International Recognitions
AwardInstitutionEventYear
Super DoctorsWashington Post Magazine2011
Young Investigator Award American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists2001

Affiliations and Memberships
TitleInstitutionCommittee / SectionYears
MemberAmerican Physiology Society
MemberAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists
MemberCongenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society
MemberSociety of Pediatric Anesthesia
MemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine
Publications
Journal Article, Levy, R.J., Deutschman, C.S. (2007), Deficient mitochondrial biogenesis in critical illness: cause, effect, or epiphenomenon , Critical Care, 11, 4, 158.

Journal Article, Levy, R.J. (2007), Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Bioenergetic Impairment, and MetabolicDown-regulation in Sepsis , Shock, 28, 4, 8.

Journal Article, Muravchick, S., Levy, R.J. (2006), Clinical Implications of Mitochondrial Dysfunction., Anesthesiology, 105, 819-837.

Book Chapter, Levy, R.J., Muravchick, S.M. (2006), Mitochondrial Diseases, In Levy, R.J., Muravchick, S.M., Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases, 455-467.

Journal Article, Deutschman, C.S., Levy, R.J., Weiss, Y.G. (2005), Glutamine and heat shock proteins: One more approach to lung injury, Critical Care Med, 33, 1422-1424.

Journal Article, Iheagwara, K.N., Piel, D.A., Deutschman, C.S., Thom, S.R., Levy, R.J. (2005), Inhibition of myocardial cytochrome oxidase following carbon monoxide exposure, Critical Care Medicine, 33, 12.

Journal Article, Lee, L., Levy, R.J., Piel, D.A., Deutschman, C.S. (2005), Cytochrome oxidase inhibition in septic liver, Crtitical Care Medicine, 33, 12.

Journal Article, Piel, D.A., Deutschman, C.S., Levy, R.J. (2005), Mitochondrial cytochrome c is released in the septic heart leading to myocardial apoptosis, Shock, 23, 126.

Journal Article, Levy, R.J., Piel, D.A., Acton, P.D., Zhou, R., Karp, J.S., Ferrari, V.A., Deutschman, C.S. (2005), Evidence of myocardial hibernation in the septic heart, Shock, 23, 181.

Journal Article, Levy, R.J., Deutschman, C.S. (2004), Evaluating myocardial depression in sepsis, Shock, 22, 1-10.


For a more comprehensive list of publications for Richard Levy, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database



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