CURRICULUM VITAE Revised: October 18, 2012 Name: Howard Ira Levy, M.D. Office Addresss: The Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center 59 Executive Park South Atlanta, GA 30329 (404) 778-7138 Citizenship: U.S.A. Current Titles and Affiliations: Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1993 - present Previous Academic and Professional Appointments Interim Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, United Hospital Medical Center Port Chester, NY January 1993 - September 1993 Clinical Instructor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York July 1993 - September 1993 Attending Physician, Rehabilitation Medicine Service Bronx VAMC, Bronx, NY June 1992 - September 1993 Clinical Assistant, Department of Surgery Day of Admission Surgery Screening, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York September 1988 - February 1989 Staff Physician, Rikers Island Health Services Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY August 1987 - September 1988 Licensures/Boards: 1987 National Medical Boards 1987 #171347 New York State 1992 #36207 Georgia Speciality Boards 1993 American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education: Durham, North Carolina B.S. E. in Biomedical Engineering
May 1982 University of Miami School of Medicine M.D. Miami, Florida May 1986 Postgraduate Training: Internship in General Surgery Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY July 1986 - June 1987 Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY March 1989 - April 1992 Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Bronx V.A. Medical Center, Bronx, NY April 1992 - June 1992 Honors and Awards: University of Miami Board of Trustees Scholarship University of Miami School of Medicine 1982-1986 Cum Laude - B.S.E. with Research Distinction May 1982 Martin-Marietta Corporation Foundation Scholarship 1978-1982 Society Memberships: 1993 Fellow, Active Member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation January 1993 - Present 1993 Charter Member of Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation, November Formal Teaching Orthopaedic Residency Program Emory University School of Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation September 27, 2011 Orthopaedic Residency Program Lecture Spondylosis October 27, 2011
Lectureships, Seminar Invitations, and Visiting Professorships: 1. Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia, March Neck Pain/Arm Pain: Primary Care Mangement March 29-30, 1996 2. Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia, Low Back Pain: Primary Care Management March 29-30, 1996 3. Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia, Herniated Disc: Primary Care Management. March 29-30, 1996 4. Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia Spinal Stenosis: Primary Care Mangement March 29-30, 1996 5. Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia How to Write a Physical Therapy Prescription. March 29-30, 1996 6. Second Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Atlanta, Georgia. Pain Radiating to the Shoulder/Arm: Primary Care Management March 21-22, 1997 7. Second Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Low Back Pain: Primary Care Management Atlanta, Georgia, March 21-22, 1997 8. Second Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Lumbar Disc Hernation: Primary Care Management Atlanta, Georgia, March 21-22, 1997 9. Second Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems How to Write a Physical Therapy Prescription: Primary Care Management Altanta, Georgia, March 21-22, 1997 10. Emory Clinic Women s Health Series Low Back Pain Atlanta, Georgia April 15, 1997 11. Third Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems Low Back Pain: Primary Care Management Atlanta, Georgia, March 27-28, 1998 12. Third Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. Lumbar Disc Hernation: Primary Care Management Atlanta, Georgia, March 27-28, 1998 13. Third Annual Essentials of Primary Care for Back and Neck Problems. How to Write a Physical Therapy Prescription Atlanta, Georgia, March 27-28, 1998 14. Office Orthopaedics: Sports Medicine and Spine Problems, Atlanta, Georgia Primary Care Management of Back/Leg Pain March 22-23, 2002 15. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems, Atlanta, Georgia Primary Care Management of Back/Leg Pain 2003 16. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems, Atlanta, Georgia Emory University School of Medicine, March 26-27, 2004 Spinal Infections: When, Why, What Kind?
17. Office Orthopaedics: Sports Medicine and Spine Problems, Atlanta, Georgia Emory University School of Medicine, April 15-16, 2005 Spinal Injections: When, Why, What Kind? 18. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems, Atlanta, Georgia March 31 April 1, 2006 Spinal Infections: When, Why, What Kind? 19. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems April 20-21, 2007 Spinal Injections: when, why, what kind? 20. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems April 25-26, 2008 21. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems April 29-30, 2011 22. Office Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Problems April 27-28, 2012 Invitations to National and International Conferences 1. AAPMR Meeting Low Back Pain Algorithm: A Tool for Managed Care Orlando, Florida, November 16-20, 1995 2. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting Mattresses and Sleep in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Survey of Orthopaedic Surgeons.(Poster Presentation) Atlanta, Georgia February 22-26, 1996 3. NASS Three Question Depression Screener in Lumbar Disc Herniation and Stenosis San Francisco, CA October 28-31, 1998 4. NASS Patient Satisfaction with Outcomes in Neck and Low Back Pain San Francisco, CA, October 28-31, 1998 5. AAPM&R Meeting Three Question Depression Screener in Lumbar Disc Herniation and Stenosis. Seattle, Washington, November 5-8, 1998 6. AAPM&R Patient Satisfaction with Outcomes in Neck and Low Back Pain Seattle, Washington, November 5-8, 1998 7. 62nd Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Comparison of the SF-36 and the Million Visual Analog Scale in Assessing Improvement in patients with spinal pain syndromes in physical therapy. November 4, 2000 Bibliography:
Refereed Journals: 1.. Levy H, Hutton WC: (1996) Mattresses and sleep for patients with low back pain: a survey of orthopaedic surgeons. Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 5(3)185-7, 2. Boden SD, Dreyer SJ. Levy HI (1998). Management of low back pain. Current assessment and formulation of a blueprint for the health care delivery system of the future. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 9(2)419-33 3. Levy HI (2000) Cervical pain syndromes: primary care diagnosis and management. Compr Ther 26(2)82-8 4. Levy HI, Hanscom B, Boden SD. (2002) Three-question depression screener used for lumbar disc herniations and spinal stenosis. Spine 27(11)1232-7, June 1 Book Chapters: Levy HI. Non-operative Management of Failed Lumbar Surgery NSN Text on Spinal Disorders (In Press) Levy HI. Low back pain: history and physical examination. IN: Kaplansky, BD (ed) Occupational Low Back Pain: aggressive nonsurgical care. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2000. pp 3-24 Other Publications: 1. Levy HI, Garrett WE, Seaber AV. (1981) Electromyographical mapping of nerve regeneration after surgical intervention. Presented at the 28th Annual ORS meeting, New Orleans (abstract) 2. Levy HI, Hutton WC. (1996) Mattresses and Sleep for Patients with Low Back Pain: A Survey of Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic Transactions 20(1)225 3. Levy HI. (1998) Primary Care Management of Low Back Pain. Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, June 1998, p. 45-54 4. Levy HI. (2000) Comparison of the SF-36 and the Million Visual Analog Scale in assessing improvement in patients with spinal pain sydromes in physical therapy Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 81(9)1284