Jun 1, 2012 ... Member, Executive Committee of the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke.
Study Group (APASS). 1990. Abstract Reviewer, 63rd Scientific ...
Steven R. Levine, M.D. Date of Preparation: June 1, 2012 Office Address:
Home Address:
Stroke Center & Cerebrovascular Diseases Department of Neurology State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center Downstate Medical Center 470 Clarkson Avenue, Box #1213 Room B6-344 Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098 Phone: 718-221-5188 (Stroke Center) 718-270-6362 (assistant Vidiyawati “Betty” Singh) 718-270-3188 (direct) Fax: 718-221-5761 Email:
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Date of birth:XX/XX/XXXX Place of Birth: Bay Shore, New York Citizenship: USA EDUCATION DEGREES 1973 – 1977
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science, Summa cum laude, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 – 1981
Medical School: Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TRAINING 1981 – 1982
Internship: Department of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Wayne State University School of Medicine Affiliated Programs, Detroit, Michigan
1982 – 1985
Neurology Residency: Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1985 – 1987
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Diseases & Stroke, Center for Stroke Research, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
LICENSURE 2002 – Present
Medical Licensure, State of New York, #223719
AWARDS & HONORS 1976 1977
Alfred Poll Fellowship Award in Ophthalmology Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York Phi Beta Kappa
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1986 – 1987 1989 1989 2000
2001, 2002 2001 2001 2002 2002 – 2010, 2012 2002 – 2009, 2011 2003 2003 – 2012 2004-6, 2008-12
American Heart Association of Michigan Research Fellowship Award Twenty-third Annual Harold G. Wolff, M.D. Lecture Award (co-recipient), American Association for the Study of Headache, for the paper “Low brain magnesium in migraine” Second Annual “Best Teacher Award”, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital National Video Awards (including 2000 Telly Award, first place NATOA in Public Health Category, Communicator Award of Distinction - Cable/Information and Medical Categories, Videographer Award of Distinction) for the 1999 Instructional videotape: “Stroke screening: Risk Assessment and Prevention”, Cable Television, Farmington Hills, Michigan America’s Top Doctors (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd Guide) Wayne State University College Teaching Award Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Excellence in Research Award for Physicians Top Physicians in Neurology, Detroit Metropolitan Area, Hour Magazine Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (Castle Connelly Medical Ltd Guide) Top Doctors in New York (Neurology), New York Magazine Mount Sinai Medical Center Department of Neurology Resident Class of 2003 Award for Bedside Teaching Best Doctors in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) (selected by neurologic colleagues), Aiken, South Carolina America’s Top Doctors (Castle Connelly Medical Ltd Guide)
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS 1967-73, 1996 – 2008 1985 – 2001 1985 – 2001 1986 – Present 1986 – Present 1998 – Present 1998 – 2007 1999 – Present 2003 – 2007 2012 – present
Member, United States Chess Federation American College of Physicians American Heart Association of Michigan American Heart Association (currently a Fellow) American Academy of Neurology (Active Member, Fellow since 1996) American Association of University Professor Member, American Heart Association Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Council American Neurological Association International Stroke Society The Robert F. Furchgott Society
CERTIFICATIONS 1986 2005 – 2015
Board Certification: Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology (Certification #28764) Board Certification: Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the Subspecialty of Vascular Neurology (Certification #141)
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS National and international boards and committees 1989 – Present 1990
Member, Executive Committee of the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke Study Group (APASS) Abstract Reviewer, 63rd Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association National Meeting
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1990,1991,1994 1991 – 1995 5/1992 1992 1992 – 1999 1993 – 1998 1998 1998 – 1999 1998 – 2000 1998 – 2005 4/1998 5/1998 1998 – 1999 1998, 1999 1999, 2000 2000 2003 2010 – 2011 2012 – present 2012 2012 – present
Member, National Institutes of Health–NINDS Site Visit Team (Special Review Committee), Baltimore, MD National Institutes of Health – NINDS Scientific Review EDC-2 Organizing Committee, The 18th Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, Rochester, Michigan Co-Chair, Scientific Sessions on Stroke, 44th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, California Journal Advisory Board Cerebrovascular Diseases Education Committee, Annual Meeting Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology Expert consultant, The American College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee on Nomenclature and Case Definitions for Neuropsychiatric Lupus Syndromes (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1999;42:599-608) Member, External Safety Monitoring Board: A phase II study of Abciximab (ReoPro®Ly314366) in acute ischemic stroke (Lilly Protocol H4S-MC-EWAG): published in Stroke 2000;31:601-609. Member, Publications Committee, The Standard Treatement with Activase to Reverse Stroke (STARS) Study, Phase IV data, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, published in JAMA 2000;283:1145-50 Consultant, LaJolla Pharmaceutical Company (LPJ), La Jolla, California Co-Chair, Scientific Sessions on Stroke, 50th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Minneapolis, Minnesota Scientific Advisory Board and Session Co-Chair, 5th International Symposium on Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Consultant, American Academy of Neurology Medical Economics & Management Subcommittee on Coding, Evaluation & Management in Stroke Member, National Institutes of Health–Scientific review BDCN-3: Brain Disorders and Clinical Neurosciences Study Section, Washington, D.C. Program Committee, 1999 and 2000 North American Stroke Meeting Co-Chair, Oral Abstracts: Acute Management, 25th International Stroke Conference, American Stroke Association, New Orleans, Louisiana Member, Planning Committee, National Stroke Fellows’ Forum, American Stroke Association/American Heart Association Member, FDA Mock Advisory Panel, Abbott Vascular, Gaithersburg, Maryland Member, Publication and Data Sharing Committee, NINDS NeuroNEXT Moderator, Late-Braking Science Oral Abstracts, International Stroke Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana Co-Chair, Publications and Data Sharing Committee, NIH/NINDS NeuroNEXT Network
State and local boards and committees 1990 – 1992 1990 – 1992 1992 – 1994 1992 – 1993 1993 – 1994 1993 – 1997 1994 – 1995 2006 – Present
Chairman, Membership Committee, Michigan Neurological Association Vice Chairman, Stroke Committee, American Heart Association of Michigan Chairman, Stroke Committee, American Heart Association of Michigan Membership Coordinator, Michigan Neurological Association Education and Community Programs Committee, American Heart Association of Michigan, Southfield, Michigan Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Michigan Affiliate, Southfield, Michigan Secretary/Treasurer, Michigan Neurological Association Member, New York State Department of Health Working Group on Telemedicine
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2007 – Present 2009 2009 – 2011
Commissioner’s Stroke Advisory Workgroup, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York Member, Planning Committee, New York State Department of Health Stroke Conference 2009: Your Stroke Center – Meeting Challenges and Exceeding Expectations, White Plains, New York Member, Planning Committee, New York State Department of Health and American Stroke Association Conference 2010: Your Stroke Center – Pursuing Clinical Excellence, Tarrytown, New York
Institutional committees 1978 – 1979 1978 – 1979 1983 – 1985 1987 – 1990 1988 – 1996 1990 – 1991 1990 – 1997 1990 – 1992 1998 – 2001 1998 – 2001 1998 – 1999 1999 2001 2006 – 6/2010 2009 – 6/2010 2010 - 2011 2010 - Present 2011 - Present 2011 2012 – Present
Curricular Affairs Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin Subcommittee for Developing Student-Faculty Evaluations, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Resident Education Committee, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Clinical Practice Committee, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Education Committee, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Research Committee, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Emergency Medical Services Committee, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Chairman, Education Committee, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Member, Promotions & Tenure/Salary Merit Review Committee, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Member, Executive Committee, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Member, Residency Selection Committee, Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Member, Un- and Under-Reimbursed Care Delivery Planning Committee, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Treasurer, Executive Faculty Senate Committee, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Performance Improvement Committee, The Mount Sinai Stroke Center, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine & Medical Center, New York, New York The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Institutional Review Board (IRB). Chair, Dean’s Task Force on IRB, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Member, SUNY Downstate Graduate Medical Education Committee Research Subcommittee, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York Member, MS1 Alumni Summer Research Program Review Committee, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Member, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Committee for Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP), Brooklyn, New York Member, Career Development and Mentoring Committee (CARDAMON), SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
APPOINTMENTS ACADEMIC
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1985 – 1987 1991 – 1998 3/1998 – 9/1998 9/1998 – 9/2001 9/2001 – 6/2010 7/2007 – 6/10 7/2010 – present 7/2010- present 2010 – Present 2011 – Present
Research Fellow in Cerebrovascular Disease, Center for Stroke Research, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan Professor of Neurology (tenure), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio (Detroit Campus) Professor of Neurology (tenure), Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Professor of Neurology (tenure), The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Program Director, NINDS Cerebrovascular Research Training Program Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Faculty Development, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Professor of Neurology (tenure), The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York Professor of Emergency Medicine, The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
HOSPITAL 1987 – 1996 1996 – 1998 1998 – 2001 1998 – 2001 2001 2001 – 2010 2001 – 2010 2003 – 2010 2005 – 2007 2006 – 2007 2010 – Present
Director, Clinical Stroke Service and Acute Stroke Unit, Center for Stroke Research, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Division Head, Stroke, Department of Neurology, Center for Stroke Research, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Director, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Stroke Program, Detroit, Michigan Attending Physician, Detroit Medical Center Hospitals (Harper Hospital, Detroit Receiving Hospital, University Health Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Huron Valley Hospital) Director, Acute Stroke Unit, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Director, Cerebrovascular Education, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Medical Center, New York, New York Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York Medical Director, Stroke Center, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, New York, New York Medical Director, Stroke Center, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, New York Medical Director, Stroke Center, Cabrini Medical Center, New York, New York Chief of Neurology, University Hospital of Brooklyn, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center,Brooklyn, New York
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS 1995 -1996 1995 – 1996 1996 – Present 1996 – Present 1996 – Present 2000 – 2006 2001 – Present 2006 – 2009 2009 – Present
Assistant Editor Stroke-Clinical Updates, National Stroke Association, Colorado Stroke–Clinical Updates (National Stroke Association) Stroke Clinical Neuropharmacology Editor Stroke-Clinical Updates, National Stroke Association, Colorado Seminars in Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Medlink, Senior Associate Editor, Cerebrovascular Diseases Neurology The Open Atherosclerosis & Thrombosis Journal
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2009 – Present
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Teleneurology
Ad Hoc Peer-reviewed Journal Reviewer 1987 – Present 1987 – 1996 1988 – Present 1988 – Present 1992 – Present 1992 – Present 1992 – Present 1993 – Present 1993 – Present 1993 1997 – Present 1999 – Present 1999, 2005, 2006 2001 2004 – Present 2004 – Present 2004 2004 – Present 2004 2004 – Present 2005 – 2010 2005 - Present 2006, 2008 2006 – Present 2007 – Present 2008 – Present 2008 – Present 2008 2008 – Present 2009 - Present 2009 2009 2010 - Present
Neurology Stroke Annals of Neurology Archives of Neurology Journal of Rheumatology Cerebrovascular Diseases New England Journal of Medicine European Neurology Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry British Medical Journal Circulation Experimental Neurology Arthritis and Rheumatism Brain Lancet Neurology The Neurologist Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation The Lancet Clinical Neuropharmacology Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Thrombosis and Haemostasis Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine American Heart Association Scientific Statements Nature Clinical Practice Neurology Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Journal of Neuroimmunology Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy Nature Reviews Neurology American Journal of Managed Care International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications Stroke Research and Treatment
OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 1990 – 1992 1990 – 1994 1990 – 2005 1991 – 1992 1992 – 1996 1994 2000 – Present 2000 – 2003 2003 – 2006 2008
Book Review Editor Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Examiner, Part 2 of the American Boards of Psychiatry & Neurology, Minneapolis, MN, 1990; Los Angeles, CA, 1991; Philadelphia, PA, 1991; Boston, MA, 1994 Principal Investigator, Clinical Center, & Member, Steering Committee, National Institutes of Health–NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial Preceptor, American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship, Dallas, Texas Mentor, National Institutes of Health Biomedical Student Research Program Journal Consultant Drug Evaluations Consultant, ABC.com news, Boston, Massachusetts Consultant, Premier, Inc. Neurovascular Services CPI, Charlotte, North Carolina Consultant, MedPanel, Cambridge, Massachusetts Preceptor, Mount Sinai Summer Research Fellowship for Medical Students, New
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2009 2012
York, New York Reviewer, National Stroke Association: Stroke Nurse Education Module: Stroke on the Critical Care Unit. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Outcomes and Evidence: Peer Reviewer for Technology Assessment on Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
OTHER PROFESSIONALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES 3/1988 4/1990 3/2008
Invited participant, The 16th Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, Miami, Florida Invited participant, The 17th Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, Durham, North Carolina Invited Participant, The 26th Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, Houston, Texas (could not attend)
PAST & PRESENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 7/1986 – 6/1987
American Heart Association Research Fellowship (Michigan Affiliate): “NMR Spectroscopic Study of Hemodilution Therapy in Stroke.” Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine, $15,500. 6/1990 – 5/1991 1990 ACCP-Mead Johnson CNS Research Award/Grant-In-Aid: “Cerebral blood flow response to antihypertensive therapy with Enalapril.” Principal Investigator: Susan C. Fagan. $25,000. Co-Investigator. 6/1990 – 10/1995 NIH-NINDS NO1-NS-0-2373: “Phase II-B Randomized Controlled Study of Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke.” Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $1,012,492 (total direct costs). 7/1990 – 6/1994 American Heart Association Grant-in-aid (Michigan Affiliate): “Antiphospholipid antibodies and Stroke”, Principle Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $100,000. 1/1991 – 7/1994 CIBA-GIEGY: CGS-17955: “Double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study evaluating safety and tolerability of 2 intravenous bolus doses of CGS-17955 in the treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke.” Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $72,782. 3/1993 – 12/1997 DuPont Pharmaceuticals: “Antiphospholipid Antibodies”. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $100,000. 5/1993 – 8/1998 LaJolla Pharmaceuticals: “Molecular Immunoregulation & Antiphospholipid Antibodies.” Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $11,960. 7/1993 – 6/1994 American Heart Association of Michigan, Grant-in-Aid: “Persistent Cerebral Metabolic Deficit in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke.” Principal Investigator: James Hugg. Co-Investigator. $27,000. 4/1/1996 – 6/30/2006 NIH-NINDS RO1 NS30896: “Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke” (APASS). Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $1,810,705. 20% effort. 06/1/00 – 5/31/01 Wayne State University Targets of Opportunity Program: “Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Cognitive Function in Adults”. Principal Investigator: Margaret Greenwald. Co-Investigator. 5% effort. $20,000. 10/1/00 – 9/30/02 Blue Cross Foundation of Michigan: “Early identification of African America patients at high risk for stroke. Principal Investigator: Seemant Chaturvedi. 5% effort. Co-investigator. $146,640. 07/01/03 – 06/30/10 Gaisman Frontiers of Biomedical Research Awards: Innovation Award: “Telestroke”, Pilot Studies of telemedicine for Stroke. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $45,000. 08/15/02 – 07/31/08 NIH-NINDS 1K24 NS43992: “K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in PatientOriented Research: Ischemic Stroke: aPL, Hemostatic Markers, &Telestroke”,
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Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. 50% effort. (no cost extension 8/14/077/31/08 with 30% effort). $696,260. 07/01/07 – 06/30/12 NIH-NINDS 1T32 NS051147: “Cerebrovascular Research Training Program”. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. $1,171,260 (total direct costs). Tranferred PI on 06/30/10 upon leaving The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Current Grants 09/30/03 – 01/31/13 NIH-NINDS 1UO1 NS044364: “Field Administration of Stroke Therapy – Magnesium Trial”, Principal Investigator: Jeffrey L. Saver. 5% effort, Safety Monitor, $14,659,700 (total direct costs). Subcontract $12,451/yr. 09/01/09 – 06/30/13 NIH-NHLBI 1R01 HL096944: “Stroke and aPL: Community-Based Clinicopathological Study”. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine, 20% effort. $2,290,299 (total direct costs). 08/01/10 – 07/31/15 NIH-NINDS 1U01NS062091: “Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (ATACH-II)”. Principal Investigator: Adnan Qureshi. Local Site Principal Investigator. Subcontract per patient reimbursement. 10/06/09 – 10/05/14 NIH-NINDS 5U01NS062835: “Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke (POINT)”. Principal Investigator: S. C. Johnston (PI). Local Site Co-Investigator. Subcontract per patient reimbursement. 09/30/11 – 08/31/16 NIH-NIA 1R01AG040039: “Vascular Cognitive and Motor Decline: Impact of aPL”. Principal Investigator: Zoe Arvanitakis. Co-Investigator (subcontract PI, total direct costs year 1: $30,748, subcontract total direct costs: $187,551). 10% effort. $457,830 (total direct costs year 1). 09/30/11 – 08/31/18 NIH-NINDS 1U10NS077378: “State University of New York (SUNY) Clinical Site: Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT)”. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. 25% effort (with 2.5% salary). $271,250 (total year 1 direct costs). 09/30/11 – 12/31/12 Genentech IST: “Rapidly improving stroke symptoms: A pilot study”. Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. 12.5% effort. $128,400 (total direct costs). 05/01/12 – 04/30/17 NIH-NINDS 1R25NS079211: SUNY Downstate "R Train": Neurology Research Education Program, Multiple Principal Investigators: Steven R. Levine (corresponding) and Daniel M. Rosenbaum. 10% effort. $70,000 (year 1 direct costs). 07/01/12 – 06/30/14 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) 1IP2PI000781: Mobile Apps (MAPPS): Patient & Caregiver Attitudes, Behaviors, and Knowledge. Administrative Principal Investigator: Amy Jensen (corresponding). Scientific Principal Investigator: Steven R. Levine. 10% effort. $250,000 total year 1 direct costs). Pending Grants 07/01/12 – 06/30/17 NIH-NINDS 1U10NS080377-01: State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate NETT Clinical Site Hub. Multiple Principal Investigators: Steven R. Levine (corresponding) and Richard Sinert. 20% effort, $1,000,000 (total direct costs). Impact/priority score = 30. TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan: (all lecturer were 1 hour unless otherwise stated) 1985 Lecturer, Oakland University School of Health Sciences, Rochester, Michigan (nursing, allied health care students) 1986 – 1996 Lecturer, Clinical Medicine–Neurology, Mercy College of Physician Assistants Program, Detroit, Michigan (physician assistants)
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1987 – 1998 1997
1999, 2000
Lecturer, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds Lecturer, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (physician assistant students and Pharm.D. students) Lecturer, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions (physician assistant students)
All lectures, unless otherwise stated were to medical students, residents, stroke fellows, and faculty Service: Inpatient neurology service: 2 months/year, stroke service 5-6months/year, outpatient: 2 halfdays/week, contact hours: medical students, residents, and fellows: 15 hours/week while on service (rounds, lecturing), 2-5 hours/week when not on service (1-on-1) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan: (all lecturer were 1 hour unless otherwise stated) 1998 – 2001 Department of Neurology Stroke Conference 1999 Invited Speaker, “Stroke”, Neuro Lecture Series – Stroke and Epilepsy 1999, 2001 Department of Neurology Resident Lecture Series: History and Neurological Examination Stroke: Clinical Evaluation, Imaging, and Management 1999 Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds – Stroke Syndromes 1999 “Stroke”, Department of Internal Medicine, Grace-Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 1999 – 2001 Outpatient stroke clinic: Geriatric psychiatry fellow (4 hours/week), Pharmacy administration students (4 hours/week), year 3 WSU medical student (3-4 hours/week) 1999 WSU School of Medicine, Year 2 Preceptor (10 hours) 2000 “Update on Stroke Management”, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan“ 2000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale: Training”, Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds 2000 “Stroke Prevention”, Department of Family Practice, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 2000 “Stroke prevention associated with atrial fibrillation”, Michigan Peer Review Organization Initiative for quality assurance. Presented to: Detroit Receiving Hospital, Harper Hospital, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 2000 – 2001 “Localization Principles in Neurology”, WSU Department of Neurology Lecture Series, Detroit, Michigan 2000 “Stroke 101”, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 2000 “Update on pre-hospital stroke care for EMTs”, City of Detroit EMS, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 2000 – 2001 WSU School of Medicine, Year 2 Clinical Neurosciences: Stroke 2001 “What’s up in acute stroke?”, Critical Care Challenge Series, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan All lectures, unless otherwise stated were to medical students, residents, stroke fellows, and faculty Service: Inpatient neurology service: 2 months/year, outpatient: 2 half-days/week, contact hours: medical student, residents, and fellows: 15 hours/week while on service (rounds, lecturing), 3-5 hours/week when not on service (1-on-1) The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York: (all lecturer were 1 hour unless otherwise stated)
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2005 2005 2006 – Present 2006 2007 – Present 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2010
Division of Rheumatology Conference: CNS Vasculitis, Department of Internal Medicine Mount Sinai Mini-Med School: Fall Semester: The Most Exquisite Object in the Universe: The Human Brain: Brain Attack: Causes, Prevention, and Care of Stroke (“Stroke 101”) Neurology Resident’s Conference: TIAs Mount Sinai of Queens Joint Medicine/Emergency Medicine Conference: Alternative therapies for acute ischemic stroke Neurology Resident Conference: Acute Ischemic Stroke & Thrombolytic Therapy Critical Care Grand Rounds: Telestroke: The application of telemedicine for acute stroke management Neuro-resuscitation Journal Club: Learning from Failure and Success: The NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial “Care of the acute stroke patient”, Division of Critical Care Core Cirriculum “Stroke 101”, Department of Internal Medicine Resident Conference “Stroke 101 in 2009: Focus on prevention”, Department of Internal Medicine Resident Conference “Telestroke”, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Symposium on Acute Stroke, Department of Emergency Medicine
All lectures, unless otherwise stated were to medical students, residents, stroke fellows, and faculty Service: stroke unit/neuro-critical care services: 3 months/year, outpatient: 1 half-day/week, contact hours: medical students, residents, and fellows: 12-15 hours/week while on service (rounds, lecturing), 5-7 hours/week when not on service (1-on-1) The State University of New York Health Science Center – Brooklyn, New York: (all lecturer were 1 hour unless otherwise stated) 2010 “The NIH Stroke Scale”, Neurology Resident Lecture Series 2010 - present “The Neurological Examination, Year 2 Medical Students, College of Medicine 2010 – present “Cerebrovascular Case Studies/Stroke”, Year 2 Medical Students, College of Medicine 2011 “Antiphospholipid antibodies and cerebrovascular disease”, Research In Progress Lecture Series 2011 “Stroke I”, Neurology Resident Lecture Series 2011 “Stroke and TIA”, Emergency Medicine Resident Lecture Series All lectures, unless otherwise stated were to medical students, residents, stroke fellows, and faculty Service: Attend Neurology and Stroke Service, University Hospital of Brooklyn: 2 months/year, outpatient: 1 day/week, contact hours: medical students, residents, and fellows: 12-15 hours/week while on service (rounds, lecturing), 5-7 hours/week when not on service (1-on-1) COURSE OR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 1991 – 1996 2000 2002 2007
Course Co-Director, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Seminar/Course, “Transient Ischemic Attacks and Related Syndromes” Editor of Module: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke. On: Stroke. Education and Slide Lecture Series CD-ROM, American Heart Association, Rockpointe Broadcasting, Dallas, Texas. Course Faculty, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Course,“Crossfire 1: Cerebrovascular Disease” Regional Course Director & Faculty, “Multidisciplinary perspectives on
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2007 – 2008 2008 - 2011 2008 2012
controversial management approaches for patients with Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular risks, Discovery Institute of Medical Education (INSPIRE 2007 Stroke Care Continuum), New York, New York Content Editor, Modules for Stroke Curriculum for Nurses, National Stroke Association, Colorado Course Director, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Course, “Telemedicine increases options for successful stroke treatment: Nuts and bolts” Chair/Editor, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Continuum, Lifelong Learning in Neurology® (including Quintessentials®), American Academy of Neurology, December 2008; Volume 14 (6), pp. 1-215. Initiator, SUNY Downstate Medical Center 1st Annual Junior Faculty Career Development Conference, Brooklyn, New York
Educational materials 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 2004 2009
Instructional videotape: “Stroke screening: Risk Assessment and Prevention”, Cable Television, Farmington Hills, Michigan CD ROM Module: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke. On: Stroke. Education and Slide Lecture Series CD-ROM, American Heart Association, Rockpointe Broadcasting, Dallas Texas Co-Editor Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: 5 Years Later, Seminars in Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease. June 2001 Issue: Volume 1 (2): 1-173. M. Gorman, B. Jacobs, S. Levine, K. Agee, R. Carhuapoma, J. Kraus, R. Madhavan, M. Castellanos: Wed-based Interactive Database System for the transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Laboratory Internet-based stroke conversations: “Stroke: Headaches, Hormones, and Hypercoagulation”. At: http://www.stroke-tia.org Fields MC, Levine SR: Clot-busting therapy helps stroke victims-but only if they get treatment in time. Neurology Patient Page, Neurology 2005, 64:E1-2. Levine SR (lead faculty), Jauch E, Meyers P: Acute Stroke Treatment – An Update on the Evidence and the Opportunity, a live audio web conference with enduring program CME activity, National Stroke Association
TRAINING RECORD Post Graduate Trainees (fellows) in Cerebrovascular Disease & Stroke Role in Training and Setting for all: Teacher, mentor, supervisor, advisor, developer of research and publication skills/Acute Stroke Unit, Clinical Stroke Service, Stroke Clinic, Emergency roombased stroke care, protocols, and research. Nabih M. Ramadan, M.D. (also trained in headache), 7/1988 – 6/1990, Scientific Development, Eli Lilly Co./Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology & Vice President for Clinical and External Affairs, Rosaline Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois Rajeev K. Deveshwar, M.D., 7/1988 – 6/1990, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Ramesh Madhavan, M.D., 9/2001, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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David M. Brown, M.D., 10/2001 – 6/2003, Director, Stroke Center, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, California Yu-Feng Yvonne Chan, M.D. 7/2009 – 6/2010 (and subsequently accepted into the K-12 Ph.D. program), Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Qingliang (Tony) Wang, M.D., Ph.D. 7/2009 – 6/2010, Neuro-interventional Fellow, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Amerjeet Sareen, M.D. 7/2010 - Present Clotilde Balucani, M.D. 10/2010 - Present Essays/Theses/Dissertations directed 1997
Member, Committee for the Dissertation Defense of Katerina Christopoulou Hurd, Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan, for the Ph.D. degree in Medical Physics (“A non-invasive and an invasive investigation of two models of experimental stroke”). She is currently disabled due to multiple sclerosis. Mentor, Training Program in Clinical Research (NIH K30) Masters’ Degree, Dr. Susan Hickenbottom, School of Public Health, University of Michigan. She is currently Assistant Professor of Neurology/Director, Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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PUBLICATIONS Original papers (in reviewed journals) 1.
Haley EC, Thompson JLP, Grotta JC, Lyden PD, Hemmen TM, Brown DL, Fanale C, Libman R, Kwiatkowski TG, Llinas RH, Levine SR, Johnston KC, Buchsbaum R, Levy G, Levin B, for the TNK in Stroke Investigators: Phase IIB/III trial of tenecteplase in acute stroke: Results of a prematurely terminated randomized clinical trial. Stroke 2010;41:707-711. PMID: 20185783.
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Khatri P, Kleindorfer DO, Yeatts SD, Saver JL, Levine SR, Lyden PD, Moomaw CJ, Palesch YY, Jauch EC, Broderick JP: Strokes with minor symptoms: An exploratory analysis of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Trials. Stroke 2010;41:2581-2586. PMID: 20814000.
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Messé SR, Kasner SE, Cucchiara BL, Demchuk A, Tanne D, Ouyang B, Levine SR; for the NINDS t-PA Stroke Study Group: Dosing errors did not have a major impact on outcome in the NINDS t-PA Stroke Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2011;20:236-40. PMID: 20656508.
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Cucchiara B, Kasner SE, Tanne D, Levine SR, Demchuk A, Messe SR, Sansing L, Lees KR, Lyden P, for the SAINT Investigators: Validation assessment of risk scores to predict postthrombolysis ICH. Intl J Stroke 2011;6:109-111.
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Guzauskas GF, Boudreau DM, Villa KF, Levine SR, Veenstra DL: The cost-effectiveness of primary stroke centers for acute ischemic stroke. Stroke 2012; 43:1617-1623. ISSN: 0039-2499. PMID:22535277.
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Wilson RS, Boyle PA, Levine SR, Yu L, Anagnos SE, Buchman AS, Schneider, JA, Bennett DA:
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Emotional neglect in childhood and cerebral infarction in older age. Neurology 2012: In Press. Case reports 1.
Levine SR, McKeevor PE, Greenberg HS: Primary cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme. J Neuro-oncol 1987;5:231-236.
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Moen M, Levine SR, Newman DS, Dull-Baird A, Brown GG, Welch KMA: Bilateral posterior cerebral artery strokes in a migraine sufferer. Stroke 1988;19:525-528.
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Levine SR, Welch KMA: Superior cerebellar artery infarction and vertebral artery dissection. Stroke 1988;19:1431-1434.
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Bulic S, Panichpisal K, Linden C, Levine SR: Hemorrhages from Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Am J Med Sci 2012; April 25 (EPUB ahead of print). PMID: 22543592.
Books 1.
Clinical Approach to Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Levine SR & Brey RL, (eds), ButterworthHeinemann, Boston, MA, 2000, 147 pp.
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Transient Ischemic Attacks, Chaturvedi S, Levine SR (eds), Blackwell Futura Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts, 2004; 462 pp.
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Neurologic Involvement in Systemic Autoimmune Disorders, Erkan D, Levine SR (eds), Volume 3 in the series Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, 279 pp
Book Chapters 1.
Levine SR, Patel VM, Welch KMA, Skinner JE: Are heart attacks really brain attacks? In: The Heart and Stroke: Clinical medicine and the nervous system, Furlan AJ (ed), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1987; pp. 185-216.
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Becker RC, Chan M, Shah SH, Levine SR: Coagulopathy and Stroke. Evaluation and Treatment: In: A Primer on Stroke Prevention and Treatment: An Overview Based on AHA/ASA Guidelines, 1st Edition, Goldstein LB (ed), Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009: Chapter 12, pp. 152-169, ISBN: 9781405186513.
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Alcauskas M, Levine SR: Cerebrovascular Disease associated with anitphospholipid antibodies. In: International Neurology: A Clinical Approach. Lisak RP, Truong DD, Carrol WM, Bhidayasiri R, (eds), John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Oxford, England. 2009: Chapter 20, pp. 59-60.
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Panichpisal K, Levine SR: Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies, Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, 2nd Edition, Powers WJ (ed), Elsevier Oxford, England, 2012: Chapter 399. In Press.
Reviews / Invited Contributions 1.
Levine SR: Acute stroke treatment: Evidence and opportunities, Stroke Clinical Updates, National Stroke Association 2009; Fall. Available at the National Stroke Association website: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=acute_scu
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Katz M, Lesko J, Kirchoff-Torres KF, Zach V, Levine SR: Cerebrovascular disease and pregnancy. Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review 2010;21(2):114–162.
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Liu S, Levine SR, Winn HR: Targeting ischemic penumbra: part I - from pathophysiology to therapeutic strategy. J Exp Stroke Transl Med 2010;3:47-55. PMID: 20607107.
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Goldstein LB (Chair), Bushnell CD (Vice-Chair), Adams RJ, Appel LJ, Braun LT, Chaturvedi S, Creager MA, Culebras A, Eckel RH, Hart RG, Hinchey JA, Howard VJ, Jauch EC, Levine SR, Meschia JF, Moore WS, Nixon JV (Ian), Pearson TA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2011;42:517-584 PMID: 21127304. ISSN 1524-4628.
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Liu S, Levine SR, Winn HR: Targeting ischemic penumbra Part II: selective drug delivery using liposome technologies. J Exp Stroke Transl Med 2011;4:16-23. PMID: 21909454.
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Panichpisal K, Rozner E, Levine SR: The Management of Stroke in Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2012;14:99-106. ISSN 1523-3774. PMID:22109663.
Editorials / Commentaries 1.
Rudolph SH, Levine SR: Telestroke, QALYs, and Current Health Care Policy: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Neurology 2011;77:1584-1585. PMID: 21917773.
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Balucani C, Levine SR: Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke with prior stroke and diabetes: Think different?! Journal Watch Neurology 2012, In Press.
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Balucani C, Levine SR: The “Almost Magical” Mobile Stroke Unit Revolution. Neurology 2012, In Press. PMID: 22592365.
INVITED LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS (not as published abstracts) International or national meetings 1986 1988 1988 1988 1989 1990 1990
“Cerebral blood flow asymmetries in migraine”. 6th International Migraine Symposium, London, England. “31-PNMR Spectroscopy of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease” International Meeting of Cardiology and Neurology, Reggio de Calabria, Italy “Neurological disease associated with antiphospholipid antibodies” Third International Symposium on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Kingston, Jamaica “Comparative effects of migraine and ischemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD) on brain intracerebellar pH”. 7th Migraine Trust International Symposium, September, London, England Breakfast Seminar: “Antiphospholipid Antibodies” 14th International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, San Antonio, Texas “Antiphospholipid Antibodies” American College of Rheumatology 54th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington “Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis” American Heart Association 63rd Annual Scientific Sessions, Dallas, Texas
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1990 2011 2012
“Cerebral blood flow (CBF) in late onset migraine accompaniments (LOMA)”. Migraine Trust International Symposium, September, London, England “Too good to treat”: The NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial Experience. An American Heart Association/American Association of Neuroscience Nurses Collaborative National Webinar, December 6 ,2011. “Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: New what? New drugs approved and how to select them for which patients”, The Eighth Annual Update Symposium Series on Clinical Neurology and Neurophysiology, Tel Aviv, Israel
Invited and/or refereed local/regional meetings 1986 1986 1987 2001 2001 2010 2010 2012
“Bilateral posterior cerebral artery occlusion in a migraineur”. Presented as a poster at the 19th Annual Michigan Neurological Association, Detroit, Michigan “Migrainous visual phenomena associated with cerebral venous thrombosis”. Presented as a poster at the 19th Annual Michigan Neurological Association, Detroit, Michigan “Intracerebral hemorrhage associated with Amyl nitrate abuse”. Presented as a poster to the 20th Annual Michigan Neurological Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan “Acute Stroke – Current State of the Art & New Horizons”, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Forum Health, Youngstown, Ohio “Primary & secondary prevention of stroke” and “The neurologic examination: How to do it, how to interpret it”, Neurology for the Primary Care Provider, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Invited Speaker: “t-PA, stroke centers, and acute management”, 2010 INSTINCT Stroke Champions Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan Invited Speaker: “Advances in intravenous thrombolytic therapy”, Time is Brain Advances in Stroke Care 2010, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey “Treating Mild Strokes”, 4th Annual New York State Department of Health/American Stroke Association Stroke Conference: Maximizing Stroke Quality of Care” Key Ingredients, Tarrytown, New York
Invited seminars or lectures 1988 1988, 1996 2003 2003 2005 2007 2007
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Central Massachusetts Medical Center-University of Massachusetts, Worchester, Massachusetts Invited Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Invited Lecturer, “Thrombolytic therapy and stroke”, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey Invited Lecturer, “Antiphospholipid antibodies and cerebrovascular disease”, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York Invited Lecturer, “Stroke 2005: Where are we now?”, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois Invited Lecturer: “Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke”, Cardiology Section Grand Rounds, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA Invited Lecturer: “Ischemic Stroke 2007”, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY
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2009
Invited Lecturer, Preventing and managing secondary stroke: An evidence-based update, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Phelps Memorial Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York Invited Lecturer, “Ischemic stroke management and secondary prevention 2010”, Grand Rounds, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey Invited Lecturer, “Acute stroke management and stroke prevention 2010”, 2010 Internal Medicine Spring Update, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York Invited Lecturer, “Antiphospholipid antibodies and cerebral vascular disease”, Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
2010 2010 2012
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS 1.
McGonagle TK, Levine SR, Donofrio PD, Albers JW: The clinical spectrum of patients with electrodiagnosis of polyradiculopathy without neuropathy. Muscle and Nerve 1985;8:615-616.
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Levine SR, Twyman RE, Gilman S: The rose of anticoagulation in cavernous sinus thrombosis, Neurology 1985;35(suppl 1):215.
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Chan YF, Richardson LD, Katz M, Moskowitz A, Singhal AB, Chason K, Allison T, Lakoff D, Yang AH, Levine SR. Oxygen use for suspected acute ischemic stroke in pre-hospital and emergency department settings. New York American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly. Bolton Landing, NY. July 2010.
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Levine SR, Khatri P, Khoury J, Saver JL, Broderick JP: Rapidly improving stroke symptoms : A controversial exclusion criteria for tPA. Stroke 2011;42(3):e86.
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Guzauskas GF, Boudreau DM, Villa KF, Levine SR, Veenstra DL: The cost-effectiveness of primary stroke centers for acute ischemic stroke. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 17th Annual International Meeting 2012; In Press,
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Pandey A, Kurz R, Staller J, Fort T, Lushbough C, Burton D, Balucani C, Arnedo V, Szarek M, Levine S: M-TECH Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, and Needs Survey of Stroke Survivors and Caregivers. American Public Health Association (APHA), 140th Annual Meeting. In Press.
Other Publications 1.
Levine SR: The Spinal Tap (letter to the editor) Ann Intern Med, 1986;105:464.
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Levine SR, Welch KMA: Lupus Anticoagulant and Stroke (letter to the editor). Arch Neurol 1987;44:691.
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Levine SR, Welch KMA: Neurologic manifestations associated with antiphospholipid antibodies. Second International Congress of neuroimmunology NY Acad Sci, Philadelphia, PA, 1987.
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Levine SR, Welch KMA: Lupus anticoagulant (reply to letter to the editor). Stroke 1987;18:961-962.
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Levine SR: Book review: Stroke, Millikan CH, McDowell FM, Easton JD, Lea & Febiger, 1987. Neurology 1988;38:1171.
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Levine SR: “Stroke, An On-line Chat”, internet-based real-time, interactive discussion on stroke, at http://www.dmc.org/chat, January 23, 2001.
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Fields MC, Levine SR: Clot-busting therapy helps stroke victims-but only if they get treatment in time. Patient Page, Neurology 2005, 64:E1-2.
Television, Radio, and Internet 1990 1998 2000 2001 2005 2006 2006 2008 2009 2009
“Cocaine and stroke”, WJR Radio, Detroit, Michigan “Stroke Update”, Cable television: Southwestern Oakland Cable Commision, Farmington Hills, Michigan 2000 Invited Speaker, “Stroke”: WAAM Radio, Ann Arbor, Michigan “Stroke Hotline”: WXYZ-Channel 7 television, Southfield, Michigan “Terri Schiavo” ABC News Now (Internet live video/audio) “Dick Clarke's recovery from stroke”: Entertainment Tonite (The Insider), CBS Television (Channel 2) “AVMs and Senator Tim Johnson’s hemorrhagic stroke / recovery”: ABC news radio and ABC News / Health on the internet “Health Matters: Many fail to spot symptoms of stroke; these aids can help”: Wall Street Journal (also on-line) Lead Faculty, “Acute StrokeTreatment: Evidence and Opportunities. National Stroke Association audio webcast, September 10. Lead Faculty, with Jauch E, Meyers P: Acute Stroke Roundtable: Ask the Experts, an interactive live audio web conference, National Stroke Association, Centennial, Colorado. December 10.
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