STEVEN M. LEVINE, MD

BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON

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Dr. Steven Levine

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MEET DR. LEVINE
SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES, & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES


  • Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
  • Member, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Reviewer, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal

BOARD CERTIFICATION
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery

LICENSURE
  •   New York State Medical License

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & PRIVILEGES
  • Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic)
  • Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery (Plastic)
  • Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery (Plastic)
  • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery (Plastic)
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY, Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery (Plastic)
  • 7/2012-2014, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, Assistant in Service, Clinical Instructor, Department of Plastic Surgery

AWARDS & HONORS
  • Blair Rodgers Resident Research Award, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center
  • Outstanding Contribution to Student Life Award, NYU School of Medicine
  • Public Leadership Conference, Brookings Institution, Washington DC
  • New York Academy of Science, Louis L. Seaman Grant in Microbiology
  • Wendell Phillips Award Finalist, Tufts University
  • Arnold B. Hoffman University Service Award, Tufts University

FELLOWSHIP
  • 7/2012-6/2013, Fellow, Microsurgery, New York University Medical Center, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

INTERNSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
  • 7/2009-6/2012, Resident, Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
  • 7/2007-6/2009, Resident, General Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York
  • 7/2006-6/2007, Intern, General Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York

ORIGINAL REPORTS
Broer PN, Levine SM, Tanna N, Weichman KE, Hershman G, Caldroney S, Allen R, Hirsch D, Saadeh PB, Levine JP. A Novel Approach to Frontal Sinus Surgery: Treatment Algorithm Revisited. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.  Accepted for publication.
Broer P, Tanna N,  Franco P, Thanik VD, Levine, SM, Garfein ES, Saadeh PB, Ceradini DJ, Hirsch DL, Levine JP. Microsurgical Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction for Giant Ameloblastoma: A Ten-Year Perspective. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery.  Accepted for publication.
Levine SM, Sinno S, Levine JP, Saadeh PB. Current Thoughts for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Using the Evidence to Determine Fact or Fiction.  Annals of Surgery.  Accepted for publication.
Matarasso A, Levine SM.  Liposuction MOC. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  2012.  Accepted for publication.
Wetterau M, Stern C, Nguyen P, Levine SM, Wilson S, Weisnstein A, et al. A patient-based Education system increases the rate of breast reconstruction following mastectomy in a public hospital. Ann Plast Surg. Accepted for publication.
Levine SM, Patel N, Disa JJ.  Outcomes of delayed abdominal-based autologous breast reconstruction versus latissimus dorsi flap plus implant reconstruction in previously irradiated patients.  Ann Plast Surg. 2012; 69(4):380-2.
Levine SM, Weichman K, Wilson K, Levine JP, Karp NS.  Antibiotic selection in the treatment of infectious complications of implant-based reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. Accepted for publication.
Levine SM, Levine A, Raghubir J, Levine JP.  A Ten-Year Review of Breast Reconstruction in a Public Hospital. Ann Plast Surg. 2012; 69(4):376-9.
Levine SM, Levine JP, Saadeh PB.  An evidence-based approach to the surgical management of pressure ulcers. Ann Plast Surg. 2012; 69(4):482-4.
Haddock NT, Greaney P, Otterburn D, Levine SM, Allen RJ Sr.  Predicting perforator location on preoperative imaging for the profunda artery perforator (PAP) flap.  Microsurgery.  2012.  epub ahead of print.
Levine SM, Shapiro RL.  Surgical Treatment of Malignant Melanoma: Practical Guidelines.  Dermatol Clin. 2012; 30(3):487-501.
Zide BM, Levine SM.  Hemangioma update: pearls from 30 years of treatment.  Ann Plast Surg.  2012; 69(1):99-103.
Levine SM, Reformat DD, Thorne C.  Cutis Aplasia – A Review of Perioperative Management and Case Report. Am J Crit Care. 2012:21(3):212-5.
Levine SM, Lester ME, Fontenot B, Allen RJ Sr.  Perforator flap reconstruction after unsatisfactory implant reconstruction.  Ann Plast Surg.  2011:66(5):513-7.
Levine SM, Frangos SG, Hanna B, Colen K, Levine JP.  Aeromonas septicemia after medicinal leech use following replantation of severed digits.  Am J Crit Care. 2010:19(5):469-71.
Levine SM, Garfein ES, Weiner H, Yaremchuk MJ, Saadeh PB, Gurtner G, Levine JP, Warren SM.  Intracranial microvascular free flaps.  J Reconstr Microsurg. 2009; 25(2)89-95.
Lin EA, Zhang XS, Levine SM, Gill S, Falush D, Blaser MJ.  Natural transformation of Helicobacter pylori involves the integration of short DNA fragments interrupted by gaps of variable size.  PLoS Pathog. 2009:5(3)e1000337.
Levine SM, Levine E, Taub PJ, Weinberg H.  Electrosurgical excision technique for the treatment of multiple cutaneous lesions in neurofibromatosis type I.  Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.  2008:61(8):958-962.
Levine SM, Vaksman A, Hiotis K, Levine JP.  Breast reconstruction in a university-based public hospital.  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.  2007;106(1)S76-S77.
Levine SM, Lin E, Emara W, Kang J, DiBenedetto M, Ando T, Falush, D, Blaser MJ.  Plastic cells and populations: DNA substrate characteristics in Helicobacter pylori transformation define a highly flexible but conservative system for genomic variation.  FASEB J. 2007;21(13):3458-67.
Spector JA, Levine SM, Levine JP.  Free tissue transfer distal to the lower extremity distal to the zone of injury: indications and outcomes over a twenty-five year experience.  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2007;120(4):952-9.
Spector JA, Levine SM, Karp NS.  Surgical solutions to the problem of massive weight loss.  World Journal of Gastroenterology.  2006;12(41):6602-7.
Pei Z, Yang L, Peek RM, Levine SM, Pride DT, Blaser, MJ. Bacterial biota in reflux esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus.  World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2005;11:7277-83.
Levine SM, Tang YW, Pei Z.  Recent advances and future trends in molecular detection of Bacillus anthracis.  Reviews in Medical Microbiology, 2005;16:25-33.
Bottone EJB, Levine SM, Burton R, Namdari H.  Unclassified bacillus species resembling Bacillus Anthracis: potential for misdiagnosis during anthrax alert.  Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2003; 25:49-53.
Levine SM, Perez-Perez G, Olivares A, Yee H, Hanna BA, Blaser MJ.  PCR-based detection of Bacillus anthracis in formalin-fixed tissue from a patient receiving ciprofloxacin.  Journal of Clinical  Microbiology, 2002; 40:360-2.
Ando T, Peek RM, Levine SM, Pride D, Takata T, Lee YC, Kusugami K, van der Ende A, Kuipers EJ Kusters JG, Blaser MJ.  Polymorphisms of Helicobacter pylori HP0638 reflect geographic origin and correlate with cagA status.  Journal of Clinical  Microbiology. 2002; 40:239-46.

 


BOOK CHAPTERS
Levine SM, Chang DW, Mehrara BJ.  Lymphedema.  Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery, 7th edition, 2012, in press.
Levine SM, Hazen A, Sharma, S.  Free latissimus dorsi flap.  Reconstructive Surgery of the Lower Extremity. Editors: Pu L, Levine JP, Wei FC, 2012, in press.
Levine SM, Saadeh PB.  Reconstruction after amputation.  Reconstructive Surgery of the Lower Extremity. Editors: Pu L, Levine JP, Wei FC, 2012, in press.
Tanna N, Levine SM, Allen RJ. Anatomy & Elevation of the Posterior Thigh for Breast Reconstruction. Operative Microsurgery. Editors: Jones NF, Boyd JB, 2012, in press.

 


POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS
Levine SM, Snider C, Tanna N, Broer PN, Allen RJ.  Buried perforator flap reconstruction in nipple-sparing mastectomies: Advancing towards single-stage breast reconstruction.  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts.
Weichman K, Levine SM, Wilson K, Levine JP, Karp NS.  Antibiotic selection in the treatment of infectious complications of immediate implant-based reconstruction. American Association of Plastic Surgeons 91st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
Tanna N, Levine SM, Broer PN, Reavey PL, Saadeh PB, Levine JP.  Chairs and Chiefs of Plastic Surgery: Is it an insider job? American Association of Plastic Surgeons 91st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
Levine SM, Snider C, Granazow J, Tanna NP, Broer PN, Allen RJ.  Indications and Outcomes of the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap: A Ten-Year Experience.  23rd Annual European Association of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, 2012, Munich, Germany.
Tanna NP, Broer PN, Levine SM, Haddock NT, Ahn CY, Allen RJ.  Alternative donor sites in breast reconstruction: Introducing the Profunda Artery Perforator (PAP) and Thigh Gluteal Artery Perforator (TGAP) Flaps.  23rd Annual European Association of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, 2012, Munich, Germany.
Levine SM, Cordeiro P, Disa JJ, Pusic A, Matros E, Mehrara B.  Chest Wall Reconstruction after Eloesser Flaps.  American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2012, Red Rock, Nevada.
Wetterau M, Stern C, Nguyen P, Levine SM, Wilson S, Weisnstein A, et al. A patient-based Education system increases the rate of breast reconstruction following mastectomy in a public hospital. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Amelia Island, Florida.
Levine SM, Patel N, Disa JJ.  Complications in delayed breast reconstruction after irradiation: A comparison of abdominal flaps and latissimus flap with tissue expanders.  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Amelia Island, Florida.
Levine SM, Levine JP, Saadeh PB.  Pressure ulcer management: what is the evidence? Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Amelia Island, Florida.
Levine SM, Weichman K, Wilson K, Levine JP, Karp NS.  Antibiotic selection in the treatment of infectious complications of implant-based reconstruction.  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Amelia Island, Florida.
Levine SM, Lester ME, Fontenot B, Allen RJ Sr..  Perforator flap reconstruction after unsatisfactory implant reconstruction.  American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2011, Cancun, Mexico.
Levine SM, Vaksman A, Levine JP, Hiotis JP. A successful approach to breast reconstruction in a university-based public hospital.  San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.
Levine SM, Vaksman A, Hiotis K, Levine JP.  Breast reconstruction in a university-based public hospital. American College of Surgery Clinical Congress, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Levine SM, Pei Z, Sandhu K.  Characterization and Trends of Steptococcus agalactiae infections in a VA hospital population.  American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Levine SM, Spector JA, Levine JP.  Free tissue transfer distal to the lower extremity distal to the zone of injury: indications and outcomes over a twenty-five year experience.  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts.
Levine SM, Pei AY, Peng L, Sandhu K, Pei Z.  Fatal endocarditis due to Staphylococcus capitis. American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia.
Levine SM, Blaser MJ.  Transformation of Helicobacter pylori with single-stranded versus double-stranded DNA.  Summer lecture series, New York Academy of Science, 2003, New York, New York.
Levine SM, Emara W, Blaser MJ.  Barriers to intraspecies and interspecies recombination in the natural transformation of Helicobacter pylori.  American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2003, Washington, DC.
Lin EA, Levine SM, Blaser MJ.  Natural transformation of Helicobacter pylori involves the integration of DNA fragments interrupted by gaps of variable size. American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2003, Washington, DC.
Levine SM, Ando T, Emara W, Blaser MJ.  Minimal requirements for natural transformation in Helicobacter pylori.  American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kang J, Aras RA, Levine SM, Blaser MJ.  The role of H. pylori mutS and polA in recombination. American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Levine SM, Wang JK.  Modulation of apoptosis in a CNS neuronal cell line.  Poster Session, 2000, Tufts University Research Symposium, 2000, Medford, Massachusetts.
Yee H, T. C. Gallagher, Strober B, Pomerantz M, Sanchez M, Levine SM, Blaser MJ, Hoffman R, and Hanna BA. Cutaneous Anthrax: Histopathologic, Culture and Clinical Correlation of a Recent Case from New York City.  41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
Ando T, Peek RM, Levine SM, et. al.  Polymorphisms of Helicobacter pylori HP0638 reflect Geographic Origin.  American Gastroenterology Association Digestive Disease Week, 2001, Orlando, Florida.

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