Itzhak Levy

Name:                   Itzhak Levy, MD                                
 
Faculty:                 Sackler Faculty of Medicine,             
                             Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
Hospital/Dept:       Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit Schneider Children's MedicalCenter of Israel
                             14 Kaplan Street
                             Petah Tiqwa, Israel 49202
 
 
A. EDUCATION

1961 – 1973           Elementary and high schools, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1973 – 1980           Hadassah Medical School, HebrewUniversity, Jerusalem, Israel.

1980                      MD Degree Title of Doctoral dissertation: Incidence of neonatal polycythemia and hyperviscosity of the neonate. Supervisor: S.H. Reisner, Prof. of Pediatrics & Neonatology.

1990                      Board certified in Pediatrics, Israel.

1994                      Diploma in Pediatrics, School of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

2000                      Board certified in Infectious Disease, Israel.
 
B.  FURTHER STUDIES
 
1987, 1988            Postgraduate courses in Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Cardiology and Gastroenterology, TelAvivUniversityPostgraduateMedicalSchool.
 
1988                     Basic Science Research, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, BeilinsonMedicalCenter, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
 
1993 – 1994          Bi-Annual Course on the Growth and Development of the Normal Child, School of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
 
1995 – 1997          Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, The Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
 
2010-2011             Masters Degree in Public Health Administration (MPHA), Bar-IlanUniversity.
 
C. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

1980 – 1981          Rotating Internship, BeilinsonMedicalCenter, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

1985 – 1990          Residency, Department of Pediatrics, BeilinsonMedicalCenter, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
 
1986 – 1987          Rotations in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ambulatory Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care.

1990 - 1992           Senior Pediatrician, RamatAvivCenter of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1992 – 1995          Full-time attending, inpatient services, Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
 
1995 – 1997          Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New                                 York, USA.
 
1998 - 2002           Infectious Diseases Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Schneider Children's MedicalCenter of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

2002                     Director, Infectious Diseases Service, Dana Children’s Hospital, TelAvivSouraskyMedicalCenter.

2003 - 2008           Infectious Diseases Senior Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

2008 – 2011          Director, Clinical Service, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

2012                     Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
 
 
D. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Academic Experience

1984, 1989            Conducted special courses in Emergency Medicine, MedicalCorpsSchool of Emergency Medicine.

Since 1985            Teaching responsibilities at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.  Teaching medical students in Pediatrics, tutoring Israeli and American students in Pediatric Clerkship – lectures, seminars, physical diagnosis, bedside supervision.

1989                     Instructor in Pediatrics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

2003 - 2007           Lecturer in Pediatrics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

2007 - present       Clinical Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel viv University, Israel.
                  
2009                      Conducted Infectious Disease Course in the School of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.