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.