Senior Physician
Departmentt of Anesthesia
and Critical Care Medicine
Personal Details:
Date of Birth: 5th October 1963, London, United Kingdom
Nationality: Israeli
Higher Education:
Degrees and Qualifications:
B.A. (Hons) - University of Cambridge, England, 1985
M.B. B.Chir - University of Cambridge, England, 1987
M.A. - University of Cambridge, England, 1989
License to Practice Medicine, Israel, Aug 1989
Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Israel, Nov 1994
Board Certification in Anesthesia, Israel with distinction, Nov 1998
Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine, Israel, May 2001
Research and Clinical Fellow, Aug 2002 – Dec 2004
Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Appointments at the Hebrew University
Instructor, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Oct 1997, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Lecturer Anesthesia and Critical Care, 1 Apr 2005, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Additional Functions/Tasks at the Hebrew University
Infection control committee, Hadassah Hospital, 2008 -
Preparation for pandemic H1N1 committee, Hadassah Hospital, 2010
Service in other Academic and Research Institutions
Country coordinator for European Society of Intensive Care H1N1 registry
Other Activity
Reviewer:
Intensive Care Med, Crit Care Med, Critical Care, J Crit Care, 2002 –
Nature Reviews in Oncology
Dean's award for excellence in clinical teaching (Hebrew University), 1999
Dean's award for excellence in clinical teaching (Hebrew University), 2000
Dean's award for excellence in clinical teaching (Hebrew University), 2002
Prizes:
Best research project Hadassah Infection Control Year, 2009
List of Publications
Doctoral Dissertation:
Dunnet SB, Ryan CN, Levin PD, Reynolds M, Bunch ST. 1987. Functional consequences of embryonic neocortex transplanted to rats with prefrontal cortex lesions. Behav Neurosci 101:489-503.
Book Chapters:
1. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2010. Beyond technology, caring for the critically ill. Textbook of Critical Care, 5th edition, Elsevier
2. Levin PD, Gozal Y 2010 Arterial cannulation and invasive blood pressure measurement. Textbook of Critical Care, 5th edition, Elsevier
3. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2007 Ethical dilemmas associated with critical care. Cambridge Textbook of Medical Ethics, Elsevier.
4. Levin PD Sprung CL. 2005 Beyond technology, caring for the critically ill. Textbook of Critical Care, 5th edition, Elsevier.
5. Levin PD Gozal Y 2005 Arterial cannulation and invasive blood pressure measurement. Textbook of Critical Care, 5th edition, Elsevier.
6. Steuer G, Goodman S, Levin PD, Einav S, Minz B, Sprung CL, Rivkind AI, Weissman C, Weiss YG. 2003. Acute lung injuries among survivors of suicide bomb attacks. Terror and Medicine, PABST Science Publishers.
Chapters in Collections:
1. Levin PD, Weissman C. 2009. Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patient. Anesthesiol Clin.;27:705-19
2. Levin PD, Weissman C. 2009. Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patient. Med Clin North Am. 93:1049-63.
3. Tuttenauer A, Levin PD. 2006. Diabetes mellitus in the peri-operative period. Anesthesiol Clin. 24:579-97.
4. Fowler RA, Rizoli SB, Levin PD, Smith T. 2004 Blood conservation for critically ill patients. Crit Care Clin 20:313-24.
5. Levin PD, Weissman C. 2000 Metabolic disorders in the perioperative period. Problems in Anesthesia 12:326-339.
Articles:
Original Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals
1. Levin PD, Simor AE, Moses AE, Sprung CL. 2010 End-of-life treatment and bacterial antibiotic resistance – a potential association. Chest 138: 588-594
2. Levin PD, Shatz O, Sviri S, Moriah D, Or-Barbash A, Sprung CL, Moses AE, Block C. 2009. Contamination of portable radiograph equipment with resistant bacteria in the ICU. Chest 136:426-32.
3. Levin PD , Kiss A . 2008 Inadequate Glucose Control in the Intensive Care Unit: A Cohort Study of Incidence and Risk Factors. The Endocrinologist.18:304-309
4. Licht A, Sibbald WJ , Levin PD . 2008 Computerised tomography for the detection of pulmonary emboli in intensive care patients--a retrospective cohort study. Anaesth Intensive Care. 36:13-9.
5. Levin PD , Fowler RA, Guest C, Simor AE. 2007 Risk factors for resistance to Ciprofloxacin in intensive care patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 28:331-6.
6. Gozal D , Drenger B , Levin PD , Kadari A , Gozal Y . 2004 A pediatric sedation/anesthesia program with dedicated care by anesthesiologists and nurses for procedures outside the operating room. J Pediatr 145:47-52.
7. Levin PD , Levin D, Avidan A . 2004. Medical aerosol propellant interference with infrared anaesthetic gas monitors. Br J Anaesth 92:865-869.
8. Einav S, Soudry E, Levin PD, Grunfeld GB, Sprung CL. 2004. Intensive care physicians' attitudes concerning distribution of intensive care resources. A comparison of Israeli, North American and European cohorts. Intensive Care Med 30:1140-3.
9. Levin PD , Worner TM, Sviri S, Goodman SV, Weiss YG, Einav S, Weissman C, Sprung CL. 2003. Intensive care outflow limitation--frequency, etiology, and impact. J Crit Care ;18:206-11.
10. Soudry E , Sprung CL, Levin PD, Grunfeld GB, Einav S. 2003. Forgoing life-sustaining treatments: comparison of attitudes between Israeli and North American intensive care healthcare professionals. Isr Med Assoc J 5:770-4.
11. Levin PD , Sheinin O, Gozal Y. 2003. The use of ultrasound guidance in the insertion of radial artery catheters. Crit Care Med 31:481-4.
12. Levin PD , Hersch M, Rudensky B, Yinnon AM. 2000. The use of the arterial line as a source for blood cultures. Intensive Care Med 26:1350-1354.
13. Levin PD , Yinnon AM, Rudensky B, Hersch M. 1997. Routine surveillance blood cultures: Their place in the treatment of critically ill patients. J Infect 35:125-128.
14. Levin PD , Yinnon AM, Hersch M, Rudensky B 1996. Impact of the resin blood culture medium on the treatment of critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 24:797-801.
15. Dunnet SB, Ryan CN, Levin PD, Reynolds MC, Bunch ST. 1987. Functional consequences of embryonic neocortex transplanted to rats with prefrontal cortex lesions. Behav Neurosci 101:489-503.
Case Reports
16. Gross EM, Levin PD, Landau EH. 2002. Post-splenectomy veno-occlusive priapism in a child with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Isr Med Assoc J 4:1084-5.
Letters:
1. Levin PD, Avidan A. 2010. Interference of anesthetic gas monitors by non-hydrocarbon inhalers. J Clin Monit Comput. 24;249.
2. Levin PD, Pizov R. 1997. End tidal carbon dioxide and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. New Engl J Med 337:1694-1695
Reviews, commentaries, hypotheses, editorials:
1. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2006. Intensive care triage--the hardest rationing decision of them all.
Crit Care Med. 34:1250-1
2. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2005 Another point of view: no swan song for the pulmonary artery catheter. Crit Care Med. 3:1123-4.
3. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2005. Withdrawing and witholding therapy are not the same. Critical Care 9:230-2
4. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2003. Cultural differences at the end of life. Crit Care Med 31:S354-S358
5. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2001. The process of intensive care triage. Intensive Care Med. 27:1441-1445.
6. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 2000. Are ethics consultations worthwhile? Crit Care Med 28:3942-3944.
7. Levin PD, Sprung CL. 1999. End of life decisions in intensive care. Intensive Care Med 25:893-895.
Participation in Scientific Conferences, Lectures and Other Activity:
1. Landesberg G, Georgieva M, Meroz Y, Goodman S, Levin PD Systolic and diastolic function and survival in severe sepsis and septic shock: clinical, echocardiographic, biochemical correlation. Poster, 30th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2010.
2. Levin PD, Golovanevski M, Moses AE, Sprung CL, Benenson S.The use of single patient rooms to decreased acquisition of antibiotic resistant bacteria in ICU. Poster, 30th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2010.
3. Levin PD, Strahilevitz J, Weiss YG, Sprung CL, Benenson S: Antibiotic Administration in the ICU – Distribution and Accuracy: Poster, European Society of Intensive Care, 2009.
4. Landesberg G, Meroz Y, Goodman S, Levin PD. Diastolic but not systolic dysfunction is associated with Troponin T and N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide elevation in sepsis. Poster, 29th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2009.
5. Levin PD, Simor AE, Moses AE, Sprung CL. End of life decisions and resistant bacteria - a potential association. Poster, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2009
6. Levin PD, Shatz O, Moriah D, Sviri S, Or-Barbash A, Sprung CL, Block C. A Potential Role for the Portable Chest X Rays in the Transmission of Resistant Bacteria in the ICU. Poster, 28th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2008.
7. Garb Y, Shatz O, Levin PD, Linton DM, Stav I, Sviri S. Outcome of medical intensive care unit patients: characterization and a staged predictive model. Poster, European Society of Intensive Care, 2007.
8. Sviri S, Shatz O, Levin PD, Stav I, Linton DM. Four year experience with adaptive support ventilation in a medical intensive care unit. Poster, European Society of Intensive Care, 2007.
9. Attie S, Sprung CL, Levin PD. Who touches whom in the ICU? Poster, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2007
10. Levin PD, Avidan A, Nesher T, Sprung CL. Mortality as a measure of intensive care unit bed availability. Poster, 26th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2006.
11. Levin PD, Simor AE, Guest C, Fowler R, Sibbald WJ, Kiss, A. Risk Factors Associated with Ciprofloxacin Resistance in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Poster, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005.
12. Levin PD. Risk factors for hyperglycemia in intensive care patients. Poster, American Thoracic Society, 2005.
13. Levin PD, Licht A. The use of spiral CT for the detection of pulmonary emboli in intensive care patients. Poster, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2005.
14. Levin PD, Young GB, Sibbald WB. Decreased blood transfusion in head injured patients is not associated with increased mortality. Poster, American Thoracic Society Conference, 2004
15. Levin PD, Fowler RA, Naimark D. A cost effectiveness analysis of erythropoietin in ICU patients. Poster, 24th International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 2004.
16. Einav S, Levin PD, Goodman SV et al; Patterns of utilization of intensive care beds for intermediate care in a flexible ICU. Poster, European Society of Intensive Care, 2002.
17. Levin PD, Sheinin O, Gozal Y. The use of a portable ultrasound device to assist in the insertion of radial artery catheters. Poster, American Society Anesthesiologists Annual Conference 2001.
18. Levin PD, Yinnon AM, Hersch M, Rudensky B. The impact of resin bottle blood cultures on the treatment of critically ill patients. Poster, 34th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1994.