Richard M. Levitan Explained

Richard M. Levitan
Education:Williams College
New York University School of Medicine (MD)
Work Institutions:Littleton Regional Hospital
Geisel School of Medicine
Research Field:Emergency medicine
Birth Place:New York City, US
Occupation:Emergency medicine physician, businessperson

Richard Mark Levitan is an American emergency medicine physician and businessperson. He is a clinical professor of medicine at Dartmouth College and a practicing physician at the Littleton Regional Hospital. He also runs a company that creates materials and runs events to teach emergency airway management.

Early life and education

Levitan was born to Minna Osinoff and Milton Levitan in New York City.[1] He graduated from Horace Mann School and Williams College,[2] then completed a medical degree at New York University School of Medicine in 1994.[3] He completed an internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital under .[1] He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.[4]

Career and research

After his residency, Levitan practiced in Philadelphia where he taught how to in perform intubations. In 1994, he invented an imaging system for teaching intubation,[5] which his Airway Cam company now promotes. Levitan's clinical interests includes emergency medicine. As of 2020, he has worked as an emergency medicine doctor for 30 years. He is a practicing physician at the Littleton Regional Hospital in Littleton, New Hampshire.[6] Levitan is a clinical professor of medicine at Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine.[7]

COVID-19

In April 2020, Levitan volunteered for 10 days to help treat patients with COVID-19 at the emergency room of Bellevue Hospital in New York City.[8] He observed many patients with pneumonia and hypoxia (low oxygen levels in blood) who did not have typical symptoms of breathing problems such as chest discomfort or painful breathing. Levitan suggested in a New York Times op-ed that the widespread use of pulse oximeters could lead to earlier detection of serious breathing complications, and to better outcomes for patients with these complications. Although the op-ed was covered in the news,[9] other doctors cautioned that early detection might lead to overtreatment, and that the role of early detection of hypoxia in treating COVID-19 still needed to be studied.[10] Levitan's hypothesis was supported by a prospective study appearing some months later in Academic Emergency Medicine,[11] for which Levitan was invited to write an accompanying piece of commentary.[12]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. News: Dwyer. Jim. The Doctor Came to Save Lives. The Co-op Board Told Him to Get Lost.. April 3, 2020. The New York Times. April 24, 2020. Jim Dwyer (journalist).
  2. News: Diane Edbril and Richard Levitan Are Married. January 8, 1990. May 8, 2020. New York Times.
  3. Web site: About Airway Cam. Airway Cam. May 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: Richard M. Levitan MD - Littleton Regional Healthcare. littletonhealthcare.org. 2020-04-25.
  5. News: Levitan. Richard. Opinion The Infection That's Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients. April 20, 2020. The New York Times. 0362-4331. April 24, 2020.
  6. Web site: Littleton doctor returns from NYC with COVID-19 insights. Koziol. John. April 15, 2020. Union Leader. en. 2020-04-25.
  7. Web site: Richard M Levitan, MD – Faculty Expertise Database – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. en-US. 2020-04-26.
  8. News: April 23 . CBS News . Device that checks oxygen levels could be early warning system for coronavirus, doctor says . April 24, 2020 . www.cbsnews.com . en.
  9. News: Carbone . Christopher . 'Silent hypoxia' may be killing COVID-19 patients, but one doctor offers a possible solution . April 24, 2020 . Fox News . April 23, 2020.
  10. Couzin-Frankel . Jennifer . Why don't some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? . Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . April 28, 2020 . 0036-8075 . 10.1126/science.abc5107 . 219024882 .
  11. Shah . Sonia . Majmudar . Kaushal . Stein . Amy . Gupta . Nita . Suppes . Spencer . Karamanis . Marina . Capannari . Joseph . Sethi . Sanjay . Patte . Christine . Kline . Jeffrey A. . Novel Use of Home Pulse Oximetry Monitoring in COVID‐19 Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department Identifies Need for Hospitalization . Academic Emergency Medicine . Wiley . 27 . 8 . 2020-07-23 . 1069-6563 . 10.1111/acem.14053 . 681–692. 32779828 . 7323027 .
  12. Levitan . Richard M. . Kline . Jeffrey A. . Pulse Oximetry as a Biomarker for Early Identification and Hospitalization of COVID‐19 Pneumonia . Academic Emergency Medicine . Wiley . 27 . 8 . 2020 . 1069-6563 . 10.1111/acem.14052. 7323007 . 785–786. 32779867 . 220251166 . free .
  13. Reviews of the Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management
    • Ovassapian. Andranik. Andranik Ovassapian. September 2005. The Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management (review). Anesthesia & Analgesia. 101. 3. 930. 10.1097/00000539-200509000-00078. free.
    • Doyle. D. John. 2005. The Airway Cam™ guide to intubation and practical emergency airway management (review). Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 52. 4. 448. 10.1007/bf03016302. 0832-610X. free.
    • Rocchini. Albert J.. 2006. The Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management (review). Prehospital Emergency Care. Informa UK Limited. 10. 2. 276–277. 10.1080/10903120500540995. 71173379. 1090-3127.
  14. Hayes . Alisa . 2015 EMRA/AIRWAY CAM: Fundamentals of Airway Management, 3rd Edition (review) . Annals of Emergency Medicine . Elsevier BV . 67 . 5 . 2016 . 0196-0644 . 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.02.029 . 685. free .

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