Michael Lee Levy MD PhD, FACS, FAANS
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Skull Base
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine and Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine
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7910 Frost StSuite 120San Diego, CA 92123
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Summary
- I am the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine and a professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
My expertise lies in the treatment of complex pediatric brain tumors and cerebrovascular malformations. I am also involved with the design and utilization of endoscopy and three- dimensional imaging technologies to facilitate surgery and I an advisor for the National Hydrocephalus Association, as well as a board member for the Autism Tree Project Foundation, INCA, Stemedica, Holy Innocents Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda, and Going the Distance.
When not practicing medicine, I work with the National Football League as an unaffiliated sideline physician and for the NFL Players Association as a surgical consultant.
Education & Training
USCPhD, Biophysics, 1990 - 1996
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 1986 - 1993
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1986
Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Child Neurology
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
HI State Medical License 2012 - 2016
FL State Medical License 2011 - 2013
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2017
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2009-2017
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2003-2017
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Clinical Trials
- A Study of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Bone Marrow Cells in Subjects With Ischemic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
- PNOC 001: Phase II Study of Everolimus for Recurrent or Progressive Low-grade Gliomas in Children Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 13
- Vemurafenib in Children With Recurrent/Refractory BRAF Gene V600E (BRAFV600E)-Mutant Gliomas Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 29
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Increased Traumatic Brain Injury Severity and Mortality in Undocumented Immigrants.Alexander Tenorio, Michael G Brandel, Carson P McCann, Marcos Real, Jay J Doucet
Neurosurgery. 2025-04-01 - Genomic Characterization of Chordoma: Insights from the AACR Project GENIE Database.Beau Hsia, Gabriel Bitar, Saif A Alshaka, Jeeho D Kim, Bastien A Valencia-Sanchez
Cancers. 2025-02-05 - The association of the US-Mexico border wall extension on deaths from harsh land conditions.Alexander Tenorio, Carson P McCann, Janine Young, Linda L Hill, Jay J Doucet
Journal of Travel Medicine. 2025-02-03
Press Mentions
Testing COVID Vaccine? Fighting Cancer? Carlsbad 6-Year-Old Does BothOctober 9th, 2021- Virtual Reality, Sci-Fi Tech Being Turned into Surgeon’s Tools at SD Rady HospitalJuly 24th, 2023
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Member
- Society of University NeurosurgeonsMember
- American Society of Pediatric NeurosurgeonsMember
- Alpha Omega AlphaMember
- American Academy of Neurological SurgeryMember
- Joint Section of Pediatric NeurosurgeryMember
- WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical CareMember
- National Hydrocephalus AssociationAdvisor
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