WayneCecilLevyMD

Heart Failure & Transplantation, Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation

Professor, Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, UW Heart Institute

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Office
University of Washington Medical Ctr
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-598-4300

Fax+1 206-598-4669

Dr. Wayne Levy is a cardiologist in Seattle, WA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and has been in practice 32 years. He specializes in heart failure & transplantation and exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation and is experienced in transplant cardiology, congestive heart failure, heart failure and transplantation, vad management, and left ventricular dysfunction.

WA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

PubMed

Journal Articles

New Research Paper Improving the Use of Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Therapy with Validated Patient-Centric Risk Estimates
Jeanne E Poole, Todd F Dardas, Gust H Bardy, Ramin Shadman, Wayne C Levy, Daniel B Mark, ScienceDirect

Lectures

Acute Heart Failure Research: What Does the Future Hold?
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019

New Tool Predicts Benefits and Risks of Implantable Defibrillator for Heart Failure PatientsJuly 2nd, 2018
Mom Who Lived Months on Artificial Heart Has Successful TransplantFebruary 2nd, 2017
Journal of the American College of Cardiology Ï¿½ 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc. Published by Elsevier IncOctober 12th, 2014

Risk stratification for ICD Generator Changes in the ICD RegistryNIH/NHLBI2018–2020
Application of Seattle Heart Failure and Seattle Proportional Risk Models in NCDR ICD RegistryAmerican College of Cardiology2015–2017
TEAM-HF: Tools for Economic Analysis of Patient Management Interventions in Heart FailureNIH/NINR2010–2012
Effects Of Atorvastatin On Systemic Inflammation With Heart Failure PatientsNational Center For Research Resources2004–2005
Moxonidine Safety &Efficacy TrialNational Center For Research Resources1999–2000

Steering Committee Member, CARRILON - Functional MR 2019 - Present
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, GUIDE-HF - CardioMEMS 2019 - Present
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, Remedē FDA Post Approval Registry 2018 - Present
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, SOVE CRT - EBR Systems Inc 2017 - Present
Steering Committee Member, RED-HF 2007 - Present
Steering Committee Member, ASCEND 2007 - Present
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, CHAMPION Post Approval Registry 2015 - 2019
Steering Committee Member, ADMIRE ICD 2015 - 2018
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, RELAX- ASIA 2011 - 2016
Clinical Endpoint Committee Member, CHAMPION - CardioMEMS 2008 - 2011
Steering Committee Member, MOXCON 1998 - 1999

Professor of Medicine/CardiologyMy expertise is risk stratification and selection of patients for heart failure devices (ICDs, CRTP, CRTD, and LVADs). I developed the widely utilized Seattle Heart Failure Model, the Seattle Post Infarction Model, and the novel Seattle Proportional Risk Model.1991 - Present