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Philip Levy, M.D.
levyp@wustl.edu
Instructor in Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine
Newborn Medicine
phone: (314) 454-6148
Clinical Interests
Neonatal Hemodynamics
Education
BS,
Hebrew University
,
2000
BS,
Rutgers University
,
2001
MD,
Sackler School of Medicine
,
2006
Training
Pediatric Internship, Children’s’ Hospital at Montefiore
,
2006
-
2007
Pediatric Residency, New York Medical College
,
2008
-
2010
Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine
,
2010
-
2013
Licensure and Board Certification
2012
-
Pres
MO
2012
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics (#678805)
2014
-
Pres
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Certifying Examination (#678805)
Honors and Awards
Phi Beta Kappa, Rutgers University
,
2001
B.S. magna cum laude, Rutgers University
,
2001
Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children’s Hospital
,
2010
- 2011
Recent Publications
view all (29)
Publication Co-Authors
James Kemp, M.D.
Marwan Shinawi, M.D.
Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.
Georgeann Groh, M.D.
W. Todd Cade, PT, PhD
Thomas Ferkol, M.D.
Amit M Mathur, M.D., M.R.C.P.
Ana María Arbeláez, M.D. MSCI
Jennifer N. Avari Silva, M.D.
R. Mark Grady, M.D.
Kathryn Leonard
Mark C. Johnson, M.D.
Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.
Choudhry S, Salter A, Cunningham TW, Levy PT, Hackett BP, Singh GK, Johnson MC.
Risk factors and prognostic significance of altered left ventricular geometry in preterm infants.
J Perinatol
.
2018.
PMID:
29410539
Martin T, Smith A, Breatnach CR, Kent E, Shanahan I, Boyle M, Levy PT, Franklin O, El-Khuffash A.
Infants Born with Down Syndrome: Burden of Disease in the Early Neonatal Period.
J Pediatr
.
2018;193:21-26.
PMID:
29174996
Snyder R, Herdt A, Mejias-Cepeda N, Ladino J, Crowley K, Levy P.
Early provision of oropharyngeal colostrum leads to sustained breast milk feedings in preterm infants.
Pediatr Neonatol
.
2017;58
(6):
534-540.
PMID:
28550982
Cade WT, Levy PT, Tinius RA, Patel MD, Choudhry S, Holland MR, Singh GK, Cahill AG.
Markers of maternal and infant metabolism are associated with ventricular dysfunction in infants of obese women with type 2 diabetes.
Pediatr Res
.
2017;82
(5):
768-775.
PMCID:
PMC5645208
PMID:
28604759
Breatnach CR, Levy PT, Franklin O, El-Khuffash A.
Strain Rate and Its Positive Force-Frequency Relationship: Further Evidence from a Premature Infant Cohort.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2017;30
(10):
1045-1046.
PMID:
28847558
Morris R, Prasad A, Asaro J, Guzman M, Sanders L, Hauck A, Singh GK, Levy PT.
Markers of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.
Glob Pediatr Health
.
2017;4:2333794X17727423.
PMCID:
PMC5580842
PMID:
28890913
Keller RL, Feng R, DeMauro SB, Ferkol T, Hardie W, Rogers EE, Stevens TP, Voynow JA, Bellamy SL, Shaw PA, Moore PE, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program..
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Perinatal Characteristics Predict 1-Year Respiratory Outcomes in Newborns Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age: A Prospective Cohort Study.
J Pediatr
.
2017;187:89-97.e3.
PMCID:
PMC5533632
PMID:
28528221
Choudhry S, Salter A, Cunningham TW, Levy PT, Nguyen HH, Wallendorf M, Singh GK, Johnson MC.
Normative Left Ventricular M-Mode Echocardiographic Values in Preterm Infants up to 2 kg.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2017;30
(8):
781-789.e4.
PMCID:
PMC5609837
PMID:
28599830
Levy PT, El-Khuffash A, Patel MD, Breatnach CR, James AT, Sanchez AA, Abuchabe C, Rogal SR, Holland MR, McNamara PJ, Jain A, Franklin O, Mertens L, Hamvas A, Singh GK.
Maturational Patterns of Systolic Ventricular Deformation Mechanics by Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Preterm Infants over the First Year of Age.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2017;30
(7):
685-698.e1.
PMCID:
PMC5495609
PMID:
28433214
Levy PT, El-Khuffash A.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension after ibuprofen treatment in the first week of life?
J Pediatr
.
2017;182:408-409.
PMID:
27939126
Asaro J, Robinson CA, Levy PT.
Visceral Hyperalgesia: When to Consider Gabapentin Use in Neonates-Case Study and Review.
Child Neurol Open
.
2017;4:2329048X17693123.
PMCID:
PMC5417277
PMID:
28503628
Levy PT, Singh GK.
Challenges in Interpreting Deformation Values by Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Preterm and Term Infants.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2017;30
(1):
97-98.
PMID:
27638237
Levy PT, Patel MD, Groh G, Choudhry S, Murphy J, Holland MR, Hamvas A, Grady MR, Singh GK.
Pulmonary Artery Acceleration Time Provides a Reliable Estimate of Invasive Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Children.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2016;29
(11):
1056-1065.
PMCID:
PMC5408579
PMID:
27641101
Levy PT, Singh GK.
Author's Reply.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2016;29
(6):
568-9.
PMID:
27133162
Manuck TA, Levy PT, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Jobe AH, Blaisdell CJ.
Prenatal and Perinatal Determinants of Lung Health and Disease in Early Life: A National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report.
JAMA Pediatr
.
2016;170
(5):
e154577.
PMID:
26953657
Levy PT, Machefsky A, Sanchez AA, Patel MD, Rogal S, Fowler S, Yaeger L, Hardi A, Holland MR, Hamvas A, Singh GK.
Reference Ranges of Left Ventricular Strain Measures by Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2016;29
(3):
209-225.e6.
PMCID:
PMC4779733
PMID:
26747685
Breatnach CR, Levy PT, James AT, Franklin O, El-Khuffash A.
Novel Echocardiography Methods in the Functional Assessment of the Newborn Heart.
Neonatology
.
2016;110
(4):
248-260.
PMID:
27287615
Poindexter BB, Feng R, Schmidt B, Aschner JL, Ballard RA, Hamvas A, Reynolds AM, Shaw PA, Jobe AH, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program..
Comparisons and Limitations of Current Definitions of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia for the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program.
Ann Am Thorac Soc
.
2015;12
(12):
1822-30.
PMCID:
PMC4722827
PMID:
26397992
Sanchez AA, Levy PT, Sekarski TJ, Hamvas A, Holland MR, Singh GK.
Effects of frame rate on two-dimensional speckle tracking-derived measurements of myocardial deformation in premature infants.
Echocardiography
.
2015;32
(5):
839-47.
PMCID:
PMC4324397
PMID:
25109389
Maitre NL, Ballard RA, Ellenberg JH, Davis SD, Greenberg JM, Hamvas A, Pryhuber GS, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program..
Respiratory consequences of prematurity: evolution of a diagnosis and development of a comprehensive approach.
J Perinatol
.
2015;35
(5):
313-321.
PMCID:
PMC4414744
PMID:
25811285
Levy PT, Dioneda B, Holland MR, Sekarski TJ, Lee CK, Mathur A, Cade WT, Cahill AG, Hamvas A, Singh GK.
Right ventricular function in preterm and term neonates: reference values for right ventricle areas and fractional area of change.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2015;28
(5):
559-69.
PMCID:
PMC4532398
PMID:
25753503
Pryhuber GS, Maitre NL, Ballard RA, Cifelli D, Davis SD, Ellenberg JH, Greenberg JM, Kemp J, Mariani TJ, Panitch H, Ren C, Shaw P, Taussig LM, Hamvas A, Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program Investigators..
Prematurity and respiratory outcomes program (PROP): study protocol of a prospective multicenter study of respiratory outcomes of preterm infants in the United States.
BMC Pediatr
.
2015;15:37.
PMCID:
PMC4407843
PMID:
25886363
Sanchez AA, Levy PT, Sekarski TJ, Arbelaez AM, Hildebolt CF, Holland MR, Singh GK.
Markers of cardiovascular risk, insulin resistance, and ventricular dysfunction and remodeling in obese adolescents.
J Pediatr
.
2015;166
(3):
660-5.
PMCID:
PMC4344883
PMID:
25556013
Anderson JL, Levy PT, Leonard KB, Smyser CD, Tychsen L, Cole FS.
Congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: when to consider the diagnosis.
J Child Neurol
.
2014;29
(6):
837-42.
PMCID:
PMC3972356
PMID:
23666045
Levy PT, Sanchez Mejia AA, Machefsky A, Fowler S, Holland MR, Singh GK.
Normal ranges of right ventricular systolic and diastolic strain measures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2014;27
(5):
549-60, e3.
PMCID:
PMC4031687
PMID:
24582163
Groh GK, Levy PT, Holland MR, Murphy JJ, Sekarski TJ, Myers CL, Hartman DP, Roiger RD, Singh GK.
Doppler echocardiography inaccurately estimates right ventricular pressure in children with elevated right heart pressure.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2014;27
(2):
163-71.
PMCID:
PMC3946813
PMID:
24183542
Levy PT, Holland MR, Sekarski TJ, Hamvas A, Singh GK.
Feasibility and reproducibility of systolic right ventricular strain measurement by speckle-tracking echocardiography in premature infants.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2013;26
(10):
1201-13.
PMCID:
PMC3800696
PMID:
23880052
Mills KI, Anderson J, Levy PT, Cole FS, Silva JN, Kulkarni S, Shinawi M.
Duplication of 20p12.3 associated with familial Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Am J Med Genet A
.
2013;161A
(1):
137-44.
PMID:
23239491
Singh GK, Levy PT, Holland MR, Hamvas A.
Novel methods for assessment of right heart structure and function in pulmonary hypertension.
Clin Perinatol
.
2012;39
(3):
685-701.
PMID:
22954276
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