Department of Pediatrics

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 - PresMO
• 2012 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics (#678805)
• 2014 - PresNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Certifying Examination (#678805)

Honors

• 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.

Gautam K. Singh, M.D.

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.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Philip Levy, M.D.

1. 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 
2. 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 
3. 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 
4. 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 
5. 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 
6. 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 
7. 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 
8. 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 
9. 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 
10. 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 
11. 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 
12. 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 
13. 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 
14. Levy PT, Singh GK. Author's Reply. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016;29(6):568-9. PMID:27133162 
15. 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 
16. 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 
17. 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 
18. 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 
19. 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 
20. 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 
21. 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 
22. 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 
23. 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 
24. 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 
25. 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 
26. 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 
27. 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 
28. 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 
29. 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