Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD, FACS

Chief, Neurospinal Services, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Professor of Neurological Surgery/Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation
Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation
Chief of Neurosurgery – University of Miami Hospital

tel: 305-243-6946

Education

Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, AZ	Spine Fellowship		1995
University of Miami Miami, FL	Ph.D.		1994
University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	Residency		1987
University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada	MD		1986

Allan Levi MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, specializes in the field of spine and peripheral nerve surgery.  His neurosurgical training was completed at the University of Toronto.  He did specialized fellowship training in spine surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He completed this Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Richard Bunge between ‘91 – '94. Dr. Levi joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 1997.

Dr. Levi serves as Chief of the Neurospine service at Jackson Memorial Hospital and has a busy clinical practice which includes the treatment of numerous spinal disorders including but not limited to degenerative spine diseases, spinal trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, tumors, Chiari malformations, syrinxes, etc. The latest technology is available within the operating rooms including complex spinal instrumentation, artificial cervical discs, spinal cord monitoring and minimally invasive spine surgery.

Clinical Specialties

Spinal surgery for trauma, degenerative disk disease, neoplasm, rheumatoid arthritis, complex spinal instrumentation, peripheral nerve surgery

Research Interests

Transplantation strategies for spinal cord injury, robotics in spinal surgery, artificial cervical disc

PUBLICATIONS

Books and monographs published: 

1. Javahary R, Debayle M, Levi AD: Spinal Intradural Infections. In The Spine – 5th edition. (ed. Eismont) Elsevier Science, 2005, Chapter 81 (In press).

2. Vitarbo EA, Levi AD: Spinal Cord Injury. In Textbook of Critical Care,  – 5th edition. (eds. Fink MP, Abraham E, Kochanek PM and Vincent JL) Elsevier Science, 2004, Chapter 56, pp 391-397, 2005

3. Vitarbo EA, Levi ADO: Cervical laminoplasty – open door. In Spine Surgery Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management – 2nd edition. (ed. Benzel EC) Harcourt Health Science, 2005, Chapter 166, pp 2103-2112.

4. Bhatia S, Levi AD: Corpectomy and Anterior Lateral Thoracic and Lumbar Screw Plate Fixation. In Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Tumors, (eds. Dickman CA, Fehlings MG, Gokaslan ZL) Thieme, 2005, Chapter 36, (In press).

5. Levi ADO: Approach to the Patient with Spine Trauma. In Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th edition, (ed. Winn HR) WB Saunders Co., 2003, Chapter 313, pp. 4869-4884.

6. Vitarbo L, Levi ADO: Cervical laminectomy and laminoplasty. In Textbook of Neurological Surgery. (eds. Bajter H, Loftus C) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, Chapter 197, pp 2066-2073.

7. Jimenez OF, Levi ADO: Acute Injury to the Spinal Cord. In Manual of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, (eds. Shatz DV, Kirton OC, Mckenney MG, Civetta JM) WB Saunders Co., 1999, Chapter 9, pp. 103-118.

8. Levi ADO: Neurological Syndromes of the Craniovertebral Junction. In Surgery of the Craniovertebral Junction, Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH and Spetzler RF, (eds.) Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1998, Chapter 5, pp. 103-120.

9. Levi ADO, Sonntag VKH: Neurosurgical Procedures in Spine Trauma.  In Comprehensive Management of Spine Trauma, Capen DA, Haye W(eds.) Mosby-yearbook, St. Louis, 1998, Chapter 22, pp. 331-344.

10. Levi ADO, Sonntag VKH: Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis. In Infections of the Central Nervous System, Osenbach RK, Zeidmann SM (eds.) Lippincott Raven Press, Philadelphia, 1998, Chapter 21. pp. 255-261.

11. Levi ADO: Studies on the storage and proliferation of cultured human Schwann cells with observations on their capacity to myelinate regenerating rodent axons in vivo. UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, 1994.

Juried or refereed journal articles (published):

1. Prusmack, C, Rochman AS, Levi AD: The Effect of Age on Survival following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (2006).

2. Tatsui C, Martinez G, Li X, Germain S, Pattany P, Levi AD: Evaluation of DuraGen™ in preventing peridural fibrosis in the rabbit. Journal of Neurosurgery – Spine (2006)

3. Jea A, Farhat H, Benglis D, Vanni S, Levi AD: Unstable Type III Odontoid Fractures:  Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurosurgery (2006)

4. Grijalva I, Li X, Marcillo A, Salzer J, Levi AD:  Expression of neurotrimin in the normal and injured human spinal cord. Spinal cord (2006)

5. Levi AD, Hurlbert RJ, Anderson P, Fehlings M, Rampersaud R, Massicotte EM, France JC, Le Huec JC, Hedlund R, Arnold P: Neurological deterioration secondary to unrecognized spinal instability following trauma - a Multi-center study. Spine (2006)

6. Navarro R, Javahery R, Eismont F, Arnold DJ, Bhatia NN, Vanni S, Levi AD: The use of sternocleidomastoid muscle flap for esophageal fistula repair in anterior cervical spine surgery. Spine 30:617-22 (2005)

7. Vitarbo  E, Sultan A, Wang D, Morcos J, Levi AD:  Split cord malformation with associated Type IV spinal cord arteriovenous fistula: A Case Report. J Neurosurgery - Spine

Publications

List of publications by Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD, FACS

Awards & Recognition