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Michael L. Levy MD PhD

Dr. Levy is currently Professor and Head of the Division of Pediatric Neurological Surgery at Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego.

Neurosurgeon (M.D.) Dr. Levy earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) — his M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)- and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. (UCSD). Previously, Dr. Levy worked as chief resident neurosurgeon at USC - LAC Medical Center. He was also a clinical instructor for the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California. Currently he is a Professor (X Track) of Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Diego.

Neuroscientist (Ph.D.) Dr. Levy obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from University of Southern California (USC) in 1997. Dr. Levy studied the impact of Pertussis Toxins inhibition of inhibitory G proteins and the impact on lymphocytic homing and response to metastatic brain tumors. Levy's published research has appeared in journals such as Neurosurgery, NEJM, Stroke, and Science. He has authored 5 books on topics ranging from neurosurgery to cancer biology and neuroscience.

Humanitarian / Educator Dr. Levy is involved in community service through teaching, mentoring, and humanitarian efforts. Currently he is the Division Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and is responsible for educating Pre-medical students, Medical Students, and Neurosurgical residents and Fellows. He is the co-founder and director of the International Neurosurgical Children's Association (INCA),[5] which improves the standard of brain surgery provided to disadvantaged children in developing nations. INCA works with international missions and has renovated neurosurgical care in hospitals across Central and South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Working with the Catholic Diocese in Poway, California he has assisted in the Development and construction of the Holy Innocents Children's Hospital in Mbarara, Uganda. Holy Innocents Children's Hospital is the largest free-standing pediatric hospital in Uganda.

Rady Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery Rady Children's Hospital was ranked #3 in 2015 as one of The 50 Most Amazing Children’s Hospitals in the World. With 520 registered beds, Rady’s Children’s Hospital is the largest children’s hospital in California and the sixth largest in the nation. One of the hospital’s missions is to never turn a sick child away for lack of a bed. The facility was recently ranked in all ten pediatric specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s list of America’s top children’s hospitals. In the same publication, Rady Children’s Hospital was designated #12 in the nation in the specialty of Pediatric Neurosurgery. The hospital’s dedication to children is unparalleled. In addition to typical child and family support services such as a canine care program and family advisory council, Rady’s has some truly unique programs. For instance, its on-site Chadwick Center for Children & Families provides therapy and treatment for abused, neglected, and traumatized kids. In addition, the hospital is home to the Helen Barnardy Center, the only pediatric nursing home in California.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is a 551-bed pediatric care facility providing the largest source of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego, Southern Riverside and Imperial counties. As a comparison the largest pediatric facility, Texas Children's Hospital (Houston), has 605 beds. The third largest pediatric facility, Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora) has 524 beds. Rady Children’s is the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and is the region’s only designated pediatric level 1 trauma center. Rady Children’s is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to support its mission. For more information, visit www.rchsd.org and find us on Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo.

Over 21,000 surgical procedures were performed at Rady Children's Hospital in 2018. As a comparison, 15,500 Surgical procedures were performed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the same time period.

Being one of the top three largest children’s hospitals in the Country, the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery is comprised of 3 pediatric neurosurgeons, two clinical neurosurgical nurse practitioners, and a pediatric neuro oncologist. The neurosurgery team at Rady Children's is committed to the constant pursuit of better care for children through adoption of the latest techniques, training, and technology including: 3 Tesla MRI systems, 2 Intra-operative hybrid MRI systems, a pediatric neuro interventional team, advanced brain mapping for patients with epilepsy utilizing both transcranial stimulation and Magnetoencephalopathy. The neurosurgery team also provides for ROSA robotic assisted epilepsy surgeries, biopsies, and laser ablation.

The most common surgical cases seen are: Hydrocephalus (shunt procedures and endoscopy), brain tumors (including IMRI), chiari decompression, Craniofacial procedures, Cerebrovascular disorders, and Epilepsy surgery (Including grid placements, robotic depth electrode placement, cortical mapping, resections, VNS, and Visualase ablations).

Children’s Neuroscience Center brings key subspecialties together under one roof, including epilepsy, neurology, and neurosurgery all championing a highly integrated care model. This evolving program has a dedicated inpatient unit for epilepsy and medical/surgical neurology, with state of the art video monitoring capability.