Allan D. Levi MD, PhD, FACS

Dr. Levi is a tenured Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at the University Of Miami MILLER School Of Medicine. He has a very busy clinical practice that focuses on complex spinal cord, spine, and peripheral nerve disorders. He has been at the University of Miami for the last 25 years including completing a Ph.D. in neurosciences. He graduated from the University of Ottawa medical school and completed his residency at the University of Toronto, as well as a spine fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

Dr. Levi has served as national director of the AANS Oral Board course for the last 11 years. He is an elected member of two of our most prestigious neurosurgical societies – the American Academy of Neurosurgery and the Senior Society of Neurological surgeons. His clinical research interests have focused on developing cellular transplantation strategies to repair injuries within both the human central and peripheral nervous systems.

Dr. Levi's current research interests involve serving as (1) PI on intravascular hypothermia after human cervical spinal cord injury and (2) co-PI on the FDA-approved trial of “The Safety of Autologous Human Schwann Cells in Subjects with a. Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)” and b. chronic SCI (3) Site PI of a Phase II Proof-of-Concept Study of the Safety and Efficacy of CNS-Stem Cell Transplantation in Cervical SCI (4) PI on the clinical development and characterization of the use of autologous human Schwann cells for peripheral nerve injuries with a lengthy gap. Dr. Levi has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, 40 textbook chapters, and 2 books. He serves as a reviewer for several journals in neurosurgery and neuroscience.