David C. Levin MD

David C. Levin, MD, first became interested in medicine while serving as a jet fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force after having graduated from Cornell University. He subsequently received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, then did a surgical internship and radiology residency at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center. During the course of his career in academic radiology, he has held faculty appointments at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School. While at Harvard, he was head of cardiovascular/interventional radiology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, before being appointed acting chairman of that department.

He came to Jefferson as a radiology chairman in 1986 and held that post for 16 years before stepping down at the end of June 2002. Since then, he has served as a consultant for HealthHelp, Inc., a radiology benefits management company based in Houston; on the board of directors of OIA, LLC, an imaging center development firm based in Nashville, TN; and as a consultant in radiology for ECRI, a healthcare technology consulting firm. He also continues to work in Jefferson's department of radiology doing coronary CT angiography, health services research, and teaching. All of these are part-time positions.

Dr. Levin has served as chairman of the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention of the American Heart Association and president of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments. At the RSNA, he served as chair of the cardiovascular section of the Program Committee, head of the health policy and practice section of the Refresher Course Committee, and chair of the Health Policy and Practice Committee.