Hara Levy, MD 

Titles
Pediatric pulmonologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Pulmonary Medicine

Research interests
Genetic diseases/genomics, respiratory diseases

Study interests
Defining disease-modifying genes, identifying genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Education
Medical degree, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1991; residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1996; Pediatric Pulmonology fellowship, Children's Hospital Boston, 2001.

Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997; diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 2000; Medical License Board of Registration in Medicine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1997; Medical License Department of Medical Licensing and Regulation, State of Wisconsin, 2007.

Honors
Pediatric Scientist Development Training Program Fellow, 1997-1999; Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Research Award, 2000-2001; Glaser Foundation Scholarship Award, 2001-2003; National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Award, 2003-2007; American Thoracic Society Unrestricted Grant Award, 2006-2007.

Representative publications

• Rychik J, Levy H, Gaynor JW, DeCampli WM, Spray TL. Outcome After Operations for Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1998; 116(6):924-31. PMID: 9832682.
• Schonberger J*, Levy H*, Grunig E, Sangwatanaroj S, Fatkin D, MacRae C, Stacker H, Halpin C, Eavy R, Philbin EF, Katus H, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Heritable Syndrome That Maps to 6q23-24. Circulation. 2000; 101(15):1812-8. PMID: 10769282. (*co-first authorship).
• Levy H, Raby BA, Lake S, Tantisira K, Kwiatkowski D, Lazarus R, Silverman EK, Richter B, Klimecki WT, Vercelli D, Martinez FD, Weiss ST. Association of Defensin B-1 Gene Polymorphisms with Asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2005; 115(2):252-8. PMID: 15696078.
• Ly NP, Ruiz-Perez B, Onderdonk A, Tzianabos AO, Litonjua AA, Liang C, Laskey D, Delaney ML, DuBois AM, Levy H, Gold DR, Ryan LM, Weiss ST, Celedon JC. Mode of Delivery and Cord Blood Cytokines: A Birth Cohort Study. Clinical and Molecular Allergy. 2006; 4-13. PMID: 17002791.
• Levy H, Kalish LA, Huntington I, Weller N, Gerard C, Silverman EK, Celedon JC, Pier GB, Weiss ST. Inflammatory Markers of Lung Disease in Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2007; 42(3):256-62. PMID: 17245735.

Grants

• Family-based Analysis of Modifiers of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Diseases, National Institues of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 07/01/03-06/30/08, principal investigator/awardee.
• IL-1 Gene Family Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to P. Aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, American Thoracic Society, 01/01/06-12/31/07, principal investigator/awardee.

Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
MS B620
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-6730
Fax: (414) 266-6742
E-mail: hlevy@mcw.edu