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Office
7910 Frost St
Suite 120
San Diego, CA 92123Phone+1 858-966-8574- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine and a professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
My expertise lies in the treatment of complex pediatric brain tumors and cerebrovascular malformations. I am also involved with the design and utilization of endoscopy and three- dimensional imaging technologies to facilitate surgery and I an advisor for the National Hydrocephalus Association, as well as a board member for the Autism Tree Project Foundation, INCA, Stemedica, Holy Innocents Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda, and Going the Distance.
When not practicing medicine, I work with the National Football League as an unaffiliated sideline physician and for the NFL Players Association as a surgical consultant.
Education & Training
- USCPhD, Biophysics, 1990 - 1996
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1986 - 1993
- University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1986
- Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Child Neurology
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
- HI State Medical License 2012 - 2016
- FL State Medical License 2011 - 2013
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2017
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2009-2017
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2003-2017
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Clinical Trials
- A Study of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Bone Marrow Cells in Subjects With Ischemic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
- PNOC 001: Phase II Study of Everolimus for Recurrent or Progressive Low-grade Gliomas in Children Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 13
- Vemurafenib in Children With Recurrent/Refractory BRAF Gene V600E (BRAFV600E)-Mutant Gliomas Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 29
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Surgical management of Rathke cleft cysts in pediatric patients: a single institution experience.Brandel, M., Lin, C., Rennert, R., Khan, U., Plonsker, J., Crawford, J., Nation, J., Levy, M.> ;Child's Nervous System. 2024 Jan 19
- Rare posterior fossa EWSR1-PATZ1 gene fusion glioneuronal tumour-mimicking ependymoma in an adolescent successfully treated with surgery alone.Nikhil Kumar, Denise Malicki, Michael Levy, John Ross Crawford> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2023 Oct 4
- Anticoagulation for the treatment of septic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the setting of pediatric sinogenic and otogenic intracranial infections.Pearl A Sutter, Megan G Anderson, Ronald Sahyouni, Jillian Plonsker, Vijay M Ravindra, David D Gonda, Michael L Levy, Klaudia Dziugan, Megan Votoupal, Michael DeCuyper...> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2023 Oct 1
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Press Mentions
- Testing COVID Vaccine? Fighting Cancer? Carlsbad 6-Year-Old Does BothOctober 9th, 2021
- Virtual Reality, Sci-Fi Tech Being Turned into Surgeon’s Tools at SD Rady HospitalJuly 24th, 2023
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Member
- Society of University NeurosurgeonsMember
- American Society of Pediatric NeurosurgeonsMember
- Alpha Omega AlphaMember
- American Academy of Neurological SurgeryMember
- Joint Section of Pediatric NeurosurgeryMember
- WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical CareMember
- National Hydrocephalus AssociationAdvisor
Hospital Affiliations
- Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego, California
- UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
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