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This is a short clip from the video of the December 2, 2009 honoring of Stephen M. Levin, MD with the international Collegium Ramazzini’s prestigious Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award in New York.
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer most often caused by asbestos that affects the smooth lining of the chest, lungs, heart, and abdomen. While imaging tests and tissue biopsies are the most common methods for diagnosing mesothelioma, blood tests can also help doctors identify the disease. These blood tests look for certain indicators of disease, known as biomarkers, in a patient's blood. n addition to their diagnostic benefits, biomarkers can also be used to predict the progression and aggressiveness of a patient's mesothelioma. This can affect a patient's prognosis and help doctors identify the patients who will respond best to certain treatments.
This entire video , Stephen Levin, MD, honored with the Collegium Ramazzini's Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award in 2009.(57 minutes) can be viewed at youtu.be/N5-H15WH8Qs : “This prestigious award is given periodically to a scientist or humanist whose studies and achievements have contributed to the protection of workers’ health and the environment,” explained Dr. Philip Landrigan in presenting the award, which has been conferred only five times in the academy’s 27-year history.
Dr. Levin (1941 - 2012) was an internationally known expert in occupational medicine and asbestos related disease and Dr. Levin is the longtime medical director of the Mount Sinai- Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine and prior director of the World Trade Center medical monitoring and treatment programs. He was Professor of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He graduated in 1967 from the New York University School of Medicine. After a decade of practice in General Medicine in Pennsylvania, he came to Mount Sinai to receive his training in Occupational Medicine. Following completion of his training, he joined the Mount Sinai faculty. He spent the remainder of his career at Mount Sinai, rose through the academic ranks and was promoted to full Professor in 2011. He was Co-Director of the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which provided medical assessments, diagnostic referrals and occupational health education for over 20,000 workers and volunteers who performed rescue and recovery work at the WTC site. He served as Principal Investigator and Director of the Data and Coordination Center for the federally funded WTC Medical Monitoring Program that provides repeat examinations for the WTC responder cohort. Dr. Levin also served on the Science Advisory Board for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). ADAO created a short memorial video tribute to Dr. Levin which can be seen at youtu.be/kMu-lNHNt-o . For more information about the Collegium Ramazzini, visit their website at collegiumramazzini.org/index.asp. To learn more about the good work of the Mt Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health, go to their website at mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/occupational-health . Thanks to Dr. Levin's wife, Robin Dintiman, for providing this video and allowing it to be posted.
This is a short clip from the video of the December 2, 2009 honoring of Stephen M. Levin, MD with the international Collegium Ramazzini’s prestigious Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award in New York.
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer most often caused by asbestos that affects the smooth lining of the chest, lungs, heart, and abdomen. While imaging tests and tissue biopsies are the most common methods for diagnosing mesothelioma, blood tests can also help doctors identify the disease. These blood tests look for certain indicators of disease, known as biomarkers, in a patient's blood. n addition to their diagnostic benefits, biomarkers can also be used to predict the progression and aggressiveness of a patient's mesothelioma. This can affect a patient's prognosis and help doctors identify the patients who will respond best to certain treatments.
This entire video , Stephen Levin, MD, honored with the Collegium Ramazzini's Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award in 2009.(57 minutes) can be viewed at youtu.be/N5-H15WH8Qs : “This prestigious award is given periodically to a scientist or humanist whose studies and achievements have contributed to the protection of workers’ health and the environment,” explained Dr. Philip Landrigan in presenting the award, which has been conferred only five times in the academy’s 27-year history.
Dr. Levin (1941 - 2012) was an internationally known expert in occupational medicine and asbestos related disease and Dr. Levin is the longtime medical director of the Mount Sinai- Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine and prior director of the World Trade Center medical monitoring and treatment programs. He was Professor of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He graduated in 1967 from the New York University School of Medicine. After a decade of practice in General Medicine in Pennsylvania, he came to Mount Sinai to receive his training in Occupational Medicine. Following completion of his training, he joined the Mount Sinai faculty. He spent the remainder of his career at Mount Sinai, rose through the academic ranks and was promoted to full Professor in 2011. He was Co-Director of the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which provided medical assessments, diagnostic referrals and occupational health education for over 20,000 workers and volunteers who performed rescue and recovery work at the WTC site. He served as Principal Investigator and Director of the Data and Coordination Center for the federally funded WTC Medical Monitoring Program that provides repeat examinations for the WTC responder cohort. Dr. Levin also served on the Science Advisory Board for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). ADAO created a short memorial video tribute to Dr. Levin which can be seen at youtu.be/kMu-lNHNt-o . For more information about the Collegium Ramazzini, visit their website at collegiumramazzini.org/index.asp. To learn more about the good work of the Mt Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health, go to their website at mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/occupational-health . Thanks to Dr. Levin's wife, Robin Dintiman, for providing this video and allowing it to be posted.
