markdcatlin | Stephen Levin, MD, honored with the Collegium Ramazzini's Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award in 2009 @markdcatlin | Uploaded March 2016 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This video is from the December 2, 2009 honoring of Stephen M. Levin, MD with the international Collegium Ramazzini’s prestigious Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award n New York. 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. “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. Stephen Levin, was Professor of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He was a 1967 graduate of 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. Dr. Levin became Medical Director of the Mount Sinai Selikoff Center in 1987 . He was active in the Occupational Medicine teaching program for medical students and residents. His research interests focused on asbestos-related disease, other occupational lung diseases and heavy metal toxicity. Dr. Levin served as a consultant to the New York State, New Jersey, and New York City Departments of Health on the health hazards of environmental pollutants. In response to the events of September 11, 2001, Dr. Levin devoted his expertise for over a decade to the evaluation and treatment of patients who developed respiratory and psychological illnesses as a consequence of their exposures and experiences at or near the site of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. 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 video is from the December 2, 2009 honoring of Stephen M. Levin, MD with the international Collegium Ramazzini’s prestigious Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award n New York. 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. “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. Stephen Levin, was Professor of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He was a 1967 graduate of 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. Dr. Levin became Medical Director of the Mount Sinai Selikoff Center in 1987 . He was active in the Occupational Medicine teaching program for medical students and residents. His research interests focused on asbestos-related disease, other occupational lung diseases and heavy metal toxicity. Dr. Levin served as a consultant to the New York State, New Jersey, and New York City Departments of Health on the health hazards of environmental pollutants. In response to the events of September 11, 2001, Dr. Levin devoted his expertise for over a decade to the evaluation and treatment of patients who developed respiratory and psychological illnesses as a consequence of their exposures and experiences at or near the site of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. 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.
