Yuval Levy M.D., M.H.A

Personal Details

Name:                  Yuval Levy – MD. MsHA.

Mobile:                052-9240532

Present Position:  Chief Medical Officer

Email:                  yuval.levy@sheba.gov.il

Education

2021:                    Director course at Sheba Medical Center

2007-2009:            Master's degree in Health Systems Management (MsHA) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2008-2009:            Residency in Neonatology - Wolfson Medical Center - Holon.

2007-2008:            Residency in Pediatrics - Wolfson Medical Center - Holon (Phase II).

2003-2005:            Residency in Pediatrics - Wolfson Medical Center - Holon (Phase I).

2000-2001:            Internship - Hospital Asaf Harofe. Elective in pediatrics at Wolfson Medical Center 11/2000.

1993-1999:            Studies in medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel – Aviv University.

Professional Experience

3.2022 – Today:    Chief Medical Officer, Sheba Medical Center

2018 – 2022:         Deputy Director General Hospital Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

2017:                    Advanced Cardiac Life Support course (ACLS)

2015 – 2018:         Deputy Director Wolfson Medical Center, Holon.

2010 - 2013:          Commander of Aeromedical Unit – IAF – Tel Hashomer (Yarpa).

1/ 2010:                Head of neonatal unit for the IDF Medical Corps Field Hospital in Haiti.

2007-2009:           Master's degree in Health Systems Management (MsHA) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2008-2009:            Residency in Neonatology - Wolfson Medical Center - Holon.

2007-2008:            Residency in Pediatrics - Wolfson Medical Center- Holon (Phase II).

2003-2005:            Residency in Pediatrics - Wolfson Medical Center - Holon (Phase I).

2003:                    Pediatric Advanced Life Support course (PALS).

2001-2002:            Commander of the Medical Division Palmahim Air-Force Base.

2001:                    Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (ATLS).

2000-2001:            Internship at Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Elective in Pediatrics at Wolfson Medical Center 11/2000.

1985:                    Medical assistant at the Geriatric Medical Institute Rishon Le-Zion (working with Alzheimer patients).

Academic Experience

• Course Director and lecturer for Introduction to Health System Management course at the Tel-Aviv University, School of Public Health – 2019-today
• Congress Pediatric Track Team Member - The World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine World Congress in Toronto, CANADA, April 25-28, 2017
• Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee for the National Israeli Conference on Aerospace Medicine. 2011-2012
• Coordinator for the Clinical Aero-Space Medicine Course at the Sakler Medicine Faculty – Tel-Aviv University. 2010-2011
• Presenter at multiple scientific conferences including ASMA (Aero-Space Medical Association) and ICASM (International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine).
• Member of organizing committee and chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee for ICASM – 2013.
• Lecturer in aerospace medicine at the Sakler Medicine Faculty – Tel-Aviv University and at the Faculty of Medicine – Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Publications – see below.

Scientific Publications

1. Authors: : Lilac Meltzer, Sharon Amit, Mayan Gilboa, Ilana Tal, Bella Mechnik, Avi Irony, Hindi Engelrad, Avi Epstein, Yael Frenkel Nir, Yuval Levy, Yitshak Kreiss, Gili Regev-Yochay. The Use of Rapid Covid-19 Antigen Test in the Emergency Department as a Decision-Support Tool, Microorganisms
2. Authors: Gili Joseph, Elisheva Klayn, Yaniv Lustig, Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Keren Asraf, Victoria Indenbaum, Sharon Amit, Or Kriger, Mayan Gilboa, Yuval Levy, Itay Pesach, Yitshak Kreiss, Gili Regev-Yochay and Michal Stein. Real-World Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of Two Doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination in Children Aged 5–11 Years, Vaccines 2022
3. Authors: Yael Frenkel Nir, Yuval Levy*, Amit Gutkind, Ehud Grossman. The effect of the Covid‑19 pandemic on patient visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations in medical wards in an Israeli medical center. Isr J Health Policy Res (2021) 10:62.
4. Authors: Fardman A, Oren D, Berkovitch A, Segev A, Levy Y, Beigel R, Matetzky S. Post COVID-19 Acute Myocardial Infarction Rebound. Can J Cardiol. 2020 Aug 28:S0828-282X(20)30952-1. 
5. Authors: Levy Y., Frenkel Nir Y., Ironi A., Englard H., Regev-Yochay G., Rahav G, Afek A.,  Grossman E. Emergency Department Triage in the Era of COVID-19: The Sheba Medical Center Experience. IMAJ, Vol 22, August 2020
6. Authors: Arie Levine, Lea Bachar, Zili Tsangen, Avi Mizrachi, Anat Levy, Ilan Dalal, Lia Kornfeld, Yuval Levy, Zvi Zadik, Dan Turner, Mona Boaz. Screening Criteria for Diagnosis of Infantile Feeding Disorders as a Cause of Poor Feeding or Food Refusal. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 04/2011. Impact factor – 2.18
7. Authors: Yuval Levy, Anat Levy, Tsili Zangen, Lia Kornfeld, Ilan Dalal, Eli Samuel, Mona Boaz, Nophar Ben David, Marguerite Dunitz, Arie Levine. Diagnostic clues for identification of nonorganic vs organic causes of food refusal and poor feeding. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 04/2009; 48(3):355-62. Impact factor – 2.18
8. Authors: Ran D Balicer, Michael Huerta, Yuval Levy, Nadav Davidovitch, Itamar Grotto. Influenza outbreak control in confined settings. Emerging infectious diseases. 05/2005; 11(4):579-83. Impact factor – 6.86
9. Authors: Alon Grossman, Alex Prokupetz, Yuval Levy. Physical Examination and Electrocardiographic Findings in Young Subjects - Are They Predictive of Echocardiographic Findings? Cardiology. 09/2011; 119(3):151-154. Impact factor – 1.64
10. Authors: Idan Nakdimon, Leah Chapnik, Alon Grossman, Yuval Levy. Back symptoms in aviators flying different aircraft. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. 02/2012. Impact factor – 1.05
11. Authors: Aaron Jason Bilek , Yuval Levy, Haneen Kab, Pavel Andreev and Doron Garfinkel. Teaching physicians the GPGP method promotes deprescribing in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, 2019, Vol. 10: 1–16
12. Authors: Levkovsky A, Abot-Barkan S, Chapnik L, Doron O, Levy Y, Heled Y, Gordon B. Aviator's Fluid Balance During Military Flight. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Feb 1;89(2):94-98
13. Authors: Sterkin A, Levy Y, Pokroy R, Lev M, Levian L, Doron R, Yehezkel O, Fried M, Frenkel-Nir Y, Gordon B, Polat U. Vision improvement in pilots with presbyopia following perceptual learning. Vision Res. 2018 Nov;152:61-73.
14. Authors: Gordon B, Levy Y, Yemini T, Carmon E, Erlich Y, Hermoni D. The Ecology of Medical Care Among Israeli Military Aviators. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2016 Dec 1
15. Authors: Gordon B, Joachims Z, Cohen HB, Grossman A, Derazne E, Carmon E, Zilberberg M, Levy Y. Hearing Loss in Israeli Air Force Aviators: Natural History and Risk Factors. Mil Med. 2016 Jul
16. Schwartz N, Grossman A, Levy Y, Schwarz Y. Correlation between eosinophil count and methacholine challenge test in asymptomatic subjects. J Asthma. 2012 May

Languages

Hebrew:               Mother tongue.

English:                Good as mother tongue.

Arabic:                  Basic

Academic awards

Excellence award from the ISRAEL PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION for the paper: Screening Criteria for Diagnosis of Infantile Feeding Disorders as a Cause of Poor Feeding or Food Refusal.