Allan D. Levi is a tenured Professor and Chairman at the
Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine; a Professor at the Departments of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Medicine; the Chief of Neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital; and Robert M.
Buck Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery. He graduated from the
University of Ottawa Medical School. He completed his residency at the University
of Toronto, as well as a spine fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute
in Phoenix, AZ. In addition, he received a Ph.D. in neurosciences at the
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. His research interests include
cellular transplantation strategies after spinal cord and peripheral nerve
injury. He has focused on developing cellular transplantation strategies to
repair injuries within both the human central and peripheral nervous system. His
current clinical research trials involving the clinical development and
characterization of the use of autologous human Schwann cells for peripheral
nerve injuries with a lengthy gap to promote peripheral nerve regeneration as
well as a multi-center trial in the use of hypothermia after acute SCI. He has been
the Course Director of the AANS Goodman Oral Board Preparation Course since
2007. He is also a member of the Senior Society and the American Academy of
Neurosurgery.
