Dr. Stephen Levin
A 1967 graduate of the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, Dr. Stephen Levin is an Associate Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Community for Preventive Medicine and co-director of Mount Sinai-Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Board certified in occupational medicine, Levin received additional training at Bellevue Hospital and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he completed residency programs. Fellowships were completed at both The New York Hospital of Cornell Medical School and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
An expert in asbestos-related diseases, Dr. Levin’s work has been supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and he has penned numerous articles dealing with occupational cancers and other diseases, including “Abnormalities Consistent with Asbestos-Related Disease Among Long-Term Demolition Workers”, which was underwritten by The Centers to Protect Workers’ Rights (CPWR).
Levin has appeared as a featured speaker at many workshops, symposiums, and other gatherings about mesothelioma and other occupational diseases, including the Asbestos Awareness Day International Conference, and recently published a work entitled, “The diagnosis and management of solvent-related disorders,” for the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
Dr. Levin was formerly the Director of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, a program that examined residents, workers and volunteers who may have been affected by the toxins that were released during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. As such, he has published many papers and articles concerning the toxic aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and is considered to be the foremost expert on that subject.