Robert J. Levy, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
CHOP
Abramson Pediatric Research Center,
Room 702D
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
Abramson Pediatric Research Center,
Room 702D
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
Office: 215-590-6119
Fax: 215-590-5454
Fax: 215-590-5454
Email:
levyr@email.chop.edu
levyr@email.chop.edu
Publications
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Pharmacological Sciences Graduate Group Faculty
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute Faculty
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CHOP Provider Profile
Pharmacological Sciences Graduate Group Faculty
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute Faculty
Education:
M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1970.
Permanent linkM.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1970.
Description of CVI Expertise
CVI Program Unit(s):Cardiovascular Development / Congenital Heart Disease
Biotechnology / Nanomedicine / Imaging
CVI Research Description:
Heart valve disease, gene delivery stents, biomaterials, nanotechnology
Selected Publications
Stachelek Stanley J, Finley Matthew J, Alferiev Ivan S, Wang Fengxiang, Tsai Richard K, Eckells Edward C, Tomczyk Nancy, Connolly Jeanne M, Discher Dennis E, Eckmann David M, Levy Robert J: The effect of CD47 modified polymer surfaces on inflammatory cell attachment and activation. Biomaterials 32(19): 4317-26, Jul 2011.Uttayarat Pimpon, Perets Anat, Li Mengyan, Pimton Pimchanok, Stachelek Stanley J, Alferiev Ivan, Composto Russell J, Levy Robert J, Lelkes Peter I: Micropatterning of three-dimensional electrospun polyurethane vascular grafts. Acta biomaterialia 6(11): 4229-37, Nov 2010.
Ueda Masako, Alferiev Ivan S, Simons Stacey B, Hebbel Robert P, Levy Robert J, Stachelek Stanley J: CD47-dependent molecular mechanisms of blood outgrowth endothelial cell attachment on cholesterol-modified polyurethane. Biomaterials 31(25): 6394-9, Sep 2010.
Stachelek Stanley J, Alferiev Ivan, Ueda Masako, Eckels Edward C, Gleason Kevin T, Levy Robert J: Prevention of polyurethane oxidative degradation with phenolic antioxidants covalently attached to the hard segments: structure-function relationships. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 94(3): 751-9, Sep 2010.
Chorny Michael, Hood Elizabeth, Levy Robert J, Muzykantov Vladimir R: Endothelial delivery of antioxidant enzymes loaded into non-polymeric magnetic nanoparticles. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 146(1): 144-51, Aug 2010.
Oyama M A, Levy R J: Insights into serotonin signaling mechanisms associated with canine degenerative mitral valve disease. Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 24(1): 27-36, Jan-Feb 2010.
Shawn A. Hunter, H. Scott Rapoport, Jeanne M. Connolly, Ivan Alferiev, James Fulmer, Brandon H. Murti, Mohammadsafa Herfat, Frank R. Noyes, David L. Butler, Robert J. Levy: Biomechanical and biologic effects of meniscus stabilization using triglycidyl amine. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 93A(1): 235-242, 2010.
Chorny, M., Fishbein, I., Yellen, B. B., Alferiev, I. S., Bakay, M., Ganta, S., Adamo, R., Amiji, M., Friedman, G., Levy, R. J.: Targeting stents with local delivery of paclitaxel-loaded magnetic nanoparticles using uniform fields. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(18): 8346-51, 2010.
Schoen, F. J., Levy, R. J.: SnapShot: calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves. Biomaterials 30(26): 4445-6, 2009.
Connolly, J. M., Bakay, M. A., Fulmer, J. T., Gorman, R. C., Gorman, J. H., 3rd, Oyama, M. A., Levy, R. J.: Fenfluramine disrupts the mitral valve interstitial cell response to serotonin. Am J Pathol 175(3): 988-97, 2009.