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Michael Alan Levine, M.D., FAAP, FACP, MACE

Emeritus Professor CE of Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Abramson Research Building, Room 510A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3174
Fax: 215-590-3053
Lab: (267) 426-2382
Education:
A.B.
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ, 1972.
M.D.
Drexel University (formerly Hahnemann) College of Medicine, Philadelpia, PA, 1976.
ML (Master of Law)
University of Pennsylania Carey Law School, 2024.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1976-1977.
Resident, Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1977-1979.
Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Pediatrics & Medicine), NIH Inter-Institute Program, Bethesda, MD, 1979-1982.
Fellow, Genetics, National Institutes of Health Inter-Institute Program, Bethesda, MD, 1981-1982.
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Selected Publications

Alzoebie, Lama, Li, Dong, Wang, Xiang, Weber, David R, Levine, Michael A: Unusual PHEX variants implicate uncommon genetic mechanisms for X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. JBMR plus 9(1): ziae152, 2025.

Li, Dong, Mailand, Niels, Ewing, Emma, Hoffmann, Saskia, Caswell, Richard C, Pang, Lewis, Eason, Jacqueline, Dou, Ying, Sullivan, Kathleen E, Hakonarson, Hakon: Quantitative hypermorphic FAM111A alleles cause autosomal recessive Kenny-Caffey syndrome type 2 and osteocraniostenosis. JCI insight 10(6): e186862, 2025.

Stoffers, Ashley J, Mancilla, Edna E, Levine, Michael A, Mayer, Michael, Monk, Heather M, Rosano, Joseph, Weber, David R: Clinical Efficacy of Zoledronic Acid on Fracture Reduction in Youth With Primary and Secondary Skeletal Fragility. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Page: dgae661, 2024.

Wachtel, H, Ermer, JP, Fraker, DL, Kelz, RR, Kelly, TLA, Hackl, M, Levine, MA: Circulating microRNA as a Potential Biomarker for Skeletal Disease in Primary Hyperparathyroidism A Case-control Study. Annals of Surgery 2024.

Wu, Calvin C, Econs, Michael J, DiMeglio, Linda A, Insogna, Karl L, Levine, Michael A, Orchard, Paul J, Miller, Weston P, Petryk, Anna, Rush, Eric T, Shoback, Dolores M: Advance Article. 2024.

Benson, Matthew, Wyatt, Rachael A, Levine, Michael, Gorvin, Caroline M: An activating CaSR Variant with biased signaling reveals a critical residue for Gα11 coupling. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2024.

Li, Dong, de Beur, Suzanne Jan, Hou, Cuiping, Ruzhnikov, Maura RZ, Seeley, Hilary, Cutting, Garry R, Sheridan, Molly B, Levine, Michael A: Recurrent small variants in NESP55/NESPAS associated with broad GNAS methylation defects and pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B. JCI insight 9(24): e185874, 2024.

Ralph, Douglas, Levine, Michael, Millán, José Luis, Uitto, Jouni, Li, Qiaoli: Weighing the evidence for the roles of plasma versus local pyrophosphate in ectopic calcification disorders. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research April 2023.

Watts, Nelson B, Bilezikian, John P, Bone, Henry G, Clarke, Bart L, Denham, Douglas, Levine, Michael A, Mannstadt, Michael, Peacock, Munro, Rothman, Jeffrey G, Vokes, Tamara J: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Recombinant Human Parathyroid Hormone (1-84) in Adults with Chronic Hypoparathyroidism. Journal of the Endocrine Society Page: bvad043, April 2023.

Lerman, Melissa A, Francavilla, Michael, Waqar-Cowles, Lindsay, Levine, Michael A: Denosumab Treatment Does Not Halt Progression of Bone Lesions in Multicentric Carpotarsal Osteolysis Syndrome. JBMR Plus March 2023.

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