Carl Levenson

Background

Levenson, Carl was born on September 21, 1905 in New York City. Son of Aaron and Sarah Sonia (Asheron) Levenson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1927; Doctor of Medicine State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1931.

Career

Intern, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, 1932-1934; engaged in public relations for medical societies, New York City, 1934-1938; general practice medicine, New York City, 1934-1942; general practice medicine, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1946-1951; chief physical medicine, Chester Hospital, 1947-1951; associate, Graduate Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1951; fellow, resident in physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, 1958-1961; medical director, Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, 1961-1967; senior attending physician, department chairman physical medicine and rehabilitation, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1961-1971; emeritus, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1971; clinical professor, Temple University Medical College, 1963-1971; clinical professor rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry and human behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1979-1983; honorary clinical professor rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry and human behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1983-1990; chief rehabilitation medicine service, VA Medical Center, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, 1971-1983. Consultant VA, Department Army, 1946-1951. Board of Governors Eastern Pennsylvania chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1965-1979, member medicine and science committee, 1961-1980.

Member Montgomery-Bucks County Professional Standards Review Board, 1974-1980. Rehabilitation committee American Heart Association, 1967-1970.

Achievements

• Carl Levenson has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, College Physicians, American Academy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Heart Association (council cerebrovascular diseases), American Association Clinical Scientists, New York Academy Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Society Health. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Academy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (president 1968-1969), Philadelphia Society Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (president 1964-1965), Philadelphia County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine, American Association Electrodiagnosis and Electromyography, International Rehab, Medicine Association, National Association VA Physicians (certified merit 1985), American College Rheumatology (emeritus), Phi Delta Epsilon.

Connections

Married Beatrice Magill Levy, November 29, 1976. 1 son, Donald S.; stepchildren: Margaret Levy Shapin, Richard M. Levy (deceased).

Father:

Aaron Levenson

Mother:

Sarah Sonia (Asheron) Levenson

Spouse:

Beatrice Magill Levy

child:

Margaret Levy Shapin Levenson

child:

Richard M. Levy Levenson (deceased)