Background
Levinsky, Norman George was born on April 27, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry and Gertrude (Kipperman) Levinsky.
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Norman George Levinsky
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Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1950; M.D. cum laude, Harvard University, 1954.
Career
Intern, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1954-1955;
resident, Beth Israel Hospital, 1955-1956;
commissioned medical officer, United States Public Health Service., 1956;
clinical associate, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1956-1958;
National Institutes of Health fellow, Boston University Medical Center, 1958-1960;
practice medicine, specializing in internal medicine and nephrology, Boston, since 1960;
chief of medicine, Boston City Hospital, 1968-1972, 93-97;
physician-in-chief, director, Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Boston, 1972-1997;
assistant professor, then associate professor medicine, Boston University, 1960-1968;
Wesselhoeft professor, Boston University, 1968-1972;
Wade professor medicine, Boston University, 1972-1997;
department chairman medicine, Boston University, 1972-1997;
professor medicine, associate provost, Boston University, since 1997. Member drug efficacy panel National Research Council. Member nephrology test committee-American Board Internal Medicine, 1971-1976: member general medicine B review group National Institutes of Health.
Member comprehensive test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1986-1989. Chairman of Commission to study end-stage renal disease program National Academy Sciences/Institute Medicine,1988-1990, Chairman of Commission on Xenografts, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Master American College of Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Heart Association, Association American Physicians, American Physiological Society, Association professors Medicine (secretary, treasurer 1984-1987, president-elect 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), American Society Nephrology, Institute Medicine NAS, Interurban Clinical Club (president 1985-1986), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Elena Sartori, June 17, 1956. Children— Harold, Andrew, Nancy.
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American