Background
Levitsky, Walter Simeon was born on September 30, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Simeon and Mary (Zwoliak) Levitsky.
Levitsky, Walter Simeon was born on September 30, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Simeon and Mary (Zwoliak) Levitsky.
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Albany Medical College, 1958.
Medical intern, Seton Hall College of Medicine and Jersey City Medical Center, 1958-1959; fellow in neuropsychiatry, Cleveland Clinic, 1959-1960; resident in neurology, Jersey City Medical Center, 1960-1961; fellow neuropathology, Mallory Institute and Boston City Hospital, 1962-1964; instructor and research associate, Veterans Administration Hospital. and Boston University School of Medicine, 1964-1966; president, consultant, North Shore Neurological Associations, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1966-1990; president, The Autism Research Foundation, Boston, since 1989. Director neurology Boston Eastern State Hospital, Mattapan, Massachusetts, 1966-1967, Danvers (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1967-1977.
Board of directors North Shore Mental Health Guidance Center, Salem, Massachusetts, 1970-1981, American Heart Association, Massachusetts, 1972-1979, Boston City Hospital New Building Capital Campaign, 1990-1991, North Shore Homeless Shelter Committee, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1990-1991. Founder, chairman stroke committee N.E. chapter American Heart Association,1972-1979. Chairman State Task Force on Stroke, 1974-1976.
Member Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology.
Married Katherine Lang, June 2, 1963 (divorced September 1965). Married Margaret Anne Cantwell, June 11, 1966. Children: Walter Simeon III, Elizabeth Walsh Levitsky, Kristen Cantwell Levitsky.