Professor of Neurological Surgery, University Miami School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Allan D. Levi, MD
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Allan D. Levi, MD is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top Doctors:South Florida", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Super Doctor". Allan Levi is a published doctor and has 100 publications published. The lastest was: 'Apoptosis after traumatic human spinal cord injury.' Allan Levi accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Ultrasound-guided needle localization of the saphenous Nerve for removal of neuroma in the infrapatellar branches: technical report.
- Moderate hypothermia for intradural Spinal tumor resection: a cohort comparison and feasibility study.
- Letters to the Editor: Hypothermia for spinal cord Injury.
- Challenges in sciatic Nerve repair: anatomical considerations.
- The effect of steroids on the incidence of gastrointestinal hemorrhage after spinal cord Injury: a case-controlled study.
- Limitations of Nerve repair of segmental defects using acellular conduits.
- Transplantation of Schwann cells in a collagen tube for the repair of large, segmental peripheral Nerve defects in rats.
- Systemic hypothermia in acute cervical spinal cord injury: a case-controlled study.
- The use of allograft and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein for instrumented atlantoaxial fusions.
- Hypothermia for Acute Spinal Cord Injury - A Review.
- Fusion rates in multilevel, instrumented anterior Cervical fusion for degenerative disease with and without the use of bone morphogenetic protein.
- A Comparison of Acute Hospital Charges After Tubular versus Open Microdiskectomy.
- Motor Nerve injuries following the minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach.
- Incidental durotomy after Spinal surgery: a prospective study in an academic institution.
- Anterior thigh compartment syndrome and local myonecrosis after posterior Spine surgery on a Jackson table: report of two cases.
- A prospective, randomized trial comparing expansile Cervical laminoplasty and Cervical laminectomy and fusion for multilevel Cervical myelopathy.
- Occiput to Thoracic Fusion After Surgical Resection of Desmoid Tumor.
- A Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Expansile Cervical Laminoplasty versus Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion for Multi-level Cervical Myelopathy.
- Surgical management of a giant plexiform neurofibroma of the lower extremity.
- An analysis of postoperative thigh symptoms after minimally invasive transpsoas Lumbar interbody fusion.
- Hypothermic treatment for acute spinal cord Injury.
- Synovial sarcoma of Nerve.
- Cervical subarachnoid catheter placement for continuous Cerebrospinal fluid drainage: a safe and efficacious alternative to the classic lumbar cistern drain.
- Peripheral Nerve sheath tumors of the foot and ankle.
- Minimally invasive repair of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
- Surgical management of post-Traumatic syringomyelia.
- Clinical outcomes using modest intravascular hypothermia after acute Cervical spinal cord injury.
- Advances in the management of spinal cord Injury.
- The surgical management of symptomatic peripheral Nerve sheath tumors.
- Neurologic findings of craniovertebral junction Disease.
- An unusual case of footdrop: anterior Disc herniation mimicking a nerve sheath tumor.
- Treatment of a persistent iatrogenic Cerebrospinal fluid-pleural fistula with a cadaveric dural-pleural graft.
- Clinical application of modest hypothermia after spinal cord Injury.
- An anatomical study of the lumbosacral plexus as related to the minimally invasive transpsoas approach to the lumbar Spine.
- Transplantation of autologous Schwann cells for the repair of segmental peripheral Nerve defects.
- A guidance channel seeded with autologous Schwann cells for repair of cauda equina Injury in a primate model.
- Minimally invasive anterolateral approaches for the treatment of back pain and adult degenerative Deformity.
- Modification of Wright's technique for placement of bilateral crossing C2 translaminar screws: technical note.
- A comprehensive review of the safety profile of bone morphogenetic protein in Spine surgery.
- Transplantation of human bone marrow-derived stromal cells into the contused Spinal cord of nude rats.
- Acute spinal cord Injury.
- Leiomyosarcoma metastases to the Spine. Case series and review of the literature.
- Open-door expansile Cervical laminoplasty.
- Vertically unstable type III odontoid Fractures: case report.
- Neurologic deterioration Secondary to unrecognized spinal instability following trauma--a multicenter study.
- Evaluation of DuraGen in preventing peridural fibrosis in rabbits. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, M...
- Split cord malformation with associated type IV Spinal cord perimedullary arteriovenous fistula. Case report.
- The role of the sternocleidomastoid muscle flap for esophageal fistula repair in anterior Cervical spine surgery.
- Acute traumatic central cord syndrome--experience using surgical decompression with open-door expansile Cervical laminoplasty.
- Spontaneous Spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: case report and literature review.
- Femoral Nerve palsy secondary to traumatic pseudoaneurysm and iliacus hematoma.
- Postoperative fibrosis after surgical treatment of the porcine Spinal cord: a comparison of dural substitutes. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Dis...
- The Effect of Methylprednisolone on Caspase-3 Activation after Rat Spinal Cord Transection.
- Ganglionectomy of C-2 for the treatment of medically refractory occipital neuralgia.
- Minimally invasive lateral mass screw fixation in the Cervical spine: initial clinical experience with long-term follow-up.
- Bone marrow stromal cells for repair of the Spinal cord: towards clinical application.
- Complications associated with Lumbar stenosis surgery in patients older than 75 years of age.
- Pathological features including apoptosis in subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy. Case report and review of the literature.
- Polylactic acid mesh reconstruction of the anterior iliac crest after bone harvesting reduces early postoperative pain after anterior Cervical fusion surgery.
- Peripheral nerve grafts promoting central Nervous system regeneration after spinal cord injury in the primate.
- Minimally invasive Cervical expansile laminoplasty: an initial cadaveric study.
- Minimally invasive lateral mass screws in the treatment of Cervical facet dislocations: technical note.
- Labeling Schwann cells with CFSE-an in vitro and in vivo study.
- Intradural Spinal arachnoid cysts in adults.
- Adjacent segment disease: an uncommon complication after Cervical expansile laminoplasty: case report.
- Delayed postoperative Spinal epidural hematomas.
- Pediatric spinal cord Injury in infant piglets: description of a new large animal model and review of the literature.
- Subacute posttraumatic ascending Myelopathy after spinal cord injury. Report of three cases.
- A histopathological analysis of the human Cervical spinal cord in patients with acute traumatic central cord syndrome.
- The management of traumatic Cervical bilateral facet fracture-dislocations with unicortical anterior plates.
- Studies of myelin formation after transplantation of human Schwann cells into the severe combined immunodeficient mouse.
- The functional characteristics of Schwann cells cultured from human peripheral Nerve after transplantation into a gap within the rat sciatic Nerve.
- Contemporary management of adult intramedullary spinal Tumors-pathology and neurological outcomes related to surgical resection.
- Cold storage of peripheral Nerves: an in vitro assay of cell viability and function.
- Computer-assisted fluoroscopic targeting System for pedicle screw insertion.
- Expression of neurotrimin in the normal and injured adult human Spinal cord.
- Clinical syndromes associated with disproportionate weakness of the upper versus the lower extremities after Cervical spinal cord injury.
- High-dose methylprednisolone may cause myopathy in acute spinal cord Injury patients.
- Extended remission of a recurrent median Nerve malignant peripheral Nerve sheath tumor after multimodal treatment. Case report.
- Surgery for lumbar Disc herniation during pregnancy.
- Treatment of a retroperitoneal lymphocele after Lumbar fusion surgery with intralesional povidone iodine: technical case report.
- Characterization of the technique involved in isolating Schwann cells from adult human peripheral Nerve.
- The radiographic and imaging characteristics of porous tantalum implants within the human Cervical spine.
- Axon-induced mitogenesis of human Schwann cells involves heregulin and p185erbB2.
- Letter to the Editor concerning "Infrahyoid muscle flap for pharyngeal fistulae after Cervical spine surgery: a novel approach-report of six cases" (by R.O. Seidl et a...
- The acute and chronic management of spinal cord Injury.
- Assessment of the malignant potential of mitogen stimulated human Schwann cells.
- Venous thromboembolism after Brain tumor surgery: a retrospective review.
- Cold preserved Nerve allografts: changes in basement membrane, viability, immunogenicity, and regeneration.
- Management of postTraumatic syringomyelia using an expansile duraplasty. A case report.
- Tuberculosis of the axis in a patient with Systemic sarcoidosis: technique of posterior open biopsy of the dens: case report.
- Prevention of heterotopic ossification after spinal cord Injury with COX-2 selective inhibitor (rofecoxib).
- Apoptosis after traumatic human spinal cord Injury.
- Management of postoperative infections after Spinal instrumentation.
- Spinal hemangioblastoma, syrinx, and hydrocephalus in a two-year-old child.
- The role of cultured Schwann cell grafts in the repair of gaps within the peripheral Nervous system of primates.
- The influence of heregulins on human Schwann cell proliferation.
- Reproducibility of Radiographic Measurements for Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma.
- Clival chordoma presenting with acute Brain stem hemorrhage.
Schools
University Of Ottawa Faculty Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Disc Replacement
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Epidural Lysis of Adhesions (LOA)
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
- CerebroSpinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
- Cervical Spine Fracture
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top Doctors:South Florida
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Barrow Neurological Institute
Hospital
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University of Miami Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1386608016 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LEVI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ALLAN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 33136 | |
| NPPES Provider State | FL | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 179.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 54.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 30.17 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1386608016 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LEVI |
| First Name Of The Provider | ALLAN |
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