Benjamin Levine
Benjamin Levine, M.D. is a Distinguished Professorship in Exercise Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is a member of The Longest Swim, a transoceanic swim by Ben Lecomte who will swim across the Pacific Ocean starting in December 2015.
Education
- Harvard Medical School (1982)
- Internship Stanford University (1983), Internal Medicine
- Residency Stanford University (1985), Internal Medicine
- Fellowship Shinshu University School of Medicine (1986), Environmental Physiology
- Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1989), Cardiology
Biography
1986-87 - Staff Physician, Himalayan Rescue Association, Pheriche, Nepal
1990-96 - Assistant Professor of Medicine
1997-02- Associate Professor of Medicine
2002-Present- Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, UTSWMC
1992-Present - Director, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and UTSWMC
1993-98 - Unit Director, Cardiovascular, NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (Director C. Gunnar Blomqvist, M.D., PH.D.
1996- Present - Human Research Facility (Space Station) Scientific Working Group
1998-01- National Space Biomedical Research Institute Board of Scientific Counselors
2001-2004 - Center for Scientific Review - NIH/NHLBI Clinical Cardiovascular Sciences Special Emphasis Panel
2004-Present, Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) Study Section
2003 - 2006 American Heart Association - Physical Activity Committee, Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism
2005 - Board of Directors of the American Autonomic Society
2006 - Board of Trustees of the American College of Sports Medicine
2007 - Cardiovascular Team Leader, National Space Biomedical Research Institute
2010 - S. Finley Ewing Jr. Chair for Wellness at Texas Health Presbyterian, Dallas
2010 - Harry S. Moss Heart Chair for Cardiovascular Research
2010 - Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Distinguished Professor ship in Exercise Science
The Longest Swim Support Team
He is a member of Ben Lecomte's The Longest Swim along with the following physicians, researchers and scientists:
- Dr. Linda Amaral-Zettler
- Dr. Ken Buesseler
- Dr. Michael DeGrandpre
- Dr. Kara Lavender Law
- Dr. Tracy Mincer
- Dr. Gerald Chris Shank
- Dr. Tracy Villareal
- Dr. Erik Zettler
- Dr. Molly S. Bray
- Dr. Edward Coyle
- Dr. Adrian Leblanc
- Dr. Scott Parazynski
