Adam Levine's current research focuses on finding new tools for improving the diagnosis and management of dehydration in children with diarrhea, specifically in the developing world. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the International Emergency Medicine Literature Review, published annually in Academic Emergency Medicine.

Biography

Adam Levine is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Brown University Alpert Medical School and Affiliate Faculty for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He received his Medical Doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco and his Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley before completing his specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Levine has worked clinically and conducted research in Mexico, India, Zambia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Rwanda, and Haiti. He currently serves as the Clinical Advisor for Emergency and Trauma Care for Partners In Health, a Boston based non-profit organization working to improve healthcare for the poor in nearly a dozen countries around the world. Adam also serves as the Editor-in-chief for Academic Emergency Medicine Journal's annual International Emergency Medicine Literature Review. His research interests include improving the delivery of acute care in resource poor settings and during humanitarian emergencies.

Research Description

My current research focuses on finding new tools for improving the diagnosis and management of dehydration in children with diarrhea, specifically in the developing world. Dehydration from diarrhea kills nearly two million children each year, mostly in developing countries. As the severity of the disease can vary widely, accurately assessing dehydration status remains a crucial step in preventing mortality from this disease. Unfortunately, the diagnostic tools available to physicians and other providers to assess the degree of dehydration in children with diarrhea are limited. I am interested in developing new clinical scales, specifically for assessment of children in the developing world, which can be used to accurately assess the degree of dehydration. In addition, I am interested in looking at how other tools, such as ultrasound of the inferior vena cava (IVC), and pulse oximetry plethysmographic waveform (POPW) analysis, can also be used to improve the diagnosis of dehydration in children. Eventually, these tools could improve the management of dehydration in children with diarrhea, leading to both more effective and more cost-effective care while reducing mortality from this disease.

Awards

1996 University of Southern California Trustee Scholar
1998 Harold Ziff Memorial Award for Social Justice
1998 W.S. Robb Scholarship for Human Values
2000 University of Southern California Renaissance Scholar
2000 Finalist, Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship
2008 Maryanne Povinelli Humanism Award
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency

Affiliations

Clinical Advisor, Emergency and Trauma Care
Partners in Health - Rwanda

Affiliate Faculty
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Editor-in-Chief
International Emergency Medicine Literature Review

Funded Research

Rhode Island Foundation
Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children with Diarrhea Using Ultrasound and Clinical Exam
$15,000 annual costs

Thrasher Foundation
Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children with Diarrhea Using Ultrasound and Clinical Exam
$26,750 annual costs

Brown University Junior Faculty Research Development Grant
Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children with Diarrhea Using Pulse Oximetry Waveform Analysis
$39,723 annual costs

Selected Publications

• Levine AC. "Lessons Learned." In: Partridge R and Proano L, editors. Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine, 1st Ed. Oxford University Press, 2011. (In Press)(2011)
• Levine AC. "Volume Status." In: Shah, S, editor. Manual of Ultrasound for Resource Limited Settings, 1st Ed. Partners in Health, 2010.(2010)
• Levine AC. "Saving Lives." Annals of Emergency Medicine 2010; 56:69-70.(2010)
• Levine AC, Shah SP, Umulisa I, Munyaneza RB, Dushimiyimana JM, Stegmann K, Musavuli J, Ngabitsinze P, Stulac S, Epino H, Noble VE. "Ultrasound Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children with Diarrhea and Vomiting." Academic Emergency Medicine 2010; 17(10): 1035-41.(2010)
• Levine AC, Adusumilli J, Landrigan CP. Effects of Reducing or Eliminating Resident Work Shifts over 16 Hours: A Systematic Review. Sleep, 2010; 33(8):1043-53.(2010)
• Marsh R, Levine AC, Noble VE. "Case Records of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies: Blunt Cardiac Rupture." Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010; May 1.(2010)
• Kasivisvanathan V, Levine AC, Kasivisvanathan R, Brown D. "Case Records of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies: Dyspnea and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules." Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009; 37(3): 300-4.(2009)
• Baugh CW, Levine AC, Pallin DJ. "Heart Block and Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia." International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009; 2:171-172.(2009)
• Foran M, Levine AC, Lippert S, Chan J, Aschkenasy M, Arnold K, Rosborough S, on behalf of the International Emergency Medicine Literature Review Group. International Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2009. Academic Emergency Medicine 2011; 18:86–92.(2009)
• Levine AC. "Sciatica and Radicular Back Pain." In: Thomas S, editor. Acute Pain Management, 1st Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2008.(2008)
• Levine AC. "Pediatric Gastroenteritis." In: E-medicine Continuing Education, Emergency Medicine Journal, 2006. Republished 2008.(2008)
• Levine AC. "World Update." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008; 2: 17-19.(2008)
• Lippert S, Levine AC, Becker J, Foran M, Rosborough S, Arnold K on behalf of the International Emergency Medicine Literature Review Group. "International Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2008." Academic Emergency Medicine 2009; 16(12): 1335-40.(2008)
• Levine AC, Marsh R, Nelson S, Chapman J, Tyer-Viola L, Burke TF. "Measuring Access to Emergency Obstetric Care in Rural Zambia." International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2008; 1(2):113-9.(2008)
• Levine AC, Becker J, Lippert S, Rosborough S, Arnold K on behalf of the EMRA International Emergency Medicine Literature Review Group. "International Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2007." Academic Emergency Medicine 2008; 15:860-5.(2007)
• Levine AC, Gadiraju S, Goel A, Johar S, King R, Arnold K. "International Emergency Medicine: A review of the literature." Academic Emergency Medicine 2007; 14(2):182-3.(2007)
• Levine AC, Presser DZ, Rosborough S, Ghebreyesus TA, Davis MA. "Understanding Barriers to Emergency Care in Low-Income Countries: View from the Front Line." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2007; 22(5):481-4.(2007)
• Levine AC, Goel A, Keay CR, Lay C, Melnick ER, Nielson JA, Becker J, Khaleghi M, Chicharoen N, Johar S, Lippert S, Tebb ZD, Rosborough S, Arnold K. "International Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2006." Academic Emergency Medicine 2007; 14(12):1190-3.(2006)
• Widge AS, Goutman S, Levine A, Ravindranath D, Shapiro LT, Walsh W, Watson M, Zimmerman H. "Effects of Medical Education Debt on Access to Health Care." CONTEXT 2006; 1:22-32.(2006)
• Levine AC. "Code Blue: Racial Disparities in our Healthcare System." Resident and Staff Physician 2005; October.(2005)