William N Levine, MD New York, NY
Dr. William Levine is in his tenth year as the Chief Team Physician for Columbia University, responsible for providing care for all 29 intercollegiate athletic teams. He began his tenure with Columbia in 1998 when he was named Director of Sports Medicine at Columbia-University Medical Center (now Columbia University Medical Center)and Co-Director of the Center for Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Medicine.
He is Director, Sports Medicine at the Medical Center, as well as Vice Chairman, Education, and a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Levine has been named one of New York’s Best Sports Medicine Doctors by New York magazine for the last eight years. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, and the American Orthopaedic Association.
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Levine received a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford in 1986, and his Doctor of Medicine from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland. He was a resident and chief resident in orthopaedic surgery at New England Medical Center/Tufts Medical School, and held fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the University of Maryland Sports Medicine Department. While in Maryland, he served as a team physician for the Baltimore Ravens and the University of Maryland.
He lives in New York with his wife and their two daughters.
Areas of specialty
Active lifestyle- Active lifestyle
- Boomeritis
- Weekend warrior
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Arthroscopy
- Articular cartilage
- Knee ligament injuries
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Preventing acl injuries in women
- Cartilage replacement
- Pcl tears
- Orthopaedic education
- Arthroscopic shoulder injury; thermal capsulorrhaphy
- Biceps tendinitis
- Broken collarbone
- Dislocated elbow
- Dislocated shoulder
- Elbow
- Elbow bursitis
- Elbow fractures
- Fracture of the scapula
- Frozen shoulder
- Glenoid labrum tears
- Olecranon fracture
- Radial head fractures
- Rotator cuff
- Rupture of biceps tendon
- Shoulder
- Shoulder impingement (bursitis, tendonitis)
- Tennis elbow
- Sports medicine
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Pitching
- Soccer
- Starting an exercise program
- Strength training
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Weight lifting
- Wrestling
- Elbow
- Shoulder
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