Robert Levy (physician)
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Robert Levy | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Died | 2000 (aged 62–63) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Robert I. Levy (1937–2000) was an American physician and pioneer of preventive cardiology best known for his research that established the link between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and heart disease.[1][2]
Levy was born in Bronx, New York in 1937.[3] He graduated from Cornell University and Yale Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital.[4] He joined the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in 1963 of which he was director from 1975 to 1981.[5] In 1973, he became director of NHLBI's Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases where he managed a network of Lipid Research Clinics.[6]
He was one of the first researchers to separate cholesterol into high-density and low-density lipoproteins, which became known as the good and bad cholesterol.[5] In 1981, he became vice president and dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine and was a professor of medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served as president of the Sandoz Research Institute from 1988 to 1992.[5] He was president of the American Home Products Corporation Wyeth-Ayerst Research Division.[7]
He died aged 63 of pancreatic cancer at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan.[5]
