My CV Curriculum Vitae 'Course Of Life' Overview of My Experience & Qualifications

Name:

Harold N. Levinson, M.D.

Date of Birth:

November 5, 1933

Address:

98 Cuttermill Road, Suite 90
Great Neck, New York 11021
Phone: (516) 482-2888

Education & Training:

• 1954: New York University
• 1959: Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, M.D.
• 1959–1960: Internship, Kings County Hospital, New York
• 1960–1963: Psychiatric Residency, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

Memberships:

• American Medical Association
• Phobia Society of America
• American Psychiatric Association
• The New York Academy of Medicine
• Medical Society, County of Queens
• The New York Academy of Sciences

Positions Held:

• 1983–present: Director, Medical Dyslexic Treatment Center, Great Neck, New York
• 1978–1990: Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
• 1970–present: Attending Psychiatrist, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York
• 1964–1981: School Psychiatrist, Bureau of Child Guidance Board of Education, City of New York
• 1964–1978: Clinical Instructor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
• 1963–1964: Senior Psychiatrist, Brooklyn State Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

Military Service:

• 1962–1968: Major, United States Army Reserves

Medical Boards:

• 1960: National Boards
• 1966: The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Books:

• A Solution to the Riddle — Dyslexia, Springer-Verlag, 1980
• Smart But Feeling Dumb, Warner Publications, October, 1984
• Phobia Free, Evans, April-May 1986
• Total Concentration, Evans, September 1990
• The Upside Down Kids, Evans, June 1991
• Turning Around — The Upside Down Kids, Evans, April 1992
• A Scientific Watergate — Dyslexia, Stonebridge Publishing, Ltd., September 1994
• The Discovery of Cerebellar-Vestibular Syndromes & Therapies — A Solution to the Riddle Dyslexia, Stonebridge Publishing, Ltd., March 2000
• Revised and updated Smart But Feeling Dumb, Stonebridge Publishing, Ltd., September 2003

Published Papers:

• "Anti-Motion Sickness Medications in Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1977, Vol. 12, No. 4, 411-425.
• "Seasickness Mechanisms and Medications in Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1976-77, Vol. 12, No. 2, 133-152.
• "Compensatory Mechanisms in Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction, Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1976, Vol. 12, No. 1, 5-27.
• "Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia — Synopsis of a Continuing Research Project." Academic Therapy Publications, 1975-76, Vol. 11, No. 2, 133-143.
• "Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia — Hypothesis and Study." Journal of American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1973, 12: 690-701.

[The above five papers were co-written with Dr. Jan Frank.]

• "Auditory Hallucinations in a Case of Hysteria." British Journal of Psychiatry, January 1966, Vol. 112, #482:19-26.
• "Abnormal Optokinetic and Perceptual Span Parameters in Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 35-54.
• "The Cerebellar-Vestibular Basis of Learning Disabilities in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Hypothesis and Study."Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1988, 67, 983-1006.
• "A Cerebellar-Vestibular Explanation for Fears/Phobias: Hypothesis and Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 67-84.
• "The Cerebellar-Vestibular Predisposition to Anxiety Disorders." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 323-338.
• "Abnormal Optokinetic and Perceptual Span Parameters in Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction and Related Anxiety Disorders." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 69, 471-484.
• "The Diagnostic Value of Cerebellar-Vestibular Tests in Detecting Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1990, 71, 67-82.
• "Dramatic Favorable Responses of Dyslexics to Antimotion Sickness Medications — Four Case Reports." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1991, 73, 723-738.
• "Rapid Meclizine Induced Reversal of Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunctioning in Learning Disabled Adults." Presented at the 144th Annual Meeting of the APA, New Orleans, May 1991.
• “The Effect of Treatment of Dyslexic Children on Self-Esteem and Behavior.” J.V. Levinson, G. Stricker & H. N. Levinson, MD, 2003, Dissertation, The Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies — Adelphi University.

Review of Dyslexic Research — Public Circulation:

• Phil Donahue Show, 1981, 1982 (Re-broadcast) and 1984
• Frank Field, WNBC-TV 5 O'Clock News (Scientific review), 1975 and 1976
• Today Show, 1981
• Sonya, 1981 and 1984
• The Morning Show, 1984
• Regis Philbin's Lifestyles, 1984, 1986
• Good Day Show, 1984
• People Are Talking, 1984
• Panorama, 1984
• The Michael Jackson Show (ABC Radio), 1985
• Ron Eisenberg Show, 1984
• ABC Talk Radio, 1984
• Mid-Day TV, 1984
• Newsmakers TV, 1984
• Carolina Today, WIS-TV, 1988
• Pamela Wallin Live, 1995, 1996, 1997
• Eye on Toronto, 1996
• Canada AM, 1996, 1997
• Cityline, 1996
• Real Life, 1997
• Global News at Noon, 1997
• Multiple BBC and UK Radio and TV Appearances 2000
• BBC Documentary — In Progress, 2000
• WGN-TV, 2009
• WVON-AM, 2009
• WMAR-TV, 2009
• WBAL-TV, 2009
• WCEI-FM, 2009
• Eye on Books, 2009
• KOIT-FM, 2009
• USA Radio Network, 2009
• Radio Health Journal, 2009
• WTKK-AM, 2009
• KUCR-FM, 2009
• CBS 1010 WINS, 2009
• WBAI-FM, 2009
• WROQ-FM, 2009
• WQUB-FM, 2009
• KCLU-AM, 2009
• WRFG-FM, 2009
• LIFETIPS.COM, 2009
• WBZ-AM, 2009
• WTBQ-AM, 2009
• WOCA-AM, 2009
• KOKX-AM, 2009
• WFSK-FM, 2009
• BSM Media, Inc., 2009
• WGBB-AM, 2009
• WKYE-FM/WNTJ-AM, 2009
• WCBA-AM/WHNC-AM, 2009
• WLNK-FM, 2009
• KTOE-AM, 2009
• KXLO-AM, 2009
• Examiner.com, “Nashville Authors Examiner”, 2009
• Blisstree.com, 2009
• DentalPlans.com, 2009
• HealthNewsDigest.com, 2009
• HealthNewsDigest.com, 2009
• TheIEMommy.wordpress.com, 2009
• MSBookish.com, 2009
• FrugalPlus.com, 2009
• Blogfully.net, 2009
• ADDStudent.com, 2009
• ADDMoms.com, 2009
• CompletePoppycock.blogspot.com, 2009
• NinjaFanfare.blogspot.com, 2009

(Plus over 200 other TV and Radio programs.)

Reviews of Phobic Research:

• King 1090 News & Information Radio, 1985, 1986
• Joan Hamburg, 1985
• Cable News Network, 1986

Articles in the Following Publications:

• The New York Times, April 29, 1974, May 5, 1974 and November, 1985
• Medical World News, April, 1974
• Smithsonian, June, 1974
• Pediatric News, June, 1974
• The Sciences, June, 1974
• Infectious Diseases, 1974
• Time Magazine, September, 1974
• Brain/Mind Bulletin, February, 1974
• Syndicated and featured release (World-wide) by Brian Sullivan for Associated Press, January, 1978
• McCall's Magazine, January 1979
• Heisner Report, January 1982
• Family Weekly Magazine, January 1982
• Detroit News, April 1983
• Sun Sentinel, April 1983
• The Washington Times, May 1983
• Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1983
• Trenton Times, October 1984
• Los Angeles Herald Examiner, November 1984
• Seattle Times, November 1984
• Tacoma News Tribune, November 1984
• Delta In-Flight Magazine, 1985
• Psychiatric News, March 1986
• USA Weekend, May 1986
• Toronto Sun, October, 1986
• Sunday Star, August 1987
• Toronto Star, January 1995, June 1996
• Why, Winter 1996
• Evening Telegraph, January 2000, March 2000, April 2000
• Leamington Spa Courier, January 2000, February 2000, March 2000, April 2000
• The Observer, January 2000, February 2000, March 2000, April 2000
• Kenilworth Weekly News, March 2000
• The Birmingham Post, February 2000
• Sunday Telegraph, April 2000
• Daily Mail, June 2000
• The Independent, June 2000

• Newsday, October 2009

Seminars & Lectures:

• The 12th Adams Professional Conference, co-sponsored by the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, N.Y.U. Medical Center, 1974.
• Second Annual Conference of the New York State Branch of Orton Society, Inc., at the Commodore Hotel, New York City, April 1975.
• Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, International Conference, Seattle, Washington, 1976.
• New Hyde Park-Garden City Board of Education, Queens, New York, 1976.
• Evaluation and Placement Unit, Bureau of Child Guidance, New York City Board of Education, Staten Island, New York, 1976.
• Eastern States Optometric Congress, Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, April 1976.
• 3rd Annual Johns Hopkins Symposium on Reading and Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1977.
• Arena School and Learning Center — Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California, May 1977.
• United States Public Health Hospital, San Francisco, California, May 1977.
• Seminar sponsored by Jean Ayres for Occupational Therapists, Los Angeles, California, May 1977.
• Georgia State College, Savannah, Georgia, Learning Disability Conference, Keynote Speaker, February 1979.
• New York University Medical Center, New York City, New York, 1980.
• Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, 1981.
• Nassau Hospital, Mineola, New York — Departments of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, 1982.
• North Shore Hospital-Cornell Medical Center — Department of Opthamology, 1983.
• New York State Psychiatric Society, Creedmore, Queens, New York, 1984.
• Children's Hospital of Queens, Queens, New York. Queens General Hospital, 1985.
• Conference- Children with Learning Disabilities, The Hague, Netherlands, 1981.
• Quebec Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Canada, April 1982.
• Lexington County School District Two, Adult Ed., Columbia, S.C., March 1988.
• P.O.S.S. of the North Shore School District, Glen Head, N.Y., December 1991.
• Wantagh School District, Wantagh, New York, 1992.
• Symposium on Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia, C.M.E. Program of Mercy Medical Center and Redding Medical Center, Redding, California, March 1992.
• The Learning Annex Lecture, “Smart But Feeling Dumb,” Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1996, January 1997
• The Learning Annex Lecture, “Phobia Free,” Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1996
• Lecture on Dyslexia and Attention Deficits — Their Relation to Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction, their Diagnosis and Treatment (for English speaking audience of mostly parents and teachers), Hong Kong Dyslexia Association, Hong Kong, China October 1997
• Lecture on Dyslexia and Attention Deficits — Their Relation to Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction, their Diagnosis and Treatment (for Cantonese speaking audience of mostly parents, social workers, and teachers), Hong Kong Dyslexia Association, Hong Kong, China October 1997
• New Research on Learning Disabilities and Related Attention Deficit and Attention Deficit Disorders (for English speaking audience of medical and rehabilitation professionals), Hong Kong Dyslexia Association, Hong Kong, China October 1997
• Lecture on Dyslexia and related Learning and Attention Deficit Disorders for Medical Professionals, Beijing Tong Ren Hospital, Beijing, China, October 1997
• Lecture on Dyslexia and related Learning and Attention Deficit Disorders for Medical Professionals, Beijing Medical School, Beijing, China, October 1997 (2 Lectures)
• Lecture on Dyslexia and related Learning and Attention Deficit Disorders for Medical Professionals, Guangzhou, China, October 1997
• A Series of Lectures and Seminars in the UK — Dyslexia and Related Learning, Attention Deficit and Anxiety Disorders — Their Cerebellar Vestibular Origins and Treatment
  • Arnold Lodge School, Leamington Spa, May 1999, July 1999
  • The Manor House, February 2000
  • The Bredon School, Teweksbury, June 2000

Research Presentations:

• American Psychiatric Association, MAY 12, 1987, presented three papers:
  • "The Cerebellar-Vestibular Basis of Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia"
  • "The Cerebellar-Vestibular Basis of Phobias - Hypothesis and Study"
  • "A New Method of Screening/Diagnosing Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction and Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia
• First International Conference of Neurological Dysfunction, Chester, England, OCTOBER 2 and 3, 1987
• The above three papers were presented in addition to the following:
  • "The Cerebellar-Vestibular Predisposition to Anxiety Disorders — Hypothesis & Study"
  • "A New Optokinetic Method of Diagnosing Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction and Related Anxiety Disorders
• Personal consultation and detailed discussion with Sir John Eccles, Nobel Laureate in Cerebellar Neurophysiology, Neuroscience Institute, Rockefeller University, New York City, New York, OCTOBER 16, 1987.
• Papers Presented at the Rodin Remediation Academy International Symposia:
  • International Conference — (ECEM 5) University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, SEPTEMBER 10, 1989: "Abnormal Optokinetic and Perceptual Span Parameters in Dyslexia or Learning Disabilities"
  • International Conference — Dyslexia, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, SEPTEMBER 12-13, 1989: “The Cerebellar-Vestibular Basis of Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia"
  • International Conference — University College, North Wales, Bangor Gwynedd, England, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989: "Efficacy of Anti-Motion Sickness Medication in Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities"
  • American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, MAY 1991 Poster presentation: "Rapid Meclizine-Induced Reversal of Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunctioning in Learning Disabled Adults"