Sharon Levy, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine
Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Sharon Levy, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine
Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
New York University School of Medicine
1992
New York
NY
Internship
New York University School of Medicine/Bellvue Hospital
1993
New York
NY
Residency
New York University School of Medicine
1996
New York
NY
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
1999
Boston
MA
Media
Parentcast Podcast
Dr. Sharon Levy is featured: How risky is teen alcohol and drug use — could it lead to addiction?
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
Professional History
Sharon Levy, MD, MPH is a board certified Addiction Medicine specialist and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Substance Use and Prevention, past-President of the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) and she serves on the board of directors of the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM).
Over the past 20 years she has evaluated and treated thousands of adolescents with substance use disorders, and she has written extensively on the topic. In 2016 she established the nation’s first accredited Pediatric Addiction Medicine Fellowship training program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She has conducted research to develop and test tools for identifying and addressing adolescent substance use disorders in general medical settings, and she has expertise in the integration of substance use treatment services into pediatric primary care.
Approach to Care
I completed my Pediatric internship, residency training and a Chief Residency at New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital in New York City’s lower east side. At the time, in the early to middle 1990’s Bellevue Hospital cared for most of the homeless and indigent patients in New York City. As a trainee, I saw children and families plagued by poverty and all of its associated medical problems, including substance abuse. Medical staff members at Bellevue were trained to care for the conditions that resulted from substance use, but little training was devoted specifically to the treatment of substance-related disorders.
During this time period, I became interested in child and family advocacy, and after completing a year as a Chief Resident in Pediatrics, I accepted a Dyson Advocacy Training Fellowship in the Division of General Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston. After completing my training in 2000 I became the Director of Pediatrics for a new Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP). Shortly thereafter I received a career award from NIH to develop scientific skills in adolescent substance use disorders. In the ensuing years both clinical and research arms of ASAP have continued to grow and flourish.
ASAP is committed to delivering science based, family oriented, developmentally appropriate care for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders. We are a "full spectrum" program, offering evaluation and treatment services for adolescents with a range of substance use experience, from new onset problems to addiction.
During this time period, I became interested in child and family advocacy, and after completing a year as a Chief Resident in Pediatrics, I accepted a Dyson Advocacy Training Fellowship in the Division of General Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston. After completing my training in 2000 I became the Director of Pediatrics for a new Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP). Shortly thereafter I received a career award from NIH to develop scientific skills in adolescent substance use disorders. In the ensuing years both clinical and research arms of ASAP have continued to grow and flourish.
ASAP is committed to delivering science based, family oriented, developmentally appropriate care for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders. We are a "full spectrum" program, offering evaluation and treatment services for adolescents with a range of substance use experience, from new onset problems to addiction.
Publications
Pediatric Subspecialist Alcohol Screening Rates and Concerns About Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Their Adolescent Patients. View Abstract
Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment: Defining a Research Agenda. View Abstract
Adolescent Substance Use Disorders. View Abstract
Validation of a single question for the assessment of past three-month alcohol consumption among adolescents. View Abstract
Screening for Young Adults for Illicit Drug Use: A Good Idea Although Evidence Is Lacking. View Abstract
Evidence-Based Treatment of Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders. View Abstract
Moving to a Medical Model of Substance Use Treatment of Youth. View Abstract
Trends in Substance Nonuse by High School Seniors: 1975-2018. View Abstract
Safety Protocols for Adolescent Substance Use Research in Clinical Settings. View Abstract
The role of addiction-medicine specialists in the global fight against addiction. View Abstract
Youth and the Opioid Epidemic. View Abstract
Trends in Abstaining From Substance Use in Adolescents: 1975-2014. View Abstract
Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. View Abstract
Substance Abuse, General Principles. View Abstract
Results of a statewide survey of adolescent substance use screening rates and practices in primary care. View Abstract
Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for pediatricians. View Abstract
Acceptability of drug testing in an outpatient substance abuse program for adolescents. View Abstract
Screening adolescents for substance use-related high-risk sexual behaviors. View Abstract
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescents. View Abstract
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescents: companion clinical case. View Abstract
The national debate on drug testing in schools. View Abstract
Results of random drug testing in an adolescent substance abuse program. View Abstract
Buprenorphine replacement therapy for adolescents with opioid dependence: early experience from a children's hospital-based outpatient treatment program. View Abstract
Is this urine really negative? A systematic review of tampering methods in urine drug screening and testing. View Abstract
Drug testing of adolescents in general medical clinics, in school and at home: physician attitudes and practices. View Abstract
Drug testing of adolescents in ambulatory medicine: physician practices and knowledge. View Abstract
Drug testing in generla medical clinics, in school adn at home: Self reported physician practices, agreement with use of testing and testing recommendations View Abstract
Drug testin of adolescents in ambularoty medicine: Physician practice and knowledge View Abstract
Laboratory testing of substances of abuse View Abstract
Psychoactive substances of abuse used by adolescents View Abstract
Office based management of adolescent substance use View Abstract
Motivational interviewing for adolescent substance use: a pilot study. View Abstract
Teaching paediatric residents about learning disorders: use of standardised case discussion versus multimedia computer tutorial. View Abstract
Test-retest reliability of adolescents' self-report of substance use. View Abstract
A review of Internet-based home drug-testing products for parents. View Abstract
Office management of substance abuse View Abstract
Adolescent substance use: prevention and management by primary care clinicians View Abstract
Office-based intervention for adolescent substance abuse. View Abstract
Save time View Abstract
Advocating Success for Kids: An Advocacy and assessment program for children with school and behavioral problems View Abstract
Motivational Interviewing View Abstract
More than just an accident View Abstract
The Tale of Tommy's Testing: Weaving New Knowledge into an Old Shell View Abstract
The tale of Tommy's testing View Abstract
A Right to Learn View Abstract
Developmental Pediatrics View Abstract
Intern advocacy teaching training manual View Abstract
Pediatric physical exam View Abstract
NYU Medical Center Teaching Retreat Manual View Abstract
Drug use among Sydney teenagers in 1985 and 1986. View Abstract