Born in New Jersey, Dr. Levi graduated from Stanford University a bachelor’s degree in Biology and earned then his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He did his internship, and residency in Pediatrics at UCSF, and moved to UCLA for fellowship training in pediatric cardiology in 2000. After fellowship, Dr. Levi trained in interventional pediatric cardiology for an additional year with Dr. John Moore.

Since 2003, Dr. Levi has been on the pediatric cardiology faculty at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. His primary interest is in pediatric interventional cardiology and in biomedical engineering research. Dr. Levi is the medical director of the Active Materials Laboratory at UCLA for transcatheter device design from “smart materials”. Additionally, Dr. Levi serves as the Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship. Dr. Levi joined the Ahmanson ACHD faculty as the primary interventional cardiologist for transcatheter procedures in adult patients with a wide range of congenital heart disease.

Dr. Levi’s specific research interest is in thin film nitinol devices. His research is supported by grants from the NIH, SCAI/Cordis, Atrium Medical, Today’s and Tomorrow’s Childrens Fund and the Dylan Foundation. Dr. Levi has published numerous articles and abstracts, and has made presentations at national and international meetings on his thin film nitinol catheter-based devices.