Howard Levinson, MD
- Surgery / Plastic Max & Oral Surgery
- Pathology
Address
DUMC 3181
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-684-8661
Office Telephone
919-684-8661
Fax Telephone
919-681-7340
- MD, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, 1997
- General Surgery, Brookdale University Hospital (New York), 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2002-2005
- Wound Healing (Research), New York University, 1998-1999
- Wound Healing (Research), Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (Pennsylvania), 2000-2002
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2005-2008
Clinical Interests
Breast surgery, including reconstruction, reduction, lifts, augmentation, and gynecomastia; reconstruction, including microsurgery and soft-tissue reconstruction, flaps and grafts; orthopaedic trauma and oncology; skin cancer; extremity reconstruction; complex hernia repair; hand and facial trauma; management of problem scarring and keloids; cosmetic surgery, including facial rejuvenation and fillers; face, forehead, brow, and arm lifts; liposuction; BOTOX; eyelid surgery; abdominoplasty; implants
Research Interests
Fibrosis
Wound Healing
Cell Contractility
Tissue Remodeling
This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- GlaxoSmithKline
Representative Publications
Bond JE, Ho TQ, Selim MA, Hunter CL, Bowers EV, Levinson H. Temporal spatial expression and function of non-muscle myosin II isoforms IIA and IIB in scar remodeling. Lab Invest. 2010 Nov 22.
(2010)
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Fearmonti R, Bond J, Erdmann D, Levinson H. A review of scar scales and scar measuring devices. Eplasty. 2010;10:e43.
(2010)
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Komatsu I, Bond J, Selim A, Tomasek JJ, Levin LS, Levinson H. Dupuytren's fibroblast contractility by sphingosine-1-phosphate is mediated through non-muscle myosin II. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Oct;35(10):1580-8.
(2010)
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Yang J, Erdmann D, Chang JC, Komatsu I, Zhang Y, Wang D, Hodavance MS, Hollenbeck ST, Levinson H, Klitzman B, Levin LS. A model of sequential heart and composite tissue allotransplant in rats. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jul;126(1):80-6.
(2010)
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Hillyer S, Vicens JC, Levinson H, Bhayani R, Mesea L, Chaudhry R, Fayans E, Fogler R. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the tongue in a 17-month-old. Ear Nose Throat J. 2009 Oct;88(10):E4-9.
(2009)
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Lee CC, Golub R, Singer AJ, Cantu R Jr, Levinson H. Routine versus selective abdominal computed tomography scan in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Feb;14(2):117-22.
(2007)
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Khyrul WA, LaLonde DP, Brown MC, Levinson H, Turner CE. The integrin-linked kinase regulates cell morphology and motility in a rho-associated kinase-dependent manner. J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 24;279(52):54131-9.
(2004)
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Levinson H, Moyer KE, Saggers GC, Ehrlich HP. Calmodulin-myosin light chain kinase inhibition changes fibroblast-populated collagen lattice contraction, cell migration, focal adhesion formation, and wound contraction. Wound Repair Regen. 2004 Sep-Oct;12(5):505-11.
(2004)
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Levinson H, Sil AK, Conwell JE, Hopper JE, Ehrlich HP. Alpha V integrin prolongs collagenase production through Jun activation binding protein 1. Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Aug;53(2):155-61.
(2004)
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Levinson H, Turner CE, Ehrlich HP. Integrin-linked kinase: a possible role in scar contracture. Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Feb;52(2):204-11.
(2004)
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Levinson H. Management by whose objectives? 1970. Harv Bus Rev. 2003 Jan;81(1):107-16.
(2003)
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Levinson H, Hopper JE, Ehrlich HP. Overexpression of integrin alphav promotes human osteosarcoma cell populated collagen lattice contraction and cell migration. J Cell Physiol. 2002 Nov;193(2):219-24.
(2002)
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Chin GS, Lee S, Hsu M, Liu W, Kim WJ, Levinson H, Longaker MT. Discoidin domain receptors and their ligand, collagen, are temporally regulated in fetal rat fibroblasts in vitro. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001 Mar;107(3):769-76.
(2001)
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Levinson H, Peled Z, Liu W, Longaker MT, Allison GM, Ehrlich HP. Fetal rat amniotic fluid: transforming growth factor beta and fibroblast collagen lattice contraction. J Surg Res. 2001 Oct;100(2):205-10.
(2001)
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Chin GS, Kim WJ, Lee TY, Liu W, Saadeh PB, Lee S, Levinson H, Gittes GK, Longaker MT. Differential expression of receptor tyrosine kinases and Shc in fetal and adult rat fibroblasts: toward defining scarless versus scarring fibroblast phenotypes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000 Mar;105(3):972-9.
(2000)
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Chin GS, Liu W, Steinbrech D, Hsu M, Levinson H, Longaker MT. Cellular signaling by tyrosine phosphorylation in keloid and normal human dermal fibroblasts. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000 Dec;106(7):1532-40.
(2000)
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