Individualized, Collaborative Psychiatric Treatment
Our Psychiatrist
Eva Levy, MD
Dr. Levy completed her undergraduate studies at Columbia University where she studied Neuroscience and Behavior. She went to medical school at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She completed psychiatry residency at Zucker Hillside Hospital, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was chief fellow.
Dr. Levy is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist in the state of New York, trained to provide psychiatric evaluation and consultation services, psychotherapy, and psychiatric medication management to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. She is certified to practice child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
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Achievements
Leo M. Davidoff Society Award Winner 2023 for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students
Chief Fellow -2022-2024
Psychological First Aid Training Completion- January 2024
NYCCAP Fellow Members-In-Training (MIT) Subcommittee co-chair- Dec 2022- Jun 2024
Mental health expert deployed in NY state emergency response to Puerto Rico- February 2020
Board Certification
Psychiatry Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- 2024
Other Certifications:
Psychological First Aid Certification- Jan 2024
BLS/ACLS Certification
Medical Spanish Interpreter Certification- May 2019
New York State EMT- Basic Certification- Sept 2015
Pilates Teacher Certification
Publications and Presentations
Levy, E., Reinoso, P., Shoaib, H., Drucker, J., Ashurova, M., Sanghani, S., Petrides, G., & Jimenez, X. Adolescents and young adults with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis with excited catatonia: literature review and two illustrative cases. Journal of the Academy of Consult-Liason Psychiatry. 2022, Aug.
Poster Presentation- Reinoso, P., Levy, E., Ashurova, M. Catatonia and ECT in adolescents: A case study of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis
Levy, E., Fornari, V. Eating Disorders in Athletes: A Call To Action. Project TEACH NY. Aug 2021.
Levy, E., Kim, J., Dicker, R. Bupropion Overdose in Adolescents: Three Cases Illuminating Presentations and Sequelae- A Case series and review. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2018, Jun; 2(1):1-3 June 2018
Mineharu, Y., Muhammad, AK., Yagiz, K., Candolfi, M., Kroeger, KM., Xiong, W., Puntel, M., Liu, C., Levy, E., Lugo, C., Kocharian, A., Allison, JP., Curran, MA., Lowenstein, PR., Castro, MG. Gene therapy-mediated reprogramming tumor infiltrating T cells using IL-2 and inhibiting NF-kB signaling improves the efficacy of immunotherapy in a brain cancer model. Neurotherapeutics. 2012,Oct; 9: 827-843.
Cooking Your Way Through Medical School- April 2020
Cooking Your Way Through College- Aug 2010
Teaching
Taught Child Psychiatry didactics to medical students
Presentation on culturally responsive mindfulness-based interventions
Lectured residents and medical students, topics including: child psychiatry and hallucinations, eating disorders, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, cytochrome P450 and medication interactions
Created and implemented psychoeducation on Anxiety for Shanti Bhavan school children and adolescents (Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project in Bangalore, India)
Created and implemented a psychoeducation learning activity for medical students
Taught coping techniques and provided psychoeducation to middle and high school students in Puerto Rico in response to extended natural disasters
Developed COVID-19 information FAQ/A packet for patients and families in English and Spanish
Medical Spanish Advanced Instructor/ Coordinator, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry- AACAP (Joined 2017)
New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry- NYCCAP (Joined 2018)
American Psychiatric Association- APA (Joined 2020)
Skills
Fluent (speaking, reading, and writing) in Spanish and French
Conversational in Italian and Hebrew
Basic knowledge of Russian and Chinese (Mandarin)