6135 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
Phillip Levy, MD, MPH is the Edward S Thomas endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University where he currently serves as Associate Vice President for Translational Sciences. Dr. Levy is a Fellow of multiple professional societies including the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Levy is a leading health equity researcher with a focus on cardiovascular disease risk reduction who has overseen more than 110 funded studies from various entities since his arrival at Wayne State in 2002 including current grant support from the NIH, CDC, and American Heart Association. Since March 2020, Dr. Levy has been leading Wayne State and Wayne Health’s mobile health unit program which has been a critical component of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through funding of ACHIEVE GREATER, one of the 11 HEAN centers, Dr. Levy has been able to expand this program to include community-based efforts aimed at cardiometabolic risk reduction.