Howard Levinson, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor in Pathology

Department:
Surgery

Division:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3181 Durham, NC 27710

Telephone:
919-684-8661

Office Telephone:
919-684-8661

Fax:
919-684-5928

Training:
MD, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, 1997

Fellowship:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2005-2008

Residency:
General Surgery, Brookdale University Hospital (New York), 1997-2005

Clinical Interests:
Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic Surgery; management of problem scars and keloids

Research Interests:
Fibrosis
Wound Healing
Cell Contractility
Tissue Remodeling

Publications:
Levinson H, Turner CE, Ehrlich HP. Integrin-linked kinase: a possible role in scar contracture. Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Feb;52(2):204-11.

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.

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.

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.

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.