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Benjamin Levi, MD $$

Burn and Trauma Surgery Specialist

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English
UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Education and Training

Medical School
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2005)
Residency
University of Michigan Hospitals (2013), Plastic Surgery
Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital (2014), Burn Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery/Surgical Critical Care,
American Board of Plastic Surgery

  • Research Interests

    • Burn reconstruction
    • Heterotopic ossification
    • Muscle fibrosis
    • Stem cell biology
    • Tissue regeneration
    • Wound healing and repair

  • Publications

    Publications

    • In vivo screening identifies SPP2, a secreted factor that negatively regulates liver regeneration. Lin YH, Zeng Q, Jia Y, Wang Z, Li L, Hsieh MH, Cheng Q, Pagani CA, Livingston N, Lee J, Zhang Y, Sharma T, Siegwart DJ, Yimlamai D, Levi B, Zhu H, Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Apr
    • Tourniquet-induced ischemia creates increased risk of organ dysfunction and mortality following delayed limb amputation. Rowe CJ, Walsh SA, Dragon AH, Rhodes AM, Pak OL, Ronzier E, Levi B, Potter BK, Spreadborough PJ, Davis TA, Injury 2023 Mar
    • Control of craniofacial development by the collagen receptor, discoidin domain receptor 2. Mohamed FF, Ge C, Hallett SA, Bancroft AC, Cowling RT, Ono N, Binrayes AA, Greenberg B, Levi B, Kaartinen VM, Franceschi RT, eLife 2023 Jan 12
    • Discoidin domain receptor 2 regulates aberrant mesenchymal lineage cell fate and matrix organization. Pagani CA, Bancroft AC, Tower RJ, Livingston N, Sun Y, Hong JY, Kent RN, Strong AL, Nunez JH, Medrano JMR, Patel N, Nanes BA, Dean KM, Li Z, Ge C, Baker BM, James AW, Weiss SJ, Franceschi RT, Levi B, Science advances 2022 Dec 8 51 eabq6152
    • Neurovascular coupling in bone regeneration. Qin Q, Lee S, Patel N, Walden K, Gomez-Salazar M, Levi B, James AW, Experimental & molecular medicine 2022 Nov 54 11 1844-1849
    • TrkA+ Neurons Induce Pathologic Regeneration After Soft Tissue Trauma. Cherief M, Negri S, Qin Q, Pagani CA, Lee S, Yang YP, Clemens TL, Levi B, James AW, Stem cells translational medicine 2022 Oct
    • Macrophage TGF? signaling is critical for wound healing with heterotopic ossification after trauma. Patel NK, Nunez JH, Sorkin M, Marini S, Pagani CA, Strong AL, Hwang CD, Li S, Padmanabhan KR, Kumar R, Bancroft AC, Greenstein JA, Nelson R, Rasheed HA, Livingston N, Vasquez K, Huber AK, Levi B, JCI insight 2022 Sep
    • Neuron-to-vessel signaling is a required feature of aberrant stem cell commitment after soft tissue trauma. Qin Q, Gomez-Salazar M, Cherief M, Pagani CA, Lee S, Hwang C, Tower RJ, Onggo S, Sun Y, Piplani A, Li Z, Ramesh S, Clemens TL, Levi B, James AW, Bone research 2022 Jun 10 1 43
    • Acetabular Reaming Is a Reliable Model to Produce and Characterize Periarticular Heterotopic Ossification of the Hip. Negri S, Wang Y, Li Z, Qin Q, Lee S, Cherief M, Xu J, Hsu GC, Tower RJ, Presson B, Levin A, McCarthy E, Levi B, James AW, Stem cells translational medicine 2022 Jun
    • Telehealth and Burn Care: From Faxes to Augmented Reality. Park C, Cho Y, Harvey J, Arnoldo B, Levi B, Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) 2022 May 9 5
    • A Multicenter Evaluation of the Seraph 100 Microbind Affinity Blood Filter for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19. Chitty SA, Mobbs S, Rifkin BS, Stogner SW, Lewis MS, Betancourt J, DellaVolpe J, Abouzahr F, Wilhelm AM, Szerlip HM, Parikh A, Gaeta RM, Rivera I, Park C, Levi B, Anesi GL, Alcover KC, Arnold TB, Howard JT, Sharma K, Pratt KP, Stewart IJ, Chung KK, Critical care explorations 2022 Apr 4 4 e0662
    • Developing a national trauma research action plan: Results from the Burn Research Gap Delphi Survey. Gibran NS, Shipper E, Phuong J, Braverman M, Bixby P, Price MA, Bulger EM, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022 Jan 92 1 201-212
    • How We Did It: Implementing a Trainee-Focused Surgical Research Curriculum and Infrastructure. Gupta VS, Meier J, Nunez JH, Abdelfattah KR, Balentine C, Zeh HJ, Carlson D, Levi B, Journal of surgical education 2021 Aug
    • NGF-TrkA signaling dictates neural ingrowth and aberrant osteochondral differentiation after soft tissue trauma. Lee S, Hwang C, Marini S, Tower RJ, Qin Q, Negri S, Pagani CA, Sun Y, Stepien DM, Sorkin M, Kubiak CA, Visser ND, Meyers CA, Wang Y, Rasheed HA, Xu J, Miller S, Huber AK, Minichiello L, Cederna PS, Kemp SWP, Clemens TL, James AW, Levi B, Nature communications 2021 08 12 1 4939
    • Histology Scoring System for Murine Cutaneous Wounds. van de Vyver M, Boodhoo K, Frazier T, Hamel K, Kopcewicz M, Levi B, Maartens M, Machcinska S, Nunez J, Pagani C, Rogers E, Walendzik K, Wisniewska J, Gawronska-Kozak B, Gimble JM, Stem cells and development 2021 Jul
    • Dermal Nanoemulsion Treatment Reduces Burn Wound Conversion and Improves Skin Healing in a Porcine Model of Thermal Burn Injury. Dolgachev VA, Ciotti S, Liechty E, Levi B, Wang SC, Baker JR, Hemmila MR, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2021 Jun
    • Teamwork at the Bench: Strategies for Collaborative Surgical Science in a Pandemic. Bredbeck BC, Maguire LH, Alam HB, Bednar F, Delano MJ, Dimick JB, Ignatoski KMW, Di Magliano MP, Levi B, The Journal of surgical research 2021 05 261 39-42
    • High Frequency Spectral Ultrasound Imaging Detects Early Heterotopic Ossification in Rodents. Edwards NJ, Hobson E, Dey D, Rhodes A, Overmann A, Hoyt B, Walsh SA, Pagani CA, Strong AL, Hespe GE, Padmanabhan KR, Huber A, Deng C, Davis TA, Levi B, Stem cells and development 2021 05 30 9 473-484
    • Novel Lineage-Tracing System to Identify Site-Specific Ectopic Bone Precursor Cells. Pagani CA, Huber AK, Hwang C, Marini S, Padmanabhan K, Livingston N, Nunez J, Sun Y, Edwards N, Cheng YH, Visser N, Yu P, Patel N, Greenstein JA, Rasheed H, Nelson R, Kessel K, Vasquez K, Strong AL, Hespe GE, Song JY, Wellik DM, Levi B, Stem cell reports 2021 03 16 3 626-640
    • BMP Ligand Trap ALK3-Fc Attenuates Osteogenesis and Heterotopic Ossification in Blast-Related Lower Extremity Trauma. Strong AL, Spreadborough PJ, Dey D, Yang P, Li S, Lee A, Haskins RM, Grimm PD, Kumar R, Bradley MJ, Yu PB, Levi B, Davis TA, Stem cells and development 2021 01 30 2 91-105
    • The role of neutrophil extracellular traps and TLR signaling in skeletal muscle ischemia reperfusion injury. Edwards NJ, Hwang C, Marini S, Pagani CA, Spreadborough PJ, Rowe CJ, Yu P, Mei A, Visser N, Li S, Hespe GE, Huber AK, Strong AL, Shelef MA, Knight JS, Davis TA, Levi B, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2020 12 34 12 15753-15770
    • Articular cartilage regeneration by activated skeletal stem cells. Murphy MP, Koepke LS, Lopez MT, Tong X, Ambrosi TH, Gulati GS, Marecic O, Wang Y, Ransom RC, Hoover MY, Steininger H, Zhao L, Walkiewicz MP, Quarto N, Levi B, Wan DC, Weissman IL, Goodman SB, Yang F, Longaker MT, Chan CKF, Nature medicine 2020 10 26 10 1583-1592
    • Small molecule inhibition of non-canonical (TAK1-mediated) BMP signaling results in reduced chondrogenic ossification and heterotopic ossification in a rat model of blast-associated combat-related lower limb trauma. Strong AL, Spreadborough PJ, Pagani CA, Haskins RM, Dey D, Grimm PD, Kaneko K, Marini S, Huber AK, Hwang C, Westover K, Mishina Y, Bradley MJ, Levi B, Davis TA, Bone 2020 10 139 115517
    • Immobilization after injury alters extracellular matrix and stem cell fate. Huber AK, Patel N, Pagani CA, Marini S, Padmanabhan KR, Matera DL, Said M, Hwang C, Hsu GC, Poli AA, Strong AL, Visser ND, Greenstein JA, Nelson R, Li S, Longaker MT, Tang Y, Weiss SJ, Baker BM, James AW, Levi B, The Journal of clinical investigation 2020 10 130 10 5444-5460
    • Perivascular Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitor Tracing during Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis. Sono T, Hsu CY, Wang Y, Xu J, Cherief M, Marini S, Huber AK, Miller S, Péault B, Levi B, James AW, The American journal of pathology 2020 09 190 9 1909-1920
    • Endogenous CCN family member WISP-1 inhibits trauma-induced heterotopic ossification. Hsu GC, Marini S, Negri S, Wang Y, Xu J, Pagani CA, Hwang C, Stepien DM, Meyers CA, Miller S, McCarthy E, Lyons KM, Levi B, James AW, JCI insight 2020 Jun
    • Discussion: Docosahexaenoic Acid Improves Diabetic Wound Healing in a Rat Model by Restoring Impaired Plasticity of Macrophage Progenitor Cells. Strong AL, Levi B, Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 May 145 5 951e-952e
    • Self-reported baseline phenotypes from the International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Association Global Registry. Pignolo RJ, Cheung K, Kile S, Fitzpatrick MA, De Cunto C, Al Mukaddam M, Hsiao EC, Baujat G, Delai P, Eekhoff EMW, Di Rocco M, Grunwald Z, Haga N, Keen R, Levi B, Morhart R, Scott C, Sherman A, Zhang K, Kaplan FS, Bone 2020 May 134 115274
    • Cellular Plasticity in Musculoskeletal Development, Regeneration, and Disease. Kaji DA, Tan Z, Johnson GL, Huang W, Vasquez K, Lehoczky JA, Levi B, Cheah KSE, Huang AH, Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2020 Apr 38 4 708-718
    • Tuning Macrophage Phenotype to Mitigate Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis. Stepien DM, Hwang C, Marini S, Pagani CA, Sorkin M, Visser ND, Huber AK, Edwards NJ, Loder SJ, Vasquez K, Aguilar CA, Kumar R, Mascharak S, Longaker MT, Li J, Levi B, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2020 Apr 204 8 2203-2215
    • Regulation of heterotopic ossification by monocytes in a mouse model of aberrant wound healing. Sorkin M, Huber AK, Hwang C, Carson WF, Menon R, Li J, Vasquez K, Pagani C, Patel N, Li S, Visser ND, Niknafs Y, Loder S, Scola M, Nycz D, Gallagher K, McCauley LK, Xu J, James AW, Agarwal S, Kunkel S, Mishina Y, Levi B, Nature communications 2020 02 11 1 722

    Books

    • Burns in Trauma Ed. 9. Vercruysse G, Levi B (2020 - In Press), McGraw and Hill
    • Burn Surgery in Greenfield’s Surgery Ed 8. Levi B, Hemmila M, Wang SC (In Press)
    • Burn Surgery and Critical Care in Massachusetts General Hospital Critical Care Handbook, Ed. 2. Levi B, Wong VC, Sheridan R (In Press)

  • Professional Activities

    • American Burn Association
    • American College of Surgeons
    • American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
    • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
    • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
    • Association for Academic Surgery
    • Reed O. Dingman Society
    • Plastic Surgery Research Council

  • Awards and Honors

    • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Fuller Albright Award (2019)
    • George H.A. Clowes Award (2018), American College of Surgeons
    • Young Investigator Award (2018), The American Society for Clinical Investigation
    • Academic Scholarship Award (2017), American Association of Plastic Surgery
    • First Inaugural AAS Plastic Surgery Young Investigator Award (2016), Association for Academic Surgery
    • Bernard G. Sarnat Excellence in Grant Writing Award (2016), Plastic Surgery Foundation
    • George H.A. Clowes Career Development Award (2015), American College of Surgeons
    • Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award (2015), American College of Surgeons
    • Academic Scholarship Award (2015), American Association of Plastic Surgery
    • Research & Education Foundation Scholarship (2015), American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

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