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Jerrold Henry Levy

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic

Overview


Jerrold H Levy, MD, FAHA, FCCM, is Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic) and Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology/Critical Care at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.  He is also an Adjunct Professor in theDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  and the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. Currently, he serves as Vice Chair of the Scientific and Standardization Committees of the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis and previously served as Chair of the Perioperative and Critical Care Committee. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Miami, where he was a resident in internal medicine, followed by an Anesthesiology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he was Chief Resident, and completed fellowships in Respiratory Intensive Care and Cardiac Anesthesiology. Before Duke, he was Professor and Deputy Chair for Research at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr Levy is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, an Editor for the European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Pharmacology, and on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and previously served as an Executive Editor for Anesthesiology. His current clinical and research interests include anticoagulation and its reversal, therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat coagulopathy and acute inflammation in critically ill patients and extracorporeal life support, applications of recombinant and purified protein concentrates for treating bleeding and inflammation, and therapeutic approaches to anaphylaxis. He is the author of over 600 publications on PubMed, with over 100,000 citations, an h-index of 112, and an i10-index of 500. He is also fluent in French and conversational in Spanish and Japanese.


Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology · 2025 - Present Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic, Anesthesiology

Recent Scholarly Works


Thrombin generation and the pharmacodynamics of oral anticoagulants.

Journal article Pharmacol Ther · November 2026 Anticoagulants are essential for preventing and treating thromboembolism across a wide range of clinical settings. Yet, they share a narrow therapeutic index that demands a precise understanding of their pharmacodynamic behavior. Thrombin generation provid ... Full text Link to item Cite

Proposal of simplified sepsis-induced coagulopathy criteria (SIC-2) for the detection of early-phase disseminated intravascular coagulation in sepsis.

Journal article J Thromb Haemost · October 2026 BACKGROUND: Sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC) was introduced to identify early coagulation abnormalities in sepsis and to predict progression to overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). However, inclusion of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ischemic Limb Necrosis and Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene During Vasopressor Support in Severe Shock States: Thromboinflammatory Microvascular Injury as the Pathogenic Mechanism.

Journal article Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother · September 19, 2026 Ischemic limb necrosis and resulting symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) are devastating complications of severe shock states, particularly septic shock, and are associated with major morbidity, limb loss, and mortality. These complications usually occur ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Neurocognition & Greater Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in AF (NOGGIN AF)

Clinical TrialCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2021 - 2027

The Association of Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown with Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Delirium

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

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Education


University of Miami · 1978 M.D.