Levit Susan

Credentials

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Fellow of American College of Physicians

Specialties

• Internal Medicine

Spoken Languages

• English
• Russian
• Hebrew
• Polish
• Ukrainian

Dr. Susan Levit received her Doctor of Medicine Degree at the "Technion", Israel Institute of Technology. In Israel she served as a Captain in the Israel Defence Forces and worked at the Rambam University Teaching Hospital in Haifa, Israel. In the U.S. Dr. Levit completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Staten Island University Hospital. Dr. Susan Levit has a special interest and very deep and vast experience in Dermatology and Cosmetics from Israel and post graduate training in USA.

Dr. Susan Levit is presently a member of a number of professional organizations: American Medical Association, American Physician Partners Association, American College of Physicians, New York Medical Society, Richmod County Medical Society. Because of her extensive involvement and dedication to community activities she has received numerous awards such as: Woman of the Year 2004, Russian Monthly Magazine, "Business Lady 2003" from the International Women's Organization. In 2003 Dr. Susan Levit became Co-Chair and one of the Founders of the International Organization of Doctors Against Terrorism.

More recently in 2005 Dr.Susan Levit was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations(NECO). The award honors distinguished Americans who have made significant contributions to the nation's heritage. Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipients selected each year through a national nomination process and sanctioned by the United States Congress and recipients' names are listed in the Congressional Record.

Previous Ellis honorees have included Presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan; Governors Mario Cuomo and George Pataki; Senators Patrick Moynihan and Hillary Clinton; General Norman Schwartzkopf; President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame - Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh; Dr. Michael DeBakey; Coretta Scott King; Rosa Parks; Former Chrysler CEO - Lee Iacocca; Muhammad Ali and Joe DiMagio; television personalities Walter Cronkite, Eric Severeid, Phil Donahue, and Barbara Walters; and entertainers Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Tony Bennett, Gloria Estefan and Bob Hope.