Samuel A. Levine

Samuel Albert Levine (1891-1966) was an influential American cardiologist.[1][2] He was born in Łomża, Poland and came to the United States at age 3.[3]

The Levine scale, Levine's sign and Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome are named after him.

The Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital is named in his honor.

References

  1. ↑ Wooley CF, Stang JM (August 1990). "Samuel A Levine's first world war encounters with Mackenzie and Lewis". Br Heart J 64 (2): 166–70. doi:10.1136/hrt.64.2.166. PMC 1024362. PMID 2203398.
  2. ↑ Harvey WP (2005). "Proc, Dr. Sam, Uncle Henry, and the "Little Green Book". Interview by Charles F. Wooley". Am Heart Hosp J 3 (1): 8–13. PMID 15722672.
  3. ↑ Obituary in Brit. Heart J., 1966, 28, 853, available at http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC490104/pdf/brheartj00335-0133.pdf