Stephen E. Levick, M.D. is a clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University in 1973, majoring in both psychology and philosophy. He then attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, receiving his M.D. in 1977. Dr. Levick did a medical internship and residency at Yale University School of Medicine and its affiliated clinical institutions. Following this, he did a clinical fellowship at Yale Psychiatric Institute, and then a research fellowship in biological psychiatry at New York University Medical center, while also working part-time at Bellevue Hospital.
Dr. Levick was on the full-time faculty of Yale University School of Medicine, and later, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. At Yale, he was based at the West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center. There, and continuing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, he did research on lateral asymmetries in brain function. He has published on that topic, schizophrenia, and individual and family psychotherapy.
Since 1989, Dr. Levick has maintained a private practice in psychiatry, with an emphasis on outpatient psychotherapy. He has special expertise in the outpatient treatment of Bipolar and other mood disorders.
For over 20 years, Dr. Levick has also supervised psychiatric residents, clinical psychology trainees, and medical students at New York University, Yale, and now, as an Assistant Clinical Professor, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is a fellow in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of a number of scientific and professional societies, including the Society of Biological Psychiatry.
Dr. Levick is the author of Clone Being: Exploring the Psychological and Social Dimensions, published in 2004 by Rowman and Littlefield. This scholarly but highly accessible book brought him to the attention of Genetics Policy Institute and appointment to its science advisory board, and its speakers bureau.
Dr. Levick has been interviewed on the radio regarding human reproductive cloning. The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, The Nation and Wired have published a number of his letters regarding stem cell and cloning ethics and policy. He has also spoken publicly on these issues.
