Phillip Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is a tenured professor for the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Recently appointed assistant vice president for Translational Sciences and Clinical Research Innovation for the university. He also serves as associate chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. He is also a standing member of the National Institutes of Health's Cancer, Heart and Sleep Epidemiology Study section, the Grants Advisory Panel for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation and the Scientific Review Committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians. In addition, he chairs ACEP's Research Committee and the American College of Cardiology's Cardiovascular Service Accreditation Management Board.

Dr. Levy's research interests center on heart failure and hypertension, with a dual focus on acute management and early disease detection. He is an internationally recognized expert in cardiovascular disease research. He has been the principal investigator for cardiovascular-related studies funded by multiple entities, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. He is a co-investigator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute- and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-funded studies. Dr. Levy has published more than 130 manuscripts, written 21 textbook chapters and has been an invited lecturer on cardiovascular disease-related topics more than 200 times.