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Harrison Levine M.D.

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ABOUT MELicensed Doctor Of Medicine

Education
Licensure and Board Certification
Experience

Dr. B. Harrison Levine is a psychiatrist, guitarist, ex-chef, and former band member who took the scenic route to medicine—via the Culinary Institute of America, a couple rock bands, and medical training across three-and-a-half continents, including Israel, Ethiopia, Scotland, Michigan, and Manhattan. (Don’t ask about the half. It involved heatstroke, leprosy, and a goat.)

He started med school in his mid-thirties, which is “non-traditional” in academic terms and “deeply suspect” in admissions offices. Before launching his private practice in Boulder, he served as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director at the University of Colorado, building crisis services and leading emergency psychiatry teams that tackled everything from pediatric psychosis to bureaucratic nonsense.

He specializes in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, and has published extensively on emergency psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and why treating people like checklists is a terrible idea. He does not diagnose based on Instagram trends or neurotransmitters in your pee.

Outside the clinic, he plays guitar, bangs on things rhythmically, and still believes in the healing power of music, food, and gallows humor. His approach is precise, irreverent, and occasionally unsettling—in the best way.

Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in Adult Psychiatry
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Medical License, Colorado
Medical License, New York
Drug Enforcement Agency License

Hospital, Government or Other Professional Positions

Centennial Peaks Hospital
Director, Adolescent Intensive Services

Children’s Home of Jefferson County (NY)/Jefferson County Foster Care
Medical Director

Children’s Hospital Colorado (FKA The Children’s Hospital (TCH)), University of Colorado at Denver:

Medical Director:

Psychiatric Consultation/Liaison and Emergency Services
Bridge Clinic
Med/Psych Clinic

New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University, Children’s Comprehensive Emergency Psychiatric Program (CCPEP):

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Major Committee and Service Responsibilities

Children’s Hospital Colorado (FKA TCH), University of Colorado at Denver

Psychiatric Emergency Service, Developed, Medical Director
Consultation/Liaison Service, Developed, Medical Director
Leadership Committee, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Former Member
Behavioral Assistance Resource Team (BART) Provide medical direction for cases where behavioral dyscontrol requires pharmacological interventions, Developer, Former Member
Committee for Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Former Member
RAP (Resident Assistance Program), providing counseling/debriefing service for TCH Residents, Former Member
Strengthen our Alliances with Families Team (SAFTeam), crisis intervention for all inpatient services, Developer, Former Chairman

National:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Former Member, Physically Ill Child Committee

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside: dreams. Who looks inside: awakens.

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Review and Referee Work

Strengthen our Alliance with Families Team (SAFTeam), Developed hospital policy, Mediator for SAFTeam
Patient Management Exercise Section, Focus (APA journal), Associate Editor
Medical School for International Health of Ben Gurion University and Columbia University (MSIH), Former Member, Admissions Committee

Invited extramural lectures, presentations and visiting professorships
International:

Guest Lecturer, 3rd year Psychiatry Rotation, MSIH, Beersheva, Israel.
Chair, Rolling Cases, 3rd year Psychiatry Rotation, MSIH, Beersheva, Israel.

National:

Guest Lecturer, “Psychiatric Emergencies”, Emergency and Trauma Outreach Symposium- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Guest Lecturer, “Psychotropic Medications: Problems with Prescriptions”, Emergency Psychiatry CME, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado
Speaker, “Recognizing Side Effects in Psychotropic Medications”, CASBHC Conference (School-Based Health Care), The Red Lion, Aurora, Colorado
Guest Lecturer, “Conversion Disorder”, Aurora Public School Nurses, Education Support Services Building #3, Aurora, Colorado
Speaker, “The SAFTeam: Dealing with Difficult Patients and Families”, Family Advisory Council, The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, Colorado
Guest Lecturer, “Dealing with Difficult Patients and Families”, Aurora Public School Nurses, Gateway High School, Aurora, Colorado
Speaker, “Psychotropic Medications: Problems in Prescribing”, The Children’s Hospital Annual Ethics Conference: Ethical Issues in Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare, Aurora, Colorado.

Teaching Record

Presentations to medical students, graduate students, house officers

Children’s Hospital Colorado Department of Pediatrics CME lecture, Conversion and Somatoform Disorders
Children’s Hospital Colorado Department of Developmental Pediatrics, PTSD
Children’s Hospital Colorado Department of PGY-2 Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry and Pediatrics Psychopharmacology Survey Course, University of Colorado at Denver, Psychopharmacology
Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatric Neurology Noon Conference, Conversion Disorders
Children’s Hospital Colorado Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar, Psychopharmacology
Children’s Hospital Colorado Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver, Faculty Meeting, The SAFTeam
Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado at Denver: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar: Delirium
Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychopharmacology Seminar, Emergency Psychiatry
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Staff Meeting for 8/9 Floor Nursing, The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Ethics Nursing Liaison Meeting, Panelist, “Treating Pain from a Caregiver’s Perspective”
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychopharmacology Seminar, Thinking Small and Overmedication
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar: Introduction to the C/L service at TCH
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: SMSC Leadership Meeting: The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychopharmacology Seminar, Emergency Psychiatry
Psychosomatics Fellowship Conference, University of Colorado at Denver: Acute Cognitive Changes in Children and Adolescents
Psychosomatics Fellowship Conference, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychosomatic Emergencies in Children and Adolescents
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Pediatric Residents’ Noon Conference: Psychiatric Emergencies

The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Case Management Service: The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar: Somatoform and Conversion Disorders
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: CME Day for Hospitalists, Acute Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychopharmacology Seminar, Emergency Psychiatry
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver, The Ethics Committee Meeting: The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver, 8/9 Floor Nursing Education Day: The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar: The SAFTeam
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal Club: Persistent Hallucinogenic Perception Disorder, What Do We Know After 50 Years?
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Pediatric Residents’ Noon Conference: Psychiatric Emergencies
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Emergency Medicine Noon Conference: Psychiatric Manifestations of Medical Illness
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Psychopharmacology Seminar, Emergency Psychiatry
The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver: Pediatric Emergency Room Attending In-service Presentation: Medical Conditions Presenting as Psychiatric Disorders
University of Colorado Medical School Lunchtime Series: Somatoform and Conversion Disorders
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Global Epidemiology Seminar: Treatment of HIV in Roma Sex Workers
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health: Ethiopia: The Status of Mental Illness
Columbia University Department of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry: International Psychiatry

Grand Rounds

University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Neuromyelitis Optica with Severe Behavioral Dysregulation: A Case Report, Discussant, supervisor.
University of Colorado Department of Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds: PANDAS, supervisor.
University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: A Case of Acute Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Disintegration, University of Colorado.
New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds: Catatonia and ECT in a 14 year old female: Case Report and Panel Discussion. Payne Whitney Manhattan.

University of Michigan/Ann Arbor Veteran’s Hospital Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds: Eliciting Sensitive Information from Patients: How to determine suicidal risk.
University of Michigan/Ann Arbor Veteran’s Hospital Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds: Mental Distress among Leprosy Patients with Severe Deformities.
University of Michigan/Ann Arbor Veteran’s Hospital Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds: Case Study: Young Borderline Patient with Severe Suicidal Behaviors.

Poster Presentations

American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Neuromyelitis Optica with Severe Behavioral Dysregulation: A Case Report, T. Schreiner, MD, MPH, H. Levine, MD, MPH
24th Annual American Neuropsychiatric Association, Boston, MA, Neuromyelitis Optica with Severe Behavioral Dysregulation: A Case Report: C. Karlsson*, T. Schreiner, MD, MPH, C. Kim, MS, H. Levine, MD, MPH, J. Barnes, PhD, J. Binder, MD, R. Gabriels, PsyD, C. Beresford, MD, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 24th Annual American Neuropsychiatric Association
American Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, The Strengthen our Alliances with Families Team (SAFTeam), A process for addressing challenging relationships between families and care providers, American Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

Children’s Hospital Research Poster Presentations, Aurora, Colorado, The Strengthen our Alliances with Families Team (SAFTeam), A process for addressing challenging relationships between families and care providers, Children’s Hospital Research Poster Presentations, Aurora, Colorado.
New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds: and Adolescent Emergency Psychiatry, a book chapter. New York Psychiatric Institute.

Course Development

Children’s Hospital Colorado (FKA TCH), University of Colorado at Denver
Director and Developer of

Child Development Classics Reading Seminar,
Elective Rotation in Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry for MSIII
Elective Rotation in Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry for CFII
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Seminar Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado
SAFTeam (Strengthen our Alliance with Families Team)

Ward/Clinic Attending Duties

Children’s Hospital Colorado (FKA TCH), University of Colorado at Denver:
Director and Developer of

Psychiatric Consultation/Liaison and Emergency Services

Office in Boulder

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