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An American internist living in Rome since 1978, Dr. Levenstein follows an integrated approach to clinical practice, balancing advanced medical science with attention to psychological and social concerns. She is also a researcher and lecturer on the interactions between mind and body in organic disease. |
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Book: Messages from Home: The Parent-Child Home Program for Overcoming Educational Disadvantage, Revised and Updated Edition by Phyllis Levenstein and Susan Levenstein
Temple University Press, 2008
"Must reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers"
- Edward Zigler, Ph.D.,
Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University
"An important resource for those interested in child development and education."
- Teachers College Record
Five-minute video presentation
Services provided: general internal medicine, primary and preventive health care for men and women, office gynecology (Pap smears, infections, contraception, sexual counseling, menopause, etc.), ECGs, pulmonary function testing, American (New York State) prescriptions.
Training:
- Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, Harvard University
- M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
- Internship and Residency in Social Internal Medicine, Residency Program in Social Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York
- Laurea in Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome
- Tirocinio in Gastroenterology, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Current New York State medical license (#128023-1)
Hospital affiliations: Salvator Mundi International Hospital, Rome American Hospital
Research affiliations: San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup, Denmark
Languages spoken fluently: English, Italian, French
Watsu (WAter shiatSU, a type of body work performed in warm water), Licensed Practitioner
Scientific Advisory Board, Parent-Child Home Program
Education/Program Committees, American Psychosomatic Society
Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine
Selected writings:
The evidence for treatments for somatoform disorders: A view from the trenches (Somatic Presentations of Mental Disorders, 2009)
The Role of Stress in the Development and Clinical Course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Epidemiological Evidence (Current Molecular Medicine, 2008)
Sexual Issues in the Menopause (Our Bodies Our Selves, 2006)
Embracing complexity: what determines quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease? (Eur J Gastro Hepatol, 2004)
Peptic Ulcer and Stress (Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, 2004)
Psychological factors in Organic Gastrointestinal Disease. I. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Powerpoint presentation, 2004; look under "miscellaneous")
Stress and ulcerative colitis: Convincing the doubting Thomases (Am J Gastro, 2003)
Peptic ulcer and its discontents (Int'l J Epidemiology, 2002)
Psychosocial factors in peptic ulcer and inflammatory bowel disease (J Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2002)
First grade school readiness of former child participants in...the Parent–Child Home Program (J Applied Developmental Psychology, 2002)
Stress e decorso delle malattie organiche gastrointestinali (Argomenti di Gastroenterologia Clinica, 2001)
Psychosocial Predictors of Hypertension (Arch Int Medicine, 2001)
Stress and exacerbation in ulcerative colitis (Amer J Gastroent, 2000)
The very model of a modern etiology: A biopsychosocial view of peptic ulcer (Psychosomatic Medicine, 2000)
Stress and peptic ulcer disease (JAMA, 1999)
Stress and peptic ulcer: Life beyond Helicobacter (BMJ, 1998)
Long-term Impact of a Verbal Interaction Program for At-Risk Toddlers (J Applied Developmental Psychology, 1998)
Is There Health in Wellness? (J Clinical Gastroenterol, 1996)
Psychologic predictors of ulcer healing (J Clinical Gastro, 1996)
Development of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (J Psychosom Res, 1993)
Low residue or normal diet in Crohn's disease (Gut, 1985)
Home phone - for emergencies - 06 4880389
Office hours: Monday through Thursday afternoons,
Wednesday morning and afternoon, some Friday mornings
