Dr. Richard J. Levy, MD, FAAP is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Pediatric Laboratory Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Levy completed his Pediatrics Residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and his Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he completed fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia/Cardiac Anesthesia and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at CHOP. As a trainee on an NIH-Institutional Training Grant (T32) and subsequent PI on an NIH-mentored clinical scientist development award (K08), his initial area of investigation focused on acquired mitochondrial dysfunction in the murine septic heart and his lab identified several novel therapeutic interventions targeting sepsis-induced myocardial depression, resulting in two patent applications. Over the last few years, he has focused his investigation on the effect of different environmental exposures on the developing brain. He has published over 75 original manuscripts, is an associate editor for Survey of Anesthesiology, and regular reviewer for Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia, the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, and the American Journal of Physiology. Dr. Levy has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Cardiology, and PLOS One. In addition, he is a member of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology Grant Review Committee and is a grant reviewer for the FAER Medical Student Year Long Fellowship program.