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Sketching the French Quarter
I recently went to New Orleans to attend the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting to get updated on the latest science and research on the vast subject of aging. I couldn’t help but take my sketchbook, and every morning spent some time wandering in the French Quarter before the crowds of tourists arrived to enjoy the mist, fog, and mystery of this incredible ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - December 26, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Source Type: blogs

Tragedy at 5 POINTZ
This past weekend I bicycled across the Queensboro Bridge to photograph 5 POINTZ, the dilapidated factory building covered with graffiti. I had just learned that a federal judge denied a request for an injunction to block demolition of this building to make way for a glass walled tower of condos, and the developers planned to raze the structure. I turned on the news tonight to see ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 19, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine City Diary Source Type: blogs

The Two Hemispheres of Medicine
Read my autobiographical essay on medicine and art in this piece published in Hektoen International, an online Journal of Medical Humanities.  It includes my experiences with art as a vehicle for dealing with grief. Access this article here.      . (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 14, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs

Signs of Old New York: Part One
This is the first installment of my visual journal of changing New York City. The 12 year administration of Mayor Bloomberg ushered in many benefits including the High Line and the end of smoke-filled restaurants, but a development boom erased many signs of the City’s storied and gritty past. I’ve been photographing the old signs of Manhattan and surrounding boroughs since I moved here in 1984, ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 13, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: City Diary Source Type: blogs

Signs of Old New York City: Part One
This is the first installment of my personal journal of changing New York City, and I am publishing it in celebration of the end of Mayor Bloomberg’s zoning plan that would have brought a new crop of glass walled skyscrapers to the area around Grand Central Station. The Bloomberg administration has ushered in many benefits including the High Line and the end of smoke-filled restaurants, but ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 13, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: City Diary Source Type: blogs

The Masks of Manhattan
I’ve always had a fascination with the masks we wear, in daily living and cultural extravaganzas. I recently posted photos of festival masks from a remote location in the Peruvian Andes, and decided to contrast that with a post featuring masks from Manhattan. It was far easier to take the subway downtown after work than ride hours on dirt roads in South America, but the ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 3, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: City Diary Source Type: blogs

New Research Challenges “Q2H” Turning Standard for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
The industry standard for turning and repositioning a patient at risk for pressure ulcers is every two hours. There is, however, limited research to support this standard. As the costliest elements of pressure ulcer prevention are support surfaces and repositioning, a change in this standard would have major economic impact. A research study published in the October 2013 issue of the Journal of the American ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - October 28, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care Risk Management Source Type: blogs

The Masks of Paucartambo
The closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City was a calamity that many thought would never happen. In the Spring of 2010 this busy facility in lower Manhattan ceased to exist and thousands of doctors, nurses, and hospital workers had to look elsewhere for work. Patients served by this venerable and historic institution had to scramble for healthcare. Politicians stood back as the ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - October 21, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Travel Source Type: blogs

Sukkot at the Sages
One of my artistic influences is a man named Leon Israel. Born in 1887, he came from Pinsk, Russia in 1905 and made a living drawing cartoons for the Jewish Daily Forward. His sketches were published in a book entitled The East Side in Pictures, which captured elderly Jews selling goods from pushcarts and going about their daily life as poor immigrants in New York ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - October 7, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine City Diary Source Type: blogs

Looking at Sturgis on the Cover of The Gerontologist
The Gerontologist (TG) has published my photographs on the cover since 1995. The image on the recent June/July issue features an aging biker named Zip taken in South Dakota at the Sturgis motorcycle rally. I went there in August of 2011 in my continued quest to document aging in America and in different cultures throughout the world. I started this project two decades ago when I ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 30, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: An Aging World Art & Medicine Source Type: blogs

Sketching on the Lower East Side
This past Labor Day 2013 I had a relaxing afternoon with a friend, meeting him on the Lower East Side for lunch. We feasted on pickles, pastrami, and gefilte fish. Afterward we wandered the streets reflecting on the history and changes to the area when we came across Freeman’s Alley, on Rivington between Bowery and Chrystie Streets. It was about to rain, but I couldn’t resist ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 22, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Source Type: blogs

The Unavoidable Pressure Ulcer Gains Credibility with Geriatrics Practitioners
The 8th Edition of the Geriatric Review Syllabus (GRS8) released this year contains a brief but significant addition to the chapter on pressure ulcers: a section on the unavoidable pressure ulcer. This is the first time an official study guide for the medical specialty of geriatrics acknowledges that pressure ulcers can occur in the regular course of care delivery. The GRS is published by the ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 16, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Geriatric Medicine Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care Risk Management Source Type: blogs

Dakin’s Solution: Past, Present, and Future.
This article on the history of Dakin’s Solution was published in the journal, Advances in Skin & Wound Care.  Dakin’s solution has been used for almost a century for treatment of infected wounds. Developed by a biochemist named Henry Dakin in the early 20th Century, it is a dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite, which is commonly known as household bleach. When properly applied, it can ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 14, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs

Photographing Letchworth Village
We often think that medical progress marches in a straight line, but that is not the case.  Some ideas change the field rapidly, while others sit by the sidelines for decades before being accepted.  Others are accepted by the medical profession like a fad only to fall into disrepute.  Such is the case of Letchworth Village.  Once a model institution for the mentally disabled, Letchworth ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 10, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Art & Medicine Medical History Source Type: blogs

Dr. Jeff Levine Speaks on Healthy Aging for Channel 2 News
At age 64 Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida, an event that spurred a flurry of media coverage that included stories on healthy aging.  I happened to be swimming at the New York Health and Racquet Club when a news team came to do a story.  When I mentioned that I was a doctor specializing in geriatrics they added a brief interview with me ...Read More (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - September 6, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Jeffrey M. Levine MD Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs