Alex Levin, MD, FRCSC, MHSc, FAAO, FAAP

Staff Ophthalmologist

Hospital for Sick Kids

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Following completion of a pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Levin continued on as a staff child abuse pediatrician at that institution. He subsequently completed an ophthalmology residency at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia followed by a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto where he is now a staff ophthalmologist and staff child abuse pediatrician.

He is Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Genetics and Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto. He recently obtained a MHSc degree in Bioethics at the University of Toronto. He maintains an active clinical and research interest in the ocular manifestations of child abuse. Dr. Levin is the current Chair of the International Advisory Board of the National Center for Shaken Baby Syndrome and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Child Abuse and Neglect.