Dr. Michael S. Levy is a qualified expert witness in district and family courts. He has extensive experience in criminal and civil matters with extensive trial experience.
EXPERT WITNESS PROFILE:
Board certified in Addiction Medicine, Michael S. Levy, D.O., FASAM has 25 years experience in treating alcohol and drug dependencies. He currently serves as medical director of the Center for Addiction Medicine, a private specialty medical practice in the Las Vegas Metropolitan area.
Dr. Levy founded the Center for Addiction Medicine in 1995 to help address the growing issue of addiction in the rapidly expanding Las Vegas Valley. Since then, the practice has grown in size and scope, but has remained one of the few private medical practices dedicated solely to the evaluation and treatment of addictive disease.
Among the leading addiction physicians in Nevada and the Southwestern United States, Dr. Levy provides expert consultation to medico legal cases requiring expert opinion or testimony involving drug and alcohol abuse and addiction.
He has provided clinical expert testimony for legal cases in different areas of the forensic spectrum for both plaintiffs and defendants. Additionally, he serves a consultant to the Nevada Law Board, Nevada Board of Medicine and Nevada Board of Nursing.
EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES:
- Evaluation of civil and criminal matters/litigants/defendants
- Forensics/Medical Case Review
- Exposure to Toxic Substances
- Drug Intoxications
- Death Penalty/Diminished Capacity Case Evaluations
- Neurotoxicology
- Pharmacology
- Chronic Pain
- Alcohol/Drug & Other Substance Addictions
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:
- 1984 Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
- 1987 California Society For Treatment Of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
- 1995 American Medical Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies (Now, American Society of Addiction Medicine)
- 1995 Board Family Practice
- 1997 American Board of Family Physicians, American Osteopathic Association
- 1997 Recertified By Examination American Society of Addiction Medicine
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
- 1980 Arizona State Board of Medicine #1721
- 1994 Nevada State Board of Medicine #725
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- January 1998 – Current Founding Medical Director, Center for Addiction Medicine
- January 1995 – February 15, 2000
- Clinical Director, Adult and Adolescent Chemical Dependency Programs Montevista Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada
- January 1992 – December 1994
- Clinical Director, Local Addiction Recovery Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- May 1990 – December 1992
- Clinical Director, Addiction Medicine/Dual Diagnosis Program Northbook Hospital, Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- March 1989 – May 1990
- Associate Medical Director, Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin
- February 1982 – 1988
- Private Practice, Family Medicine/Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Phoenix, Arizona
- 1983 – 1988
- Medical Director, The Recovery Center, Phoenix General Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- 1981 – 1983
- Associate Medical Director The Recovery Center, Phoenix General Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
LEGAL EXPERIENCE & SERVICES:
- Civil and criminal trial experience. Consultant to multiple national law firms, federal & state agencies (references on request).
MEDICAL AFFILIATIONS:
- American Osteopathic Association
- American College of Family Practice in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
- American Osteopathic Academy of Addictionology
- American Society of Addiction Medicine; California Chapter
- American Society of Addiction Medicine; Nevada Chapter
- Nevada Osteopathic Medical Association
- Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
- President Nevada Chapter of American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Member Southern Panel of Moral Character and Fitness Committee, Appointed by Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada
EDUCATION:
- July 1979 – June 1980 Internship Phoenix General Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
- 1975 – 1979 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy
- 1972 – 1974 Bachelor of Arts, Biology
- 1968 – 1972 United States Navy, 2nd Class Petty Office, Hospital Corpsman, Surgical Technician, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
- 1965 – 1967 West Virginia University