Steven A. Levy, VMD - Professional Resume
Connecticut State Police Surgeon- K9 Unit EMD, Durham, CT

Durham Veterinary Hospital, PC
178 Parmelee Hill Road
Durham, CT 06422

Fax 860-349-8649
Phone: 860-349-3485

Work Experience

• 1979-present. Durham Veterinary Hospital, Durham, CT
  Hospital Director, Clinical Veterinarian.
• 1990-present. Fort Dodge Animal Health, Overland Park, KS
  Consultant- Canine Lyme disease.
• 2000-present. IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, ME
  Consultant- Lyme disease diagnostics.

Education

• VMD 1977 University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
• Short Course in Medical Acarology 1990 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Professional Memberships

• 1977 to present. AVMA.
• 1977 to present. Connecticut VMA.
  • 1982-1991. Member CVMA Executive Board
  • 1991. President CVMA
• 1994-2001. President and founder American Veterinary Lyme Disease Society.
• 2004 to 2006. Connecticut VMA.
  • Member Board of Directors

Awards and Honors

• 1993 AVMA Practitioner Research Award.
• 1994 AAHA Region I Outstanding Practitioner Award.
• 1998 to present Connecticut State Police Surgeons Program: Canine Unit

Public and Emergency Service

• Fire fighter/EMT since 1972
• Member Rhinecliff, NY FVD and Rescue Squad 1972 -1977
  • EMT 1972-1975
• Member Guilford, CT Volunteer Fire Department 1977-1979
• Member Durham Volunteer Fire Company 1980-present
  • Captain 1985-1989
  • Assistant Chief 1989-1992 and 1994
  • Chief of Department 1993 and 1995-2006
  • EMT 2002-present

Certifications (Partial List)

• EMT
• Fire Fighter I
• Incident Command System
• Hazardous Materials Operational
• Managing Company Tactical Operations I, II, and III.
• Various tactical, strategic and operation courses on building construction, vehicle fires and rescue, fire flow, safety, critical incident management and safety.
• 2006 Deputy Director of Emergency Management,
  Durham, CT
• 2006 to present- Director of Emergency Management and Chief of Operations, Durham, CT. (CT DEMHS Region #2).
• Connecticut State Police Surgeon- Canine Unit
  • Appointed to newly created position of CSP K-9 Unit Surgeon under the Administration of Henry Lee, PhD, Commissioner of Public Safety and Colonel John F. Bardelli, Commanding Officer of Connecticut State Police.
  • Created a comprehensive health maintenance care program for up to 75 State Police Canine Teams in Patrol, Arson, Explosive and Narcotic Detection Units.
    

Publications (Selected listing) [1-17]

1. Elfassy, O.J., F.W. Goodman, S.A. Levy, et al., Efficacy of an amitraz-impregnated collar in preventing transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by adult Ixodes scapularis to dogs. J Am Vet Med Assn, 2001. 219(2): p. 185-189.
2. Barthold, S.W. and L.K. Bockenstadt, Passive immunizing activity of sera from mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. Inf and Immun, 1993. 61(11): p. 4696-4702
3. Levy, S.A. and P.H. Duray, Complete heart block in a dog seropositive for Borrelia burgdorferi. Similarity to human Lyme carditis. J Vet Int Med, 1988. 2(3): p. 138-144.
4. Levy, S.A. and L.A. Magnarelli, Relationship between development of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in dogs and the subsequent development of limb/joint borreliosis. J Am Vet Med Assn, 1992. 200(3): p. 344-347.
5. Levy, S.A. and D.W. Dreesen, Lyme borreliosis in dogs. Canine Practice, 1992. 17(2): p. 5-14.
6. Levy, S.A., S.W. Barthold, D.M. Domback, et al., Canine Lyme borreliosis. Comp Cont Ed, 1993. 15(6): p. 833-846.
7. Levy, S.A., B.A. Lissman, and C.M. Ficke, Performance of a Borrelia burgdorferi bacterin in borreliosis-endemic areas. J Am Vet Med Assn, 1993. 202(11): p. 1834-1838.
8. Levy, S.A., Why I vaccinate dogs against infection with Lyme disease. Comp Cont Ed, 1997: p. 1268-1275.
9. Levy, S.A., Borreliosis (Lyme Disease), in The Merck Veterinary Manual, S.E. Aiello, Editor. 1998, Merck & Co., Inc.: Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA.
10. Levy, S.A., Ticks and Tick Control, in The 5-Minute Veterinary Consultant, Canine and Feline, L.P. Tilley and J. Francis W. K. Smith, Editors. 2000, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore, MD 21201 USA.
11. Levy, S.A., Lyme Disease. Standards of Care, 2001. 3(9): p. 1-6.
12. Levy, S.A., T.P. O'Connor, J.L. Hanscom, et al., Utility of an In-office C ELISA Test Kit for the Determination of Infection Status of Dogs naturally Exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi. J Veter Thera, 2002. 3(No 3): p. 308-315.
13. Levy, S.A., Use of a C6 ELISA Test to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Whole-Cell bacterin for the Prevention of naturally Transmitted Canine Borrelia burgdorferi Infection. J Veter Thera, 2002. 3(4): p. 420-424.
14. Levy, S.A., Determination of infection status of dogs and cats naturally exposed to Ehrlichia equi in an area highly endemic for Borrelia burgdorferi. IX International Congress on Lyme Borreliosis. August 2002, New York, NY. Accepted for poster presentation., 2002.
15. Levy, S.A., T.P. O'Connor, J.L. Hanscom, et al., Evaluation of an in-office C6 test kit for Lyme disease in dogs as a tool for the determination of infection status of cats naturally exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi. Vet Therapeut, 2003.
16. Magnarelli, L.A., J.F. Anderson, H.R. Levine, et al., Tick parasitism and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in cats. J Am Vet Med Assn, 1990. 197(1): p. 63-66.
17. Magnarelli, L.A., S.A. Levy, J.W. Ijdo, et al., Reactivity of dog sera to whole-cell or recombinant antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi by ELISA and immunoblot analysis. J Med Microbiol, 2001. 50: p. 889-895.
18. Levy, S. A., Clark, K. K., and Glickman, L. T. Infection rates in dogs vaccinated and not vaccinated with an OspA Borrelia burgdorferi vaccine a Lyme disease-endemic area of Connecticut. Intern J Appl Res Vet Med, 2005. 3(1): p. 1-5.