Stephen M. Levin, M.D., FACS
Potomac Back Center
8608 Dixie Place
McLean, VA 22102
http://www.biotensegrity.com
Stephen Levin is an orthopedic surgeon whose clinical practice was limited to non-surgical back pain. Dr. Levin has been in private practice in Northern Virginia for over thirty years. He studied orthopedic surgery at the National Hospital for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and musculoskeletal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Academic appointments have been Distinguished Visiting Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Louisiana State University College of Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Howard University. He was the Medical Advisor to the National Park Service, National Capital Region and a consultant for the American Ballet Theater. He has given over 100 scientific presentations at various universities and conferences in the US, Canada and Europe. His clinical interests are in non-surgical treatment of back, neck, shoulder and non-gynecologic pelvic pain. Presently, Dr. Levin devotes the majority of his professional time to research in the field of biomechanics.
Dr. Levin is the originator of the concept of BioTensegrity, the application of tensegrity-balanced forces in organisms from viruses to humans. Some of his most recent presentations have been at national and international interdisciplinary biomechanics and bioengineering meetings. They include the International Shoulder Society, Alberta, Canada, August 1999, Mechano-Transduction 2000 at the University of Paris, France in May 2000, Force Transduction at the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. in July 2000, the International Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, July 2001, the International Federation of Manual Medicine, Chicago, July 2001and the 12th International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Lemnos, Greece, 2002, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Washington, 2004. He has authored several book chapters and a recent published paper on spine mechanics in the December 2002 issue of the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. He is in the process of producing a DVD video on BioTensegrity.