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Harvey Lefkowitz, DPM, DABPS, FACFAS
Curriculum Vitae
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Attended: |
Wayne State University
1974-1977
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Graduated: |
Illinois College of Podiatric
Medicine
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Residency Training in Foot Surgery: |
North Detroit General Hospital
Detroit, Michigan 1981-1982
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| Current and Past Professional Activety |
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Private Practice, Harvey Lefkowitz, D.P.M., P.C., Ferndale, MI since 1982
Highland Milford Foot Specialists, P.C., Milford, MI since 1983
Commerce Foot & Ankle Specialists, P.C., Commerce Township, MI since 2000
Past Chief of Podiatry, Redford Community Hospital, Detroit, MI
Co-Director of Michigan approved preceptor (Post Doctoral) Training Program, Redford Community Hospital, Detroit, MI
Participating Physician, Sinai Hospital of Detroit Physiatry (physical, medical and rehabilitation) Medical Residents Rotation
Participating Physician, Michigan Osteopathic Medical Center, Family Medicine Residents Rotation
Active and Participating License in Illinois, Florida and Michigan
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
Consultant, Travelers Insurance Co., Second Surgical Opinion Program
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National Second Surgical Opinion Consultant
Consultant, Aetna Insurance Co., Second Surgical Opinion Program
Consultant, Medicaid, Second Opinion Program
Physician Consultant with the Michigan Peer Review Organization's (MPRO's) Private Sector Second Opinion Program (SSOP)
Physician Consultant, HHS, Inc., Podiatric Second Surgical Opinion Group
Republic-RSB Companies Second Surgical Opinion Referral Program (SSO)
Participating Physician, Aetna/Partners National Health Plans
Participating Physician, Detroit Medical Center Managed Care Organization, DMC-Care
The Travelers Managed Care System OmniCare Health Plan, Specialty Provider
Fellowship, Hadassah Medical Center Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Participating Provider, Great Lakes Health Network
Participating Provider, Comprehensive Health Services, "The Wellness Plan"
Participating Provider, ComPro Provider Network
Participating Provider, America's Health Plan contracting Physician "America's Health Plan Cooperating Provider Network"
Participating Provider, SelectCare PPO
Participating Provider, Affordable Network, HealthCare COMPARE Corporation
Volunteer Doctors to the World - Doctors to the USA Participating Provider, Choice One Managed Healthcare Health Choice HAP/Preferred Plan Provider
Participating Physician/Provider Mercy-Preferred Choices
Participating Physician, Sinai Physician-Hospital Organization, Sinaicare PHO
Appointed, Infection Control Committee, Botsford General Hospital
Department of Veterans Affairs Consultant, Rear Foot and Ankle Surgical Service
Senior Disability Analyst, American Board of Disability Analysts
Faculty Appointment, Botsford General Hospital
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| Board Certification |
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Diplomat, American Board of Podiatric Surgery, Inc. Board Certified, Foot and Ankle Surgery
Diplomat, National Board of Podiatric Examiners
Diplomat, American Board of Disability Analysts
Ossatron Certified for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
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| Professional Affiliations |
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American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
Academy of Ambulatory Foot Surgery
American Podiatric Medical Association
Michigan State Podiatric Medical Association
Southeastern Division of the Michigan Podiatric Medical Association
American Podiatric Medical Writers Association
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc.
Certified in Podiatric Laser Surgery from Sinai Hospital of Detroit
American Physicians Fellowship, Inc. for Medicine in Israel
Michigan Society of Podiatric Physicians and Surgeons
American Society of Podiatric Dermatology
Podiatrist for Neighborhood Adult Foster Care Facility, Detroit, MI
Podiatrist for Michigan Polish Army Veterans Nursing Home, Sterling Heights, MI
American Diabetes Association
Podiatric Independent Physicians Association
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| Authored |
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Metatarsal Slide Lengthening without Bone Grafting, Journal of Foot Surgery; January of 1986
Spiked Staple Tendodesis of the Tibialis Anterior Tendon: A Literature Review and Case History
The Journal of Current Podiatric Medicine; June of 1988
Keloids, Hypertrophic Scars, Spider Veins, Tattoos and Hemangiomas, Laser Surgery of the Foot, Chapter 5; February of 1989
The Use of the Zang Metatarsal Implant in a Long-Term Corticosteriod Rheumatoid Arthritic Patient
The Journal of Current Podiatric Medicine; December of 1988 Hydrocolloid For Deep Wound Dehiscence
The Journal of the American Podiatric Association; February of 1989
Osteochondromatosis of the Ankle
The Journal of Foot Surgery, Volume 29, Number 4, July/August of 1990
Round Table: How Do You Handle Surgical Failures?
Podiatry Management, Volume 12, Number 3, April of 1993
Removal of an Intraosseous Metallic Foreign Body in the Calcaneus Utilizing a Fluoroscopically Guided Bone Trephine
The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 33, Number 1 January/February of 1994
If you Were President of APMA… Podiatry Management, Volume 13, Number 7, October of 1994
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| Lectured |
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Lecturer to Residents and Staff
Botsford General Hospital,
Farmington Hills, MI
Kern Hospital, Warren, MI
North Detroit General Hospital,
Detroit, MI
International Symposium of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Jerusalem, Israel, February 1997
Use of Apligraf, skin graph in foot ulcers
MI. Podiatric Medical Association
State Meeting,
Boyne Highland, October 27, 2000
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