He completed the MD/PhD program at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) with a focus on neuroscience. Dr. Levy came to Johns Hopkins in 2004 for a 1-year internship in the Osler Medicine program, then a 3-year residency in the Hopkins neurology program and a 2-year fellowship in neuroimmunology. In 2009, he was appointed to the faculty as Assistant Professor. Clinically, he specializes in taking care of patients with rare neuroimmunologic diseases including neuromyelitis optica, transverse myelitis, and recurrent optic neuritis. In addition to 4 monthly clinics, Dr. Levy is the principal investigator on several clinical studies and drug trials for these conditions. In the laboratory, his research focus is on the development of animal models of neuromyelitis optica with the goal of identifying new targets for therapies.