Personal Data

Office Address:  34503  Ninth Avenue South, Suite 330,

                            Federal Way, Washington  98003

Telephone:          (253) 838-3695    Fax:  (253) 661-1987

Date of Birth:      September 29, 1953

Marital Status:     Married, G. Gilbert Johnston, M.D.

Children:              Shannon, Lily

Education

A.B., Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; 1974

M.D., University of California, San Diego, California; 1979

Internship, OB/GYN, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center,

            Portland, Oregon; 1979-1980

Residency, OB/GYN, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland,

            Oregon; 1980-1983

Certified, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology; 1986

Recertified, June; 1995

Certified, Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy; 1995

            Advanced Operative Laparoscopy

            Advanced Operative Hysteroscopy

Licensure                                                                   DEA Registration

Oregon, #12311                      1980 – present             #AL 1131123

California, #G43461               1980 – 1994, 2005 -

Washington, #19274               1980 – present

Current Position

Private Practice, Barbara S. Levy, M.D., P.S.

            Gynecology, Surgery & Infertility

Medical Director, Women’s Health Center                                        1998-present

            St. Francis Pavilion 

Honors and Awards

Graduate Magna cum Laude, Princeton University                           1974

Resident Prize Paper, American Association of                                 1984

            Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Annual Meeting

Consultant to FDA, OB/GYN Devices Panel                                                1988-1995,

1999-present

Member FDA OB/GYN Devices Panel                                             1996-1999

Editorial Board- Journal of AAGL                                                   1993-1996

Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Associate Editor-Journal of AAGL                                                    1997-present

Editor- MVP Video Journal of OB/GYN                                          1994-2000

Editorial Board- OBG Management                                                  1996-present

Editorial Board- Women’s Health Resource                                      1996-present

            Newsletter, Franciscan Health System

Coordinating Editor: Practical Reviews in Women’s Health             1999-2001

Editorial Board OB/GYN Malpractice Prevention                            1999-present

Life Member of National Registry of Who’s Who 2002 Edition       2001- present

Board of Trustees, Franciscan Health System                                    1997-2003

Professional Affairs Committee; Franciscan Health System              1998-2003

America’s Top Obstetricians & Gynecologists                                   2002-2003

Professional Societies

American Medical Association

            Correct Coding & Policy Committee                                     1997-present

            CPT-5 Structure & Hierarchy Committee                              1998

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

            Jr. Fellow Chairman, Washington Section, District VIII       1984-1985

            RBRVS Update Advisory Committee                                   1997-present

            RBRVS Update Committee Alternate Delegate                    1999-2000

            Coding & Nomenclature Committee Liaison                         1995-present

            Representative AMA RVS  Update Committee                    2000-present

            Member Committee on Quality Assessment                          2000-2001

Fellow – American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologist            1987-present

Fellow – American College of Surgeons                                            1989-present

American Society of Reproductive Medicine                                                1986-present

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

            Board of Trustees                                                                   1986-1988,

            Chairman, CME Committee;                                                  1990-1993,

1996- 2001

            Executive Committee – Board of Trustees                             1993-1994

                                                   President Elect                                 1994

                                                   President                                          1995

  Chair, Department of OB/GYN                                                         1991-1993

            St. Francis Hospital    

Chair, Quality Assurance Committee                                                 1991-1997

            St. Francis Hospital

American College of Physician Executives

Alliance for Continuing Medical Education                                       1991-present

Association of Women Surgeons                                                        1993-present

American Medical Women’s Association                                           1990-present

International Pelvic Pain Society

Founding Board Member                                                       1997

Advisory Board Member                                                        1998-present

Gynecologic Surgery Society                                                             2002-present

Society of Pelvic & Reconstructive Surgeons                                    2002

International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health        2003-present

University of Washington School of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology      1989-2002 

Research Activities  

Histological Findings in Traumatic and Electrical Injuries to the Bowel

Premenstrual Tension Syndrome

OB/GYN Devices

Sterilization Failure

Hysterectomy

Endoscopic Surgery

Electrosurgery, Complications, Cost-Effectiveness

Menopause and Hormone Replacement

Osteoporosis

Pelvic Pain

Surgical outcomes/quality

Publications

1.      Levy BS, Soderstrom RM, Dail D. Bowel Injuries During Laparoscopy-Gross

Anatomy and Histology, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 30,

No. 3, March 1985.

2.      Soderstrom RM, Levy BS. Bowel Injuries During Laparoscopy- Causes and Medicolegal Questions, Contemporary OB/GYN, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp41-50, March 1986.

3.   Soderstrom RM, Levy BS. Bipolar Symptoms- Do They Perform?  Obstetrics &      

Gynecology, Vol. 69, No. 3, Part 1, March 1987.

4.   Soderstrom RM, Levy BS, Engel T. Reducing Bipolar Sterilization Failures, Obstetrics& Gynecology, Vol. 14, No. 1, July 1989.

5.   Martin D, Hubert G, Levy BS. Depth of Infiltration of Endometriosis, Journal  of

Gynecologic Surgery, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1989.

 6.  Levy BS. Perforation of Large Vascular Structures. Corfman R., Diamond M,

Decherney A.  In: Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy. Blackwell

Scientific Publications, 1993; pp 33-37.

7.   Corson SL, Soderstrom RM, Levy BS. Emergencies and Laparoscopy. In: Martin DC ed  Manual of Endoscopy.  Baltimore: Port City Press 1990; pp 47-51.

8.   Soderstrom RM, Levy BS. Medical & Legal Aspects of Laparoscopy. IN:Martin DC ed. Manual of Endoscopy.  Baltimore Port City press 1990; pp53-55.

9.   Levy BS, Soderstrom RM. Electrical Techniques of Sterilization. In:  Martin DC ed. Manual of Endoscopy.  Baltimore: Port City Press 1990; pp57-61.

    10.   Davis J, Porter B, Levy BS, Waskey J. Ultrasonic Evaluation of the Menstrual

Cycle: A New Approach to Infertility Workup: New Orleans, LA 1990;

Abstract 1671.

11.    Soderstrom RM, Levinson C., Levy BS. Complications of Operative Laparoscopy. In: Soderstrom RD ed.  Operative Laparoscopy The Masters’ Technique.  New York: Raven Press; 1993; pp 187-198

12.   Levy BS. Perforation of Large Vascular Structures. Corfman RS, Diamond MP, DeCherney AH. eds. Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy  Second edition. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Science, 1997; pp 26-29.

13.   Levy BS.  Editor-in-chief. Color Atlas Endoscopy.  Santa Fe Springs:

The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists; 1993.

     14.  Martin DC, Levy BS. Laparoscopic Complications. In: Schlaff WD, Rock JA ed.

Decision Making in Reproductive Endocrinology. Blackwell Scientific

Publications, 1993: 415-418.

     15.  Levy BS, Hulka JF, Peterson HB, et al. Operative Laparoscopy: American

Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1993. Membership Survey.

J. AM Assoc Gyn Lapar, Vol. 1, No. 4; August 1994.

     16. Garcia- Padial J, Osborn N, Muths C, Isler J, Levy BS. Bilateral Pneumothorax,

An Unusual Complication of Laparoscopic Surgery. J Am Assoc Gyn Lapar,

Vol. 2, No. 1; November

17.  Levy BS. The Challenge of the 1990’s and Beyond. J AM Assoc Gyn Lapar; Vol.    2,  No. 1; November 1994.

     18.  Levy BS. Carpenter R. Perioperative Pain Management. J AM Assoc Gyn Lapar,

Vol. 2, No. 4; 1995.

     19.  Levy BS, Paratubal and Parovarian Cysts. In Adamson CD, Martin DC, eds.

Endoscopic Management of Gynecologic Disease. Philadelphia: Lippincott-

Raven Publishers; 1996 pp 219-221.

20.  Levy BS.  The Quality of Our Journey. J AM Assoc Gyn Lapar., Vol. 3, No. 2; 1996.

     21.  Levy BS. Complications. In Sanfilippo JS, Levine RL eds. Operative Gynecologic

Laparoscopy- 2nd Edition. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1996 pp 380-390.

22.  Levy BS.  Pelvic Pain: When is Laparoscopy in Order?  OBG Management; July 1996. 

  23.     Levy BS.  Diagnostic Laparoscopy: 8 ‘Don’ts’.  OBG Management; August 1996

  24.     Hulka JF, Levy BS, Parker W, Phillips JM.  Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal

Hysterectomy: AAGL 1995. Membership Survey. J AM Assoc Gyn Lapar

1997; 4:167-71.

25.     Levy BS. Air Embolism During Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery. J AM Assoc Gyn Lapar; 1997; 4:291-2.

26.     Steege J, Levy BS, Metzger D eds. Chronic Pelvic Pain. New York: WB Saunders, 1997.

  27.     Levy BS. Major Vessel Injuries.  Sutton C, Diamond M eds. Endoscopic Surgery

For Gynecologists-2nd Edition. WB Saunders, 1998 pp489-493.

28.     Levy, BS. Closed Laparoscopy. Text and Atlas of female Infertility Surgery; Hunt RB, ed. St. Louis: Mosby. 1999 pp113-119.

29.     Levy BS. Pelvic Pain; Surgical Treatment Through Denervation Procedures. OBG Management. November 1999. p63-68.

30.     Levy BS. Clinical Pathways. In: Levy BS, Olive DL, Phillips JM, eds. Alternatives to Hysterectomy. Florida:American Association of Gynecolgical Laparoscopists Publications; 2000: p.39-40.

31.     Levy BS. Vaginal Hysterectomy In:Levy BS, Olive DL, Phillips JM, eds. Alternatives to Hysterectomy.  Florida: American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists Publications; 2000: p.83-84.

  32.     Levy BS. Endomyometrial Resection. In: Levy BS, Olive DL, Phillips JM, eds.

Alternatives to Hysterectomy.  Florida: American Association of Gynecological

Laparoscopists Publications; 2000: p139-140.

33.     Levy BS. How Many Operations Are Too Many?  OBG Management, Vol. 12, No. 10, October 2000.

34.     Levy BS. Optimizing surgical outcomes: a roundtable discussion.  OBG Management.  January 2001.

  35.     Levy BS.  Optimizing Surgical Outcomes: a roundtable discussion.  The OR    

environment.  OBG Management, Volume 13, No. 2  February 2001. P57-75.

  36.     Levy, BS.  Book Review JAAGL. Pelvic Pain: Diagnosis & Management. J Am

AssocGynecol Laparosc 8 (2): 5-6, May 2001.

  37.     Levy BS.  Litigation and Laparoscopy. In:  Levy, BS, Hunt, RB, JM Phillips, eds.

J AM Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 8 (3):335-336, August 2001.

  38.     Levy BS.  Preventing Gas and Air Emboli at Operative Hysteroscopy.  OBG      

Management Supplement, November 2001.

39.     Levy BS., Hill G.   How To Get Paid For What You Do: Know The Process.  ACOG Clinical Review.  Vol. 7 Issue 3.  April 2002

  40.     Levy BS.  Pearls.  OBG Management Vol. 14, (3) March 2002. Pgs 71-83.

  41.     Levy BS.  Complications of Laparoscopy. In Pasic RP, Levine RL, eds. 

A PracticalManual of Laparoscopy A Clinical Cook book. New York: The Parthenon Publishing Group 2002.  p329-344.

 42.      Levy BS.  Update on Hysterectomy New Technologies and Techniques.  OBG

            Management supplement. February 2003.

43.       Levy BS, Davidov M.  Vaginal Hysterectomy for a Massively Enlarged Nonprolapsed Uterus.  ACOG Audiovisual Library 2003.

44.       Levy BS.  Uterine Suspension: not supported by the evidence.  Contemporary

            OB/GYN.  Vol. 48. April 15, 2003.

45.       Levy, BS.  Office-Based Cryoablation of the Endometrium.  Supplement to

            Obstetrics & Gynecology Vol 101, No. 4 (Supplement) April 2003.  55S.

46.       Kives SL., Levy BS, Levine RL.  Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy:

            American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists’ 2000 Membership Survey.

            JAAGL Vol. 10, (2) May 2003.  Pg 135-138.                                               

47.       Levy BS., Emery L.  Randomized Trial of Suture Versus Electrosurgical Bipolar Vessel Sealing in Vaginal Hysterectomy.  Obstet Gynecol 2003; 102:01. Pg 147-151.

48.       Levy BS, Isaacson K  Office-based Treatment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.  OBG Management Supplement.  Vol. 15 (9) Pg S1-8.  September 2003.

49.       Levy BS, Dmochowski RR, Ross JW.  Treatment Options for Mild to Moderate                Genuine Stress Incontinence.  OBG Management Supplement. June 2004.

50.       Levy BS, Tulandi T. “So you’re having a Hysterectomy”. Lass, J. ed.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  New Jersey 2004.