September 2008 OPCD announced the appointment of
Dr. Julius Levy to the Board
of Commissioners. Dr. Levy
practiced General Surgery in
New Orleans and Metairie
until his retirement in
December, 1998. He is a
Diplomats of the American
Board of Surgery and a
Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons. He is
a member of numerous medical
and surgical societies and
served as Chairman of the
Surgical Section of the
Southern Medical Association
and Chairman of the
Departments of Surgery at Touro Infirmary and Lakeside
Hospital. He served as
Chairman of the Emergency
Medical Services Committee
of the Orleans Parish
Medical Society, Chairman of
the Health Advisory
Committee of the City of New
Orleans, and Command
Physician for the National
Disaster Medical System.
Dr. Levy is currently a
Clinical Professor of
Surgery and an Adjunct
Professor of Structural and
Cellular Biology at Tulane
University where he
continues his lifelong
participation in the
teaching of students and
residents. He is a past
Chief of the Section of
Pediatric Surgery at Tulane
and a past-President of the
Tulane Medical Alumni
Association. He is a member
of the Medical School
Admissions Committee and a
member of the Administrative
Board of the Medical Center
of Louisiana at New Orleans
(Charity Hospital). His
previous Tulane activities
include membership on the
Board of the Tulane Alumni
Association and Class Agent
Coordinator.
He recently received Alpha
Omega Alpha’s Clinical
Teacher of the Year Award
and The Tulane Medical
Alumni Association’s
Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Levy has served as
Chairman of the Physicians’
Division of United Way,
President of the Louisiana
Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals,
President of Woldenberg
Village, President of the
Jewish Federation of Greater
New Orleans, Chairman of the
Jewish Welfare Fund, and
President of Temple Sinai.
He is a graduate of the New
Orleans Police Academy and
currently holds the rank of
Captain in the Reserve
Division of the New Orleans
Police Department. Dr. Levy
is the immediate
past-Chairman of the Board
of Governors of the Tulane
University Health Sciences
Center, a post that he held
from 2003 through 2006. He
remains an active member of
the Board.
