Howard Levin , MD

Founder

Coridea
New York, NY

Dr. Levin is a cardiologist and an expert in the care of patients with heart failure, heart transplantation, mechanical cardiac assistance and intensive care. He has also worked extensively towards the integration of cardiac, respiratory and renal physiological into novel therapeutic solutions for clinical practice.

Instrumental in the clinical trials and regulatory approval of the Thermo CardioSystems, Inc. HeartMate(R) LVAD and other devices, Dr. Levin is author of 44 issued U.S. patents. His inventions and co-inventions started Nephros, CardioTechnologies, Evalve, CHF Solutions, Ardian and Cardiac Concepts.

Prior to joining Coridea, Dr. Levin was a co-founder of the venture-funded medical device startup Cardio Technologies Inc. There he served as the Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of R & D. More recently, he was the co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of CHF Solutions and the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiac Concepts, Inc. Dr. Levin received his M.D. from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and his training in cardiology at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Levin has graduate-level training in both cardiovascular physiology and biomedical engineering including a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering.

He is the author on over 100 medical and scientific publications.