Rate My Professor L. Scott Levin

Levin received his BS in Zoology from Duke University in 1977 and MD from Temple University School of Medicine in 1982. He completed internships and residencies in general and thoracic surgery, orthopaedic surgery as chief resident, and plastic, reconstructive, maxillofacial, and oral surgery at Duke University Medical Center, with fellowships in hand and microvascular surgery at the Christine Kleinert Institute and Duke Orthopaedic. He holds board certifications from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1993, recertified 2024), American Board of Plastic Surgery (1993), and Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery (1994). Previously chief of the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery and professor of surgery at Duke University, Levin has authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal articles, 85 book chapters, and edited 11 books, including Reconstructive Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity (2018), Hand Transplantation (2014), and Soft Tissue Reconstruction (2014). He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Orthoplastic Surgery, Deputy Editor for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Upper Extremity Section, and Associate Editor for Annals of Plastic Surgery and Journal of Hand Surgery. His honors include the AAOS Kappa Delta Award, Academy of Master Surgeon Educators (ACS, 2018), Sir John Charnley Award (2013), Andrew J. Weiland Medal (2015), I.S. Ravdin Master Clinician Award (2014), and multiple traveling fellowships such as Bunnell (1999-2000), American Orthopaedic Association ABC (1995), and North American (1990). Levin pioneered advancements in hand transplantation, leading the first bilateral pediatric hand transplant.