Curriculum Vitae: Dr Mark L levy frcgp

Curriculum Vitae: Dr Mark L Levy FRCGP

Surgery Kenton Bridge Medical Centre

155-175 Kenton Road, Kenton HA3 0YX

Work telephone: 020 89076989

Email: marklevy@animalswild.com

Web: http://www.consultmarklevy.com and www.animalswild.com

and www.guideline-audit.com

Date of Birth: 1948 (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Marital Status Married, no children

Nationality British.

GMC number 2355001
Current H – Index: 24 (as at 1.10.2015)

Degrees and Diplomas:

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  MBChB, University of Pretoria, South Africa 1974
  
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  E.C.F.M.G. Diploma (to practice medicine in the USA), 1977
  
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  Part 1 MRCP, London September 1979
  
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  Family Planning Certificate, London 1979
  
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  MRCGP, London 1982
  
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  Open University Course in Statistics (M245 Probability), 1/2 credit 1991.
  
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  Open University Course in Advanced Statistics (M345), 1/2 credit 1992
  
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  FRCGP, London 1992
  
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  Pre Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) certificate of competence
  

Dept of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, 1997.

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  Paediatric Advanced Life Support Provider (PALS), British Resuscitation Council,1998
  
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  August 2008: Certificate of Achievement in Postgraduate Cardiovascular Medicine (Thames Valley University, 30 General Credits at Level 7).
  

Current Posts

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  Part time Locum GP– on Harrow Performers List from 1/4/2006 (now NHS England performers list).
  
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  Professional Assessor for General Practice for NCAS (National Clinical Assessment Service: http://www.ncas.npsa.nhs.uk/ ) in the UK. March 2010 – current
  
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  Participant developing SIGN/BTS Guidelines for treatment of Acute Asthma, since 1992 currently on the Acute asthma group.
  
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  Editor Emeritus - Primary Care Respiratory Medicine journal, peer review journal of the Primary Care Respiratory Society and International Primary Respiratory Group. http://www.nature.com/npjpcrm/
  
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  Appointed as an Appraiser for GPs, Harrow Primary Care Trust (July 2003- current).
  
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  Appointed as an Appraiser for GPs, Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust (Apr 2006- current).
  
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  LMC Member representing Harrow GPs (2004 - )
  
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  Member GINA Executive Board of Directors (www.ginasthma.org) – since Jan 2009 – currently part of the Dissemination and Implementation Working Group.
  
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  Member Allergy Academy Management Board (www.allergyacademy.org)
  
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  International Editorial Board Member : Italian Journal of Primary Care – www.edicare.it
  
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  Appointed Respiratory Clinical Lead, Harrow : September 2012 –
  
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  Appointed as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Asthma (http://informahealthcare.com/journal/jas) : March 2014 -
  

Award for service to respiratory medicine 2012. Awarded by the ARTP - http://www.artpweb2.f9.co.uk/  which is  the Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology.The ARTP is the sole professional organisation for practitioners working in clinical respiratory physiology and technology within the United Kingdom.

Clinical Posts Held

1975 House officer, Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria

1976 Senior House Officer Medicine, Baragwanath Hospital, Intensive Care, JG Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg

1977 Various locum appointments in London, SHO and registrar grade, Internal Medicine,Respiratory Medicine, Renal Medicine.

1978 GP Trainee Chalkhill Health Centre, Wembley, London.

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      GP VTS (8 months), Geriatrics and Psychiatry, Northwick Park Hospital, London.
      

1996-1998 Honorary appointment (1996-98) in Depts. of Anaesthetics and Accident & Emergency,

Northwick Park Hospital, UK, in order to gain experience in emergency care for my work in BASICS.

1996 Accredited member of BASICS ( British Association for Immediate Care). Was actively working in a voluntary capacity, providing front line pre-hospital emergency care as a member of London BASICS (British Association of Immediate care Schemes), for the London Ambulance Service. Stopped Active participation November 2000.

Past Academic Posts Held

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  GPIAG Senior Lecturer (Clinical) – Respiratory Medicine, Department of General practice, University of Aberdeen. A research post, one session a week, from 1.11.2000 to 31.10.2004. Resigned to take up new post at Edinburgh University.
  

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  Convenor of the Educational Committee (1991 - 1995) of the North and West London Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners.  Active role in design and implementation of courses for General Practitioners and Practice Nurses.
  
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  Research Clinical Assistant (1986-1990), Chest Clinic, Edgware General Hospital. Research workshop (one session per week, funded by Allen and Hanbury's to ascertain the value of asthma education for patients.)  
  
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  Appointed (1990) to Brent and Harrow Medical Audit Advisory Group (MAAG)(Royal College of General Practitioners Representative for Brent). Re-appointed September 1993 and 1996.
  
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  Appointed to the Research Support Team (1997/8), West London research Network (WELREN), which was subsequently awarded a 3 year research grant to facilitate research and education in this field amongst primary care team workers.
  
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  Clinical Assistant Edgeware General Hospital Respiratory Unit: 1981-1991 (Drs Harris and Bradley).
  
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  Clinical Research Assistant (1992-1995) in Chest Medicine at Barnet General Hospital.
  
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  Mentor (1996 –1997) to the Higher Vocational training scheme (HVTS) for established GP's in Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow.
  
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  Honorary Research Fellow (1995 – 2002) in the Unit of General Practice of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
  
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  Editor, General Practice Airways Group (1996 – 2010). I edited all publications of the group including the peer review journal Primary Care Respiratory Journal (www.thepcrj.org) , the GPIAG Opinions (formerly called factsheets) and the Website: www.gpiag.org
  
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  GP Trainer Northwick Park Trainers Scheme 1982 – 1997
  
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  Student Teacher, mainly from Imperial College Medical School, 1985 – 2000. I currently do teach students allocated to our practice , where my ex-partner (now employer) has taken the lead role in teaching.
  
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  Chairman, Diagnosis section, International Primary Care Respiratory Guidelines (IPAG). Work commissioned by the World Health Organisation, chaired by Prof Onno van Schayck. Full document published: Levy ML, Fletcher M, Price DB, Hausen T, Halbert RJ, Yawn BP. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: Diagnosis of respiratory diseases in primary care. Prim Care Resp J 2006;15(1):20-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.10.004
  
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  Member: ERS Council. From 2004-2006.
  
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  Secretary and founder member Primary Care and General Practice Scientific Group (1.7) of the European Respiratory Society ( 2000 - 2004 )
  
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  Elected Chairman Primary Care and General Practice Scientific Group (1.7) of the European Respiratory Society (2004 – 6)
  
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  Member of the MET Office Steering Advisory Group – involved with health forecasting - prediction of conditions adverse for COPD exacerbations and implementation of care programmes for patients with this condition.( http://www.metoffice.com/health/features/copd.html)
  
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  Member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the FORWARD Study n° CCD-0906-PR-0016 for Cheisi Pharmaceuticals. – to July 2012
  
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  Member of the SCOPUS Advisory Board 2005-2012
  
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  Associate Director, Clinical Standards Department - Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU) and Clinical Lead, National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD)- Effective for 3 years from 1^st May 2011- April 2014 www.rcplondon.ac.uk/nrad
  
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  Part time Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Primary Care Research & Development Division of Community Health Sciences: GP Section University of Edinburgh, from 1 October 2004 – April 2014.
  
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  Feb 2012- May 2013: Member of Quality Standards Asthma 25 (including children and young people) Topic Expert Group (TEG). NICE.
  
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  Editor-in-Chief, Primary Care Respiratory Journal, peer review journal of the General Practice Airways Group. June 1996- Dec2010
  
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  Editor General Practice Airways Group. June 1996 – Dec 2010
  
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  Family Health Service Authority IT Adviser (one session weekly post held for 1 year).
  
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  Board Member and IT Lead, Brent North Primary Care Group (From 1999 to 2002).
  
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  Medical adviser of the Harrow Branch of Asthma UK (1986 – 2006)
  
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  Medical Adviser National Respiratory Training Centre (now known as Education for Health), Warwick
  
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  Chairman of the Clinical and Scientific Advisory Panel of the Anaphylaxis Campaign (info@anaphylaxis.org.uk). January 2012 – Dec 2013
  
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  Appointed NICE Respiratory Expert Advisor for QOF - asthma and COPD: March 2010 – 2014
  
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  Associate Director, Clinical Standards Department - Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU) and Clinical Lead, National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD)- Effective for 3 years from 1^st May 2011-May 2014 www.rcplondon.ac.uk/nrad
  

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

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  Levy ML. The Prader-Willi Syndrome - a case presentation.
  

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  Block CS, Levy ML, Fritz VU. Bacillus Cereus Endocarditis.
  

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  Levy ML, Bell LC. General practice audit of asthma in
  

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  Levy ML, Parmar M, Coetzee D, Duffy SW. Respiratory consultation in asthmatic compared with non-asthmatic children in general practice. Br Med J: 1985; 291; 29-30.
  

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  Levy ML, Bell LC. Night Cough - is it asthma ? Maternal and Child Health. 1985;10(12):376-82.
  

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  Levy ML . Editorial. Underdiagnosis of asthma - are we to blame. J Roy Coll GP's 1986; 36:52-3.
  

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  Levy ML. Preventable deaths from asthma. The first of two articles published in Medical Monitor; 6.6.88:35-6.
  
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  Levy ML. Preventable deaths from asthma. Second of two articles published in Medical Monitor; 20.6.88:31-2.
  

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  Levy M. A practical approach to drug use; asthma prophylaxis. Prescriber 1990: 27 - 40. 1992
  
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  Pietroni R and Levy M. A course on Diabetes and Asthma. Postgraduate Education in General Practice 1992; 3: 41-46.
  
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  Silverman M, McCarthy P and Levy M. Uncontrolled asthma. Practitioner 1992; 236: 1111-1115.
  
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  Levy M. The General Practitioners in Asthma Group. Primary Health Care Management 1993; 3 (1): 10.
  
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  Neville R,G., Clark R,C., Hoskins G, Smith B for General Practitioners in Asthma Group. . National asthma attack audit 1991-2. BMJ 1993; 306:559-562. Steering Group: D. Bellamy, S Hilton, KP Jones, M Levy, P McCarthy and T Usherwood.
  
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  Statement by the British Thoracic Society, The British Paediatric Association, the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Kings Fund Centre, the National Asthma Campaign, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the General Practitioners in Asthma Group, the British Association of Accident and Emergency Medicine and the British Paediatric Respiratory Group following a meeting at the Royal College of Physicians, London on the 4th and 5th June 1992. Guidelines for the Management of Asthma. Thorax 1993 48 No 2, Supplement:S1-S24.
  
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  Levy, M. Asthma. Update 1993; 678 - 683.
  
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  Clinical development of drugs against asthma. Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine Expert Panel Report. J Pharm Med 1993; 3:117 - 253.
  

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  Mark Levy. Drugs for severe asthma. Update 1994; 115 - 116.
  

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  Mark Levy. Leukotriene receptor antagonists and their potential in the treatment of asthma. The Practitioner 1995: 239:450-453.
  

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  Levy ML, Stephenson C, Maslen T. Comparison of short courses of oral prednisolone and fluticasone propionate in the treatment of adults with acute exacerbations of asthma in primary care. Thorax 1996;51:1087-1092.
  
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  Levy ML. Asthmatic patients with psychosis need special care. BMJ 1996;312:82-83.
  
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  Miller M, Levy M. The role of peak flow meters in asthma care. Respiratory Disease in Practice 1997;14:15-18.
  
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  Golish J. Jain P. Levy ML. Van Schayck. Osman. Spector. Questions and answers. Drugs. Vol 52(SUPPL. 6) (pp 47-55), 1996.
  
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  Hayward SA, Jordan M, Golden G, Levy M. A randomised controlled evaluation of asthma self-management in general practice. Asthma in General Practice 1996;4 (2): 11 - 13.
  
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  Champ R, Strube G and Levy M. A non-compliant smoker with brittle asthma. The Practitioner 1996; 240: 413 - 418.
  

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  Statement by the British Thoracic Society, The British Paediatric Association, the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Kings Fund Centre,the National Asthma Campaign, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the General Practitioners in Asthma Group, the British Association of Accident and Emergency Medicine and the British Paediatric Respiratory Group following a meeting at the Royal College of Physicians, London July 1995. Revised Guidelines for the Management of Asthma. Thorax 1997: 52 (Suppl 1);S1 - S21.
  
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  Levy, Mark L. BTS Guidelines revised. Editorial, Update 1997: 54 (2): 47.
  
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  Levy ML. Organised care in general practice: structure and evaluation. Respiratory Medicine 1997; 578 - 580.
  

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  Ryan D, Price D, Levy M. Editorial: New Professorship for GPIAG.  Asthma in General Practice, 1999;7 (1): 2.
  
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  Thoonen BPA, van Schayck CP, van Weel C, Levy ML, Spelman R, Price D, Ryan D, Bellamy D, van Grunsven P, Cloosterman S, van den Boom G, Gorgels W and Schonberger H. Present ans future management of asthma and COPD: proceedings from WONCA 1998. Family Practice 1999; 16 (3); 312- 315.
  
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  van Schayck CP, Levy ML. General practice and primary care group. Asthma in General Practice 1999; 7:
  
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  Levy, Mark. Seretide: fluticasone and salmeterol in one inhaler. Prescriber 2000; 11 (7): 32 - 40.
  
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  Sheikh A, Levy M. Costs are a barrier to GPs performing skin prick testing. Br J Gen Pract 1999;49:67.
  
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  Sheikh A, Levy ML. Innovative methods in promoting primary care research. Br J Gen Pract 1999; :752
  

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  Levy M. Steroid safety concerns:an introduction. In: Myths and reality:Topical steroid safety. Prescriber 2000;2:
  
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  Levy ML, Robb M, Allen J, Doherty C, Bland M , Winter RJD. A randomised controlled evaluation of specialist nurse education following Accident and Emergency Department attendance for acute asthma.. Respiratory Medicine 2000; Volume 94(9): 900-908. doi:10.1053/rmed.2000.0861 PMid:11001084
  
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  Mark L Levy, Onno van Schayck and Ann Dawson. Clinical Indicators for Asthma in primary care: A Pan European clinical outcome project. Prim. Care Resp. J. 2000;9(2) suppl:S4-5.
  
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  Mark L Levy. Provision of asthma care in the United Kingdom. Prim.Care Resp.J.2000;9(2) suppl:S15-17.
  
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  Hayward, S.A., Levy, M. Patient self management of asthma. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1990; 40 (333): 166.
  

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  Sheikh A, Frank T, Levy M, Dawson A. Identifying pan-European management goals for asthma: Participatory action research study. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 2001; 10(3):69-70.
  
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  Levy M, Sheikh A, Rowe B. Oxygen versus air for nebulising beta-agonist bronchodilators in acute asthma (Protocol for a Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2001. Oxford: Update Software.
  

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  Woodforde, C.* , Haughney, J.* , Thoonen, B.** , Walton, K.*, Levy, M.* & Spye, M.* Respiratory data-sets: Use of READ codes in the UK – a GPIAG project (UK * Netherlands **) (web discussion document prior to publication (http://www.gpiag.org/forum)
  
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  Dennis SM, Price JF, Vickers MR, Frost CD, Levy ML and Barnes P. The management of newly identified asthma in primary car in England. Prim Care Resp J 2002; 11(4): 120-122. http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/vol11_4/120-122dennis.pdf
  

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  Mark Levy. Electronic patient records in asthma consultations: coding and datasets. The Airways Journal 2003; 1 : 85-7.
  

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  M.L.Levy¹, S.Godfrey², C.S.Irving³, A.Sheikh⁴, W.Hanekom⁵, Ambulatory Care Nurses⁵, A.Bush⁶, P.Lachman⁵ Wheeze Detection in Infants and Pre-school children: recordings versus assessment of physician and parent. ¹Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, ²Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, ³Karmel Medical Acoustic Technologies Ltd., Yokneam Ilit, Israel, ⁴Imperial College School of medicine, London, ⁵Northwick park Hospital, London, ⁶Royal Brompton Hospital, London. [Ambulatory Care Nurses Northwick Park: Jo Martin, ,Jayne Gwyther, Marie Rose, Donna Sweeney, Anne Doherty, Marguerite Wheeler and Rose Mcginness.] Journal of Asthma. 2004; 41 (8): 845-853. doi:10.1081/JAS-200038451 PMid:15641634
  
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  Mark L Levy, David Price, Xiaohong Zheng, Colin Simpson, Phil Hannaford and Aziz Sheikh. Inadequacies in UK primary care allergy services: National survey of current provisions and perceptions of need. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 2004; 34(4): 518-519.
  
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  Coordinated diagnostic approach for adult obstructive lung disease in primary care. Onno C. P. van Schayck, Mark L. Levy, Joyce C. Chen, Sharon Isonaka, R. J. Halbert. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2004; 13 (4): 218-221
  
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  Two learning modules on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, published 5^th July 2004:
  

 b) Mark Levy. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: treatment

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  Price, D., Tinkelman, D. G., Halbert, R. J., Nordyke, R. J., Isonaka, S., Nonikov, D., Juniper, E. F., Freeman, D., Hausen, T., Levy, M. L., Ostrem, A., van Der Molen, T., and van Schayck, C. P. Symptom-based questionnaire for identifying COPD in smokers. Respiration  2005;  Published online December 2005 ahead of print:  DOI: 10.1159/000090142: http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=000090142 (accessed 15.12.2005)
  
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  Tinkelman, D. G., Price, D., Halbert, R. J., Nordyke, R. J., Isonaka, S., Nonikov, D., Juniper, E. F., Freeman, D., Hausen, T., Levy, M. L., Ostrem, A., van Der Molen, T., and van Schayck, C. P. Symptom-based questionnaire for differentiating COPD and asthma. Respiration  2005; Published online ahead of print: DOI: 10.1159/000090141: http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=000090141 (accessed 15.12.2005)
  

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  Occupational asthma case finding: a role for primary care. Mark L Levy and Paul J Nicholson. Editorial, British Journal of General Practice 2005; 54 (507) , 731-733.
  
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  Ethnic variations in asthma epidemiology, morbidity and health service utilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Brian Hurwitz, Mark Levy, Monica Fletcher, Greta Barnes , Stephen R Durham and Aziz Sheikh. The Lancet 2005; 364: 312–17
  
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  Thomas M, Levy ML. COPD management in the community: Early detection and proactive care. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[1], 5-7. 2005.
  
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  Levy ML, Stephenson P, Griffiths C, McKinley R, Sheikh A, Bryant P. The development of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[3], 120-121. 2005.
  
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  Ryan D, Levy M, Morris A, Sheikh A, Walker S. Management of allergic problems in primary care: Time for a rethink? Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[4], 195-203. 2005.
  
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  Levy ML. What's in this issue. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[4], 181-182. 2005.
  
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  Levy ML. What's in this issue. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[2], 59-61. 2005.
  
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  Levy ML. What's in this issue. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 14[1], 1-2. 2005.
  

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  D Price , C Bond, J Bouchard, R Costa, J Keenan, M Levy, M Orru, D Ryan, S Walker, M Watson. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: Management of allergic rhinitis. Prim Care Resp J 2006; 15(1): 58-70. Available online at doi:10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.11.002
  
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  M.L. Levy, M. Fletcher, D.B. Price, T. Hausen, R.J. Halbert, B.P. Yawn. Diagnosis of respiratory diseases in primary care . Prim Care Resp J 2006; 15(1):20-34. Available online at doi:10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.10.004
  
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  Mark Levy. In the spotlight – asthma deaths, Pulse, commissioned article, in press
  
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  C.P. (Onno) van Schayck, Mark L. Levy, Paul Stephenson and Aziz Sheikh. The IPCRG Guidelines: Developing guidelines for managing chronic respiratory diseases in primary care  • EDITORIAL Pages 1-4. Available online at doi:10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.12.003 
  
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  Mark L Levy, Aziz Sheikh, Samantha Walker, Angie Woods Should UK allergy services focus on primary care? BMJ 2006;332:1347-1348. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1347 http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7554/1347
  
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  Levy, M.L. What's in this issue (2006) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 15 (2), pp. 75-77. Cited 1 time. Editorial
  
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  Levy, M.L., Stephenson, P., Griffiths, C., McKinley, R., Sheikh, A., Onno van Schayck, C.P., Bryant, P., Smith, A., Holmes, S. Primary Care Respiratory Journal is awarded full Medline/Index Medicus listing. (2006) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 15 (3), pp. 136-138.
  
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  Levy, M.L. What's in this issue (2006) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 15 (4), pp. 215-216.
  
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  Levy, M.L., Stephenson, P. What's in this issue. (2006) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 15 (5), pp. 265-267.
  
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  Levy, M.L. What's in this issue. (2006) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 15 (6), pp. 321-322.
  

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  Levy, M.L. What's in this issue.(2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16 (1), pp. 1-3.
  
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  Levy, M.L., Stephenson, P., Barritt, P., Bellamy, D., Haughney, J., Hilton, S., Holmes, S., Jones, K., Neville, R., Price, D., Ryan, D., Smith, A. The UK General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG): Its formation, development, and influence on the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases over the last twenty years. (2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 2007; 16 (3), pp. 132-139. http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=471
  
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  Stephenson, P., Griffiths, C., Van Schayck, C.P.O., Sheikh, A., Bryant, P., Levy, M.L. What's in this issue: The new-look Primary Care Respiratory Journal. (2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16 (3), pp. 127-129.
  
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  Gruffydd-Jones, K., Stephenson, P., Levy, M.L. What standards and terms of employment should respiratory practitioners with a special interest expect from an employing organisation? (2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16 (3), pp. 182-187.
  
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  Stephenson, P., Levy, M.L. What's in this issue. (2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16 (4), pp. 201-202.
  
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  Levy, M.L., Marshall, G.D. Authors' responsibilities: Guidance for submission of manuscripts to medical journals (2007) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16 (4), pp. 203-204.
  
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  Mark Levy GPIAG: advancing asthma management for 20 years. Prescriber 2007: 18(18):10-11 http://www.escriber.com/Prescriber/Features.asp?Action=View&ID=1327&GroupID=36&Page=1 (accessed 4/10/2007)
  
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  Mark Levy and Clare Bryden. Thunderstorm asthma. Br Jour Prim Care Nursing (Respiratory). 2007;1(2):69-71. Available at http://www.bjpcn-respiratory.com/download/2644
  
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  Mark Levy. Respiratory infections – how to minimize the impact. BJPCN 2007; Vol 1(4): pp166-169. http://www.bjpcn-respiratory.com/pdf/2802/Vol1_Num4_September_2007_p166-169.pdf?sid=210c18eabc28a29c
  

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  Levy, M.L. Guideline-defined asthma control: a challenge for primary care. Eur Respir J. 2008 Feb;31(2):229-31. http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/31/2/229
  
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  Levy, M.L. Management of asthma in primary care (2008) Foundation Years, 4 (1), pp. 9-13. doi:10.1016/j.mpfou.2008.02.011
  
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  Beilby J, Williams S, Levy ML. Systems for the management of primary care respiratory disease throughout the world. Prim Care Respir J. 2008; 17(1):5-6. [Epub ahead of print] http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00017
  
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  Lavorini, F., Magnan, A., Christophe Dubus, J., Voshaar, T., Corbetta, L., Broeders, M., Dekhuijzen, R., Sanchis, J., Viejo, J.L., Barnes, P., Corrigan, C., Levy, M., Crompton, G.K. Effect of incorrect use of dry powder inhalers on management of patients with asthma and COPD. (2008) Respiratory Medicine, 102 (4), pp. 593-604.
  

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  DR Taylor, ED Bateman, L-P Boulet, HA Boushey, WW Busse, TB Casale, P Chanez, PL Enright, PG Gibson, JC de Jongste, HAM Kerstjens, SC Lazarus, ML Levy , PM O’Byrne, MR Partridge, ID Pavord, MR Sears, PJ Sterk, SW Stoloff, SJ Szefler, SD Sullivan, MD Thomas, SE Wenzel and HK Reddelet al, A new perspective on concepts of asthma severity and control. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: 545 - 554. doi:10.1183/09031936.00155307
  
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  Mark L Levy . How to do an asthma review BJPCN 2008; Volume 2 (3): 29-31.
  
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  Stratification of COPD patients by previous admission for targeting of preventative care. Bryden, Marno, Halpin, Levy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2008.10.027
  
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  O'Driscoll, B.R., Howard, L.S., Davison, A.G.BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients. Thorax 2008; 63 (SUPPL. 6), pp. vi1-vi68. Chapter 9: Prehospital settings: A Davison, D Whitmore, F Moore, M Levy.
  

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  Broeders MEAC, Sanchis J, Levy ML, Crompton GK, Dekhuijzen PNR, on behalf of the ADMIT Working Group. The ADMIT series - Issues in Inhalation Therapy. 2) Improving technique and clinical effectiveness. Prim Care Resp J 2009;18(2):76-82.
  

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  Corrigan CJ, Levy ML, Dekhuijzen PNR, Crompton GK, on behalf of the ADMIT Working Group. The ADMIT series - Issues in Inhalation Therapy. 3) Mild persistent asthma: the case for inhaled corticosteroid therapy. Prim Care Resp J 2009; Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00035
  
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  Helen K. Reddel, D. Robin Taylor, Eric D. Bateman, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Homer A. Boushey, William W. Busse, Thomas B. Casale, Pascal Chanez, Paul L. Enright, Peter G. Gibson, Johan C. de Jongste, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, Stephen C. Lazarus, Mark L. Levy, Paul M. O’Byrne, Martyn R. Partridge, Ian D. Pavord, Malcolm R. Sears, Peter J. Sterk, Stuart W. Stoloff, Sean D. Sullivan, Stanley J. Szefler, Mike D. Thomas, and Sally E. Wenzel, on behalf of the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Task Force on Asthma Control and Exacerbations: Standardizing Endpoints for Clinical Asthma Trials and Clinical Practice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Jul 1;180(1): 59-99. http:/dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200801-060ST
  
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  Mark L Levy. Prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care. Essential Knowledge Updates, the Royal College of GPs e-learning tool. http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk
  
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  Levy ML, Walker S, Woods A, Sheikh A. Service evaluation of a UK primary care-based allergy clinic: quality improvement report. Prim Care Resp J 2009; 18(4):313-319.Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00042
  
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  Wei Shen Lim, Simon Baudouin, Robert George, Adam Hill, Conor Jamieson, Ivan Le Jeune, John Macfarlane, Robert Read, Helen Roberts, Mark Levy, Mushtaq Wani, Mark Woodhead. BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009 Thorax, Oct 2009; 64: iii1 - iii55.
  
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  Levy ML, Quanjer PH, Booker R, Cooper BG, Holmes S, Small I. Diagnostic Spirometry in Primary Care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations A General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG)1 document, in association with the Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP)2 and Education for Health3 1 www.gpiag.org 2 www.artp.org 3 www.educationforhealth.org.uk. Prim Care Resp J 2009; 18(3):130-147. Available from: URL: http://www.nature.com/articles/pcrj200954
  
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  Levy ML, On behalf of the editors of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. Impact factor and its role in academic promotion. Prim Care Resp J 2009; Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00051 .
  
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  Ben D Spycher, Michael Silverman, Juerg Barben, Ernst Eber, Stéphane Guinand, Mark L Levy, Caroline Pao, Willem M van Aalderen, Onno C P van Schayck and Claudia E Kuehni. A disease model for wheezing disorders in preschool children based on clinicians' perceptions. PloS one. 2009;4(12). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008533
  
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  Mark L Levy. Regular structured asthma reviews will reduce exacerbations. eGuidelines.co.uk 2009. http://www.eguidelines.co.uk/eguidelinesmain/gip/vol_12/dec_09/levy_asthma_dec09.php
  

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  Levy ML, Le Jeune I, Woodhead MA, Macfarlaned JT, Lim WS, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Guideline Group. Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: 2009 update. Prim Care Resp J 2010; 19(1):21-27. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00014
  
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  Hazeldine M, Worth A, Levy ML, Sheikh A. Follow-up survey of general practitioners' perceptions of UK allergy services. Prim Care Resp J 2010; 19(1):84-86. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00002
  
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  Pinnock H, Holmes S, Levy ML, McArthur R, Small I. Knowledge of asthma guidelines: results of a UK General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG) web-based 'Test your Knowledge' quiz. Prim Care Resp J 2009; Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00052
  
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  Levy ML. Internet-based asthma self-management program for adults improves asthma control and lung function, but does not reduce exacerbations. Evidence Based Nursing. 2010 February 2010;13(1):24-5. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn1029
  
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  Marno P, Chalder M, Laing-Morton T, Levy M,  Sachon P, Halpin D. Can a health forecasting service offer COPD patients a novel way to manage their condition? J Health Serv Res Policy 2010;15 (3):150-155. (impact factor: 1.73). DOI:10.1258/jhsrp.2009.009035
  

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  Worth A, Pinnock H, Fletcher M, Hoskins G, Levy ML, Sheikh A. Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom. 2010 [Last Accessed]; Available from: http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=751; http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00070
  
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  Pedersen, S., Dubus, J.C., Crompton, G., Barnes, P.J., Broeders, M., Corrigan, C., Corbetta, L., Dekhuijzen, R., Dubus, J.C., Hausen, T., Kneussl, M., Lavorini, F., Levy, M.L., Pedersen, S., de Almeida, A.R., Sanchis, J., Viejo, J.L., Vincke, W., Voshaar, T.
  The ADMIT series - issues in inhalation therapy. 5) Inhaler selection in children with asthma
  (2010) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 19 (3), pp. 209-216.
  
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  Lavorini, F., Levy, M.L., Corrigan, C., Crompton, G.. The ADMIT series-issues in inhalation therapy. 6) training tools for inhalation devices (2010) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 19 (4), pp. 335-341.
  
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  Quanjer, P.H., Levy, M.L., Holmes, S., Small, I.. Authors' reply (2010) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 19 (2), p. 193. (Letter)
  
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  Pinnock, H., Holmes, S., Levy, M.L., McArthur, R., Small, I.R. Knowledge of asthma guidelines: Results of a UK general practice airways group (GPIAG) web-based 'Test your knowledge' quiz (2010) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 19 (2), pp. 180-184.
  

2011

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  Jones, P.W., Brusselle, G., Dal Negro, R.W., Ferrer, M., Kardos, P., Levy, M.L., Perez, T., Soler-Cataluña, J.J., van der Molen, T., Adamek, L., Banik, N. Health-related quality of life in patients by COPD severity within primary care in Europe Respiratory Medicine 2011;105 (1): 57-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.09.004
  
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  Alison Hardwell, Victoria Barber, Tina Hargadon, Eddie McKnight, John Holmes and Mark L Levy. Technique training does not improve the ability of most patients to use pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs). Prim Care Respir J 2011;20(1):92-96. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00088
  
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  Levy ML. Allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis in primary care: record-keeping, guidelines and implementation. Prim Care Resp J 2011; Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2011.00015
  
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  Lavorini, F., Corrigan, C.J., Barnes, P.J., Dekhuijzen, P.R.N., Levy, M.L., Pedersen, S., Roche, N., Vincken, W., Crompton, G.K. Retail sales of inhalation devices in European countries: So much for a global policy (2011) Respiratory Medicine, 105 (7), pp. 1099-1103.
  
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  Levy, M.L. Treatment of mild persistent asthma in children (2011) The Lancet, 377 (9779), p. 1743.
  
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  Stirland, L., Halani, L., Raj, B., Netuveli, G., Partridge, M., Car, J., Griffiths, C., Levy, M.L., Sheikh, A. Recruitment of South Asians into asthma research: qualitative study of UK and US researchers (2011) Primary Care Respiratory Journal, . Article in Press.
  
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  Halpin DMG, Laing-Morton T, Spedding S, Levy ML, Coyle P, Lewis J, Newbold P, Marno P. A randomised controlled trial of the effect of automated interactive calling combined with a health risk forecast on frequency and severity of exacerbations of COPD assessed clinically and using EXACT PRO. Prim Care Respir J 2011;20(3):324-331. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2011.00057
  
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  J.M. FitzGerald, E. Bateman, S. Hurd, L-P. Boulet, T. Haahtela, A.A. Cruz, and M.L. Levy. The Global Initiative in Asthma (GINA) asthma challenge: reducing asthma hospitalizations. Eur Respir J 2011 erj01145-2011; published ahead of print 2011, doi:10.1183/09031936.00114511; http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2011/09/06/09031936.00114511.full.pdf+html
  
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  LRTIs - Diagnosis and Management. Sarah Menzies, Mark L Levy. Chapter in the e-learning module: Respiratory Health in General Practice RCGP http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/
  
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  Jones, P.W., Brusselle, G., Dal Negro, R.W., Ferrer, M., Kardos, P., Levy, M.L., Perez, T., Soler Cataluña, J.J., Van Der Molen, T., Adamek, L., Banik, N. Properties of the COPD assessment test in a cross-sectional European study (2011) European Respiratory Journal, 38 (1), pp. 29-35.
  

2012

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  L-P. Boulet, J.M. FitzGerald, M.L. Levy, A.A. Cruz, S. Pedersen, T. Haahtela, and E.D. Bateman. Asthma guidelines implementation: a guide to the translation of GINA guidelines into improved care. Eur Respir J . Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 1–1.
  

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  Sanchis J, Corrigan C, Levy ML, Viejo JL. Inhaler devices - From theory to practice. Respiratory Medicine. 2013. Online January 2013.
  
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  Allison Worth, Lynne Regent, Mark Levy, Carey Ledford, Mandy East and Aziz Sheikh. Living with severe allergy: an Anaphylaxis Campaign national survey of young people. Clinical and Translational Allergy 2013, 3:2  doi:10.1186/2045-7022-3-2 http://www.ctajournal.com/content/3/1/2
  
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  Levy ML, Hardwell A, McKnight E, Holmes J. Asthma patients’ inability to use a pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) correctly correlates with poor asthma control as defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) strategy: a retrospective analysis. Prim Care Respir J 2013; Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2013.00084
  

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  Mark L Levy Lead Author. Why asthma still kills: the National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) Confidential Enquiry report Royal College of Physicians. London; 2014. Available from: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/why-asthma-still-kills-full-report.pdf
  
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  Levy M. Preventing asthma deaths: what can GPs do? British Journal of General Practice. 2014;64(624):329-30. http://bjgp.org/content/64/624/329.short
  
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  Levy ML. Asthma still kills: little change over five decades. 2014;24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.29
  
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  Griffiths C, Levy Ml. Preventing avoidable asthma deaths. PRACTITIONER 2014;258 (1774):27-31.
  
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  Sarran C, Halpin D, Levy ML, Prigmore S, Sachon P. A retrospective study of the impact of a telephone alert service (Healthy Outlook) on hospital admissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 2014;24.http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.80
  

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  Levy,M.L, Winter, R. Asthma deaths – what now? Thorax 2015; http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2015/02/03/thoraxjnl-2015-206800
  
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  Levy,M.L. The National Review of Asthma Deaths – what did we learn and what needs to change?, Breathe 2015 11:14-24; doi:10.1183/20734735.008914 http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/11/1/14.full.pdf+html
  
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  Martin R Miler, Mark L. Levy. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: missed diagnosis versus misdiagnosis. BMJ, 2015. Online with interview by BMJ Talk Medicine at http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3021
  
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  Reddel H.K et al The new GINA asthma management strategy – summary of
  

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  Reddel HK, Levy ML. The GINA asthma strategy report: what’s new for primary care? Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 2015;25:15050 10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.50
  
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  Rapid response letter responding to an article: Avoidability of hospital deaths and association with hospital-wide mortality ratios: retrospective case record review and regression analysis, BMJ 14 July 2015. http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3239/rr-2
  

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  Levy ML, Dekhuijzen PNR, Barnes PJ, Broeders M, Corrigan CJ, Chawes BL, et al. Inhaler technique: facts and fantasies. A view from the Aerosol Drug Management Improvement Team (ADMIT). Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 2016;26:16017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.17
  

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  Was a member of the review panels of the 2^nd BTS Guidelines on Asthma, and the SIGN/BTS Guidelines on Asthma.. Since then Member of the Acute Guidelines Group for BTS/SIGN Asthma Guideline.
  

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  2004 - 2014t: GPIAG Representative on a working group of the Met Office, investigating prediction and management of COPD Exacerbations
  
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  2003/4: RCGP Representative: Review panel and guidelines development for Occupational Asthma Publication - Newman Taylor AJ, Nicholson PJ. (Editors). Guidelines for the prevention, identification & management of occupational asthma: Evidence review & recommendations. British Occupational Health Research Foundation. London. Published September 2004. www.bohrf.org.uk
  
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  Member : Joint ERS/ATS Taskforce on Asthma Control and Exacerbation Outcomes. 2004 - 2009: Chaired By D Robin Taylor and Helen Redell. http:/dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200801-060ST
  
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  Expert advisor to the Diagnostic Technologies and Screening Panel of the NHS HTA Programme, October 2005
  
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  RCGP Representative on the British Thoracic Society Oxygen Guidelines Working Group 2005-2007 (Online at the BTS website September 2007)
  
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  Member National Allergy Advisory Group, Department of Health advisory group : From September 2005 – to June 2006
  
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  IPCRG Guidelines on respiratory disease. Chaired Diagnosis section and co-edited dedicated issue on these guidelines due to be published in the Prim Care Resp J, February 2006
  
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  Workshop participant: Department of Health meeting 18^th January 2006. Physiological Measurement Diagnostic Services – Respiratory & Sleep
  
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  Workshop participant: October 2005. Review of Lung and respiratory disease, a meeting convened by the DoH,
  
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  Represented Royal College of GPs at the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Allergy, 17^th January 2007: Uncorrected transcript can be read at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/lduncorr.htm ; final report September 2007 at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldsctech/166/166i.pdf
  
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  Member - Organising Committee 20^th Anniversary Conference of the GPIAG (www.gpiag.org);
  
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  Member of the Scientific Planning Committee for the IPCRG Conference in Seville, 2008 (www.ipcrg.org)
  
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  RCGP and GPIAG Representative : Guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients:. British Thoracic Society. Online Dec 2007
  
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  Member of the BSACI (www.bsaci.org) Primary Care Allergy Group Steering Committee
  
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  Member of the UK Skills For Health Allergy Strategy Group 2007/8
  
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  Member of the UK Skills For Health Allergy Reference Group 2007/8
  
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  Chairman, Primary Care and General practice Scientific Group (1.7) of the European Respiratory Society (2004-2006).
  
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  Council Member, British Association for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2003- 6)
  
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  Council Member, European Respiratory Society, (from 2004 - 7).
  
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  RCGP and GPIAG Representative : British Thoracic Society Community Acquired Pneumonia:Guidelines Update 2008 (Published Online September 2009); GP summary published 2010, PCRJ.
  
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  COPD Assessment Test
  
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  Member of the Scientific Planning Committee for the IPCRG Conference in Toronto 2010 (www.ipcrg.org)
  
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  1987- 2009 – Member of organizing committee for the GPIAG (now PCRS-UK) annual conference, held in the UK.
  
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  Member GINA Executive Board of Directors (www.ginasthma.org) – since Jan 2009 – currently part of the Dissemination and Implementation Working Group.
  

Books and Chapters

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  Levy ML. Foreword in Childhood Asthma. A book for patients by Professor Buchanan, Piatcus Press. (I edited this book written in Australia, for UK use).
  
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  1987 Levy ML. Asthma In Practice. A booklet for inclusion in the RCGP Asthma Information Folder, 1987.
  
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  Levy ML. Respiratory disease: asthma and COPD. In: RCGP Members Reference Book 1998/9. London: Campden Publishing Ltd. pp 239-243.
  
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  1990 Levy Mark. Game 2; The squanderer (in The game of PACT ed Conrad Harris). Medicom (UK) LTD.
  
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  1993 Levy Mark. Report on Audit Fellowship North and West London Faculty, RCGP.pp 1-76.
  
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  1995 Levy, M. Primary Care. In Manual of Asthma Management Eds O'Byrne P and Thomson NC, WB Saunders Co Ltd, 2001 ISBN 0 7020 2529 1.
  
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  Shared care of asthma. Levy, Couriel, Clark, Holgate and Chauhan. 1997 Isis Medical Publications, Oxford. ISBN 1 899066 41 1
  
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  1997 Mark Levy. RCGP Yearbook 1997 Asthma
  
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  Mark Levy RCGP Yearbook 1998: Acute Asthma and COPD
  
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  Levy M, Hilton S. Asthma in General practice (Fourth Ed). Royal College of General Practice Publications June 1999 ISBN 0 85084 243 3. 
  
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  Asthma at your fingertips. Mark Levy, Sean Hilton and Greta Barnes. Class Publishing London ISBN 1859591116 (Mark Levy, Tricia Weller and Sean Hilton; Fourth Edition Feb 2006)
  
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  Mark Levy Oxygen therapy in Primary care. RCGP Members’ Reference Book 2002/2003: 119-120. Campden Publishing Ltd, London. ISBN 1-898750-99-8
  
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  Mark Levy, Linda Pearce. Rapid Reference – Asthma. Elsevier Publishing. Rapid Reference - Asthma. Levy & Pearce. Mosby 2004.  ISBN 0-7234-3360-7
  
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  Clinical Asthma: Theory and Practice. CRC Press. Eds Jonathan Bernstein, Mark Levy. Published January 2014. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466585614
  
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  Asthma answers at your fingertips. Mark L Levy, Monica Fletcher and Soren Pederson. Class Publishing London ISBN 9781859593721 Fifth Edition 2014) http://www.classhealth.co.uk/books/asthma-answers-at-your-fingertips-98 (Print Edition + Kindle Edition)
  

Other publications

Rudolf, Wedzicha, Calverley, Davies, Davis, Francis, Garrett, Groom, Levy, MacFadyen, MacNee, O'Mahoney, Poundsford, Singh, Thompson, Wood, Dawson, Wilson, London. Domiciliary oxygen therapy services. Clinical Guidelines and advice for prescribers. A report of the Royal College of Physicians, 1999. ISBN 1 86016 081 6.