Levy, Thomas 1950–

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Levy, Thomas 1950–

(Thomas Edward Levy)

PERSONAL: Born November 30, 1950, in Biloxi, MS; son of Isaac (an electrician) and Catherine (a homemaker; maiden name, Kurtz) Levy. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1972; Tulane University School of Medicine, M.D., 1976; University of Denver, J.D., 1998. Politics: Republican. Hobbies and other interests: Golf.

ADDRESSES: Home—1585 Mesa Rd., Colorado Springs, CO 80904. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, assistant professor of medicine, 1981–83, instructor in radiology, 1983–84, clinical assistant professor of medicine, 1983–86; Iberia General Hospital, New Iberia, LA, staff member, 1984–91; Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO, staff member, beginning 1991; Denver General Hospital, Denver, CO, staff member, 1995–96; Capital University of Integrative Medicine, Washington, DC, associate professor, 1999–. Admitted to the Bar of Colorado, 1998; admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, 1999.

MEMBER: American College of Cardiology (fellow), American Inn of Court (associate barrister), Colorado Bar Association.

WRITINGS:

(With Hal A. Huggins) Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care, Hampton Roads Publishing (Charlottesville, VA), 1999.

Optimal Nutrition for Optimal Health, foreword by Robert C. Atkins, Keats (Chicago, IL), 2001.

(With Robert Kulacz) The Roots of Disease: Connecting Dentistry and Medicine, foreword by James Earl Jones, Xlibris (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.

Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing the Incurable, Xlibris (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.

Contributor to medical journals, including Anesthesiology, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Advancement in Medicine, and Alternative Medicine Review.

SIDELIGHTS: Thomas Levy is a physician who explores alternative ways of dealing with illness and disease. Levy addressed the dangers of toxic dental treatments with coauthor Hal A. Huggins in Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care. The authors detail the illnesses suspected to be caused by toxic dental materials and offer ways of dealing with that toxicity. Library Journal contributor Kristine Benishek felt that it is "an authoritative book that accomplishes their stated purpose."

In Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing the Incurable, Levy details the use of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in treating a variety of ailments. Levy cites more than 1,200 articles from medical and scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, that show that viral diseases such as hepatitis, encephalitis, and polio, have been cured by intravenous injections of vitamin C. Among the research cited is the work of vitamin C researchers Frederick Klenner and Robert Cathcart, doctors who have documented the positive use of the vitamin in treating their patients with AIDS. The book includes a chapter that offers evidence that vitamin C has been shown to neutralize toxins for which there is no other treatment, and that snakebite and spider venom, tetanus toxin, and heavy leads can be neutralized in this manner. Levy recommends an adult dose of vitamin C of between 6,000 and 12,000 mg. or six to twelve grams daily, adding that most adults need the higher dose. He covers the more widely discussed uses of vitamin C as a deterrent against aging, colds, heart disease, and cancer, but goes further in claiming that it is a natural and safe weapon against a wide range of bacterial and viral diseases. Owen Fonorow wrote in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients that "Levy's book is unmatched in the medical literature." A reviewer for the International Council for Health Freedom online said that Levy "joins the ranks of the major researchers/proponents of vitamin C, and this recently released work stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the already existing studies of the best-studied controversial nutrient of them all." Sandra Goodman of Positive Health online felt that Levy "has rendered an invaluable service to us with this superb book which should be mandatory not only for physicians and health practitioners, but for all health-conscious individuals."

Levy once told CA: "My primary motivation for my writings has been the incredible privilege to observe so many 'impossible' clinical responses of many critically and chronically ill patients to treatments largely ignored and even scorned by the mainstream. I feel a strong obligation and passion to disseminate as much of this information as possible whenever and wherever I can. Although life is certainly not always pleasant when you are perceived and treated as a renegade and an outsider by many of your professional peers, I have always been compelled to ignore this treatment. I will continue to remain dedicated to illuminating what I consider to be critical and grossly neglected medical and scientific truths."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, December, 1998, Kristine Benishek, review of Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care, p. 144.

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, May, 2003, Owen Fonorow, review of Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing the Incurable, p. 125.