Medicine in Memphis: Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Palliative Care with Deena R. Levine, MD

JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Deena Levine Davidovics, MD grew up in Miami Beach Florida where she attended the RASG Hebrew Academy. After high school she spent a year in Israel studying at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim and then attended a 6 year BA/MD program at Lehigh University and Drexel University College of Medicine. Deena went on to Pediatric Residency Training at UMDNJ, and completed fellowships in pediatric hematology oncology at Johns Hopkins, Bioethics at the NIH, and Hospice and Palliative medicine at UTHSC. She moved to Memphis with her family in 2012 to join the faculty at St Jude Children's Research Hospital as a pediatric palliative oncologist and ethicist. She practices clinical medicine and research and is currently the director of the division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care in the Department of Oncology at St Jude.

Deena has also been active in community service, education, mentorship, and leadership. Deena lives in Memphis with her husband Noam, and 5 children, Moshe, Ezra, Rafi, Maytal, and Eli.

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