Marc Levin, MD, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address490 Illinois Street, #5X8
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-353-2020
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    Stanford University, Stanford, CABS06/2001Chemistry with Honors
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAPhD09/2026Biophysics
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAMD06/2008Medicine
    California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA06/2009Internal Medicine (Internship)
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA06/2012Ophthalmology (Residency)
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA06/2013Neuro-ophthalmology (Fellowship)
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    Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow2012Society of Heed Fellows
    UCSF Department of Ophthalmology2015Samuel J. Kimura Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching
    Research to Prevent Blindness2015Career Development Award
    Journal of Neuro-ophthlamology2019Editorial Board, Clinical-Pathologic Case Studies
    Current Treatment Option in Neurology2023Editorial Board, Neurologic Ophthalmic and Otology

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    1. A Young Woman With Headaches and Peripheral Vision Loss. JAMA. 2024 Dec 03; 332(21):1845-1846. Peer AD, Nagy MA, Levin MH. PMID: 39504042.
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    2. Chronic Atypical Optic Disc Edema in a Boy With STAT3 Gain-of-Function Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Nov 27. Ahmad TR, Chan AY, Levin MH. PMID: 39593206.
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    3. Revised Diagnosis From Histiocytic Neoplasm to Optic Chiasm Glioblastoma After Genetic Analysis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Dec 01; 44(4):582-586. Magharious MM, Pekmezci M, Mamlouk MD, Horton JC, Levin MH. PMID: 38926909.
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    4. Anterior segment ischemia following strabismus surgery in a young adult using gender-affirming estrogen hormone therapy. J AAPOS. 2023 08; 27(4):233-236. Al-Lozi A, Koo EB, Lambert SR, Levin MH, Velez FG, Do DV, Shue A. PMID: 37355012; PMCID: PMC10656632.
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    5. Acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome (AIBSES) with retinal vasculitis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2023 Mar; 29:101760. Ishihara R, Khan Y, Halim MS, Akhavanrezayat A, Onghanseng N, Levin MH, Nguyen QD. PMID: 36561880; PMCID: PMC9763352.
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    6. Septin-5 and -7-IgGs: Neurologic, Serologic, and Pathophysiologic Characteristics. Ann Neurol. 2022 12; 92(6):1090-1101. Hinson SR, Honorat JA, Grund EM, Clarkson BD, Miske R, Scharf M, Zivelonghi C, Al-Lozi MT, Bucelli RC, Budhram A, Cho T, Choi E, Grell J, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Levin M, Merati M, Montalvo M, Pittock SJ, Wilson MR, Howe CL, McKeon A. PMID: 36053822; PMCID: PMC9672904.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2022 03 01; 42(3):584-587. Gupta RR, Jiang S, Seamone ME, Iaboni DSM, Choudhry N, Levin MH. PMID: 33965995.
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    8. Ocular Surface Potential Difference Measured in Human Subjects to Study Ocular Surface Ion Transport. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 10; 9(11):20. Pasricha ND, Smith AJ, Levin MH, Schallhorn JM, Verkman AS. PMID: 33117611; PMCID: PMC7571274.
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    9. Nanomolar Potency Aminophenyltriazine CFTR Activator Reverses Corneal Epithelial Injury in a Mouse Model of Dry Eye. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2020 04; 36(3):147-153. Chen X, Lee S, Zhang T, Duan T, Pasricha ND, Schallhorn JM, Levin MH, Koprivica V, Verkman AS. PMID: 31934802; PMCID: PMC7175624.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    10. Monitoring retinal changes with optical coherence tomography predicts neuronal loss in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroinflammation. 2019 Nov 04; 16(1):203. Cruz-Herranz A, Dietrich M, Hilla AM, Yiu HH, Levin MH, Hecker C, Issberner A, Hallenberger A, Cordano C, Lehmann-Horn K, Balk LJ, Aktas O, Ingwersen J, von Gall C, Hartung HP, Zamvil SS, Fischer D, Albrecht P, Green AJ. PMID: 31684959; PMCID: PMC6827223.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Demyelinating Optic Neuritis and its Subtypes. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2019; 59(3):23-37. Levin MH. PMID: 31233414.
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    12. Mixed cranial neuropathies due to occult perineural invasion of basal cell carcinoma. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2019 Mar; 13:136-139. Ashraf DC, Kalin-Hajdu E, Levin MH, Kersten RC. PMID: 30705997; PMCID: PMC6348452.
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    13. Pro-Secretory Activity and Pharmacology in Rabbits of an Aminophenyl-1,3,5-Triazine CFTR Activator for Dry Eye Disorders. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 09 01; 58(11):4506-4513. Felix CM, Lee S, Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 28873176; PMCID: PMC5584707.
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    14. Advances in Neuromyelitis Optica: Take Them to the Clinic. J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 09; 37(3):300-302. Levin MH. PMID: 28376022.
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    15. Evidence-based recommendations for the management of acne fulminans and its variants. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Jul; 77(1):109-117. Greywal T, Zaenglein AL, Baldwin HE, Bhatia N, Chernoff KA, Del Rosso JQ, Eichenfield LF, Levin MH, Leyden JJ, Thiboutot DM, Webster GF, Friedlander SF. PMID: 28619551.
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    16. Epstein-Barr Virus Neuroretinitis in a Lung Transplant Patient. J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 03; 37(1):43-47. Hsia YC, Chin-Hong PV, Levin MH. PMID: 27525478; PMCID: PMC5303128.
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    17. Recalcitrant Orbital Pain in a 50-Year-Old Woman. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017 03 01; 135(3):275-276. Kalin-Hajdu E, Vagefi MR, Levin MH. PMID: 28006057.
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    18. Nanomolar-Potency Aminophenyl-1,3,5-triazine Activators of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Chloride Channel for Prosecretory Therapy of Dry Eye Diseases. J Med Chem. 2017 02 09; 60(3):1210-1218. Lee S, Phuan PW, Felix CM, Tan JA, Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 28099811; PMCID: PMC5453640.
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    19. Tolerance checkpoint bypass permits emergence of pathogenic T cells to neuromyelitis optica autoantigen aquaporin-4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 12 20; 113(51):14781-14786. Sagan SA, Winger RC, Cruz-Herranz A, Nelson PA, Hagberg S, Miller CN, Spencer CM, Ho PP, Bennett JL, Levy M, Levin MH, Verkman AS, Steinman L, Green AJ, Anderson MS, Sobel RA, Zamvil SS. PMID: 27940915; PMCID: PMC5187685.
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    20. Complement-independent retinal pathology produced by intravitreal injection of neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G. J Neuroinflammation. 2016 10 20; 13(1):275. Felix CM, Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 27765056; PMCID: PMC5072328.
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    21. Small-molecule CFTR activators increase tear secretion and prevent experimental dry eye disease. FASEB J. 2016 05; 30(5):1789-97. Flores AM, Casey SD, Felix CM, Phuan PW, Verkman AS, Levin MH. PMID: 26842854; PMCID: PMC4836376.
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    22. CFTR activator increases intestinal fluid secretion and normalizes stool output in a mouse model of constipation. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 May; 2(3):317-327. Cil O, Phuan PW, Lee S, Tan J, Haggie PM, Levin MH, Sun L, Thiagarajah JR, Ma T, Verkman AS. PMID: 27127798; PMCID: PMC4844355.
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    23. The severe side of the IgG4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis disease spectrum. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2016 Feb; 3(1):e197. Schubert RD, Wood M, Levin MH, Perry A, Gelfand JM. PMID: 26770998; PMCID: PMC4708924.
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    24. Risk of optic pathway glioma in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and optic nerve tortuosity or nerve sheath thickening. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Apr; 100(4):510-4. Levin MH, Armstrong GT, Broad JH, Zimmerman R, Bilaniuk LT, Feygin T, Li Y, Liu GT, Fisher MJ. PMID: 26294105.
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    25. Second chances. Surv Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov-Dec; 60(6):596-9. Nagia L, Doyle JI, Hackney JR, Vaphiades MS, Kline LB, Levin MH. PMID: 26079932.
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    26. In search of a treatment for radiation-induced optic neuropathy. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2015 Jan; 17(1):325. Indaram M, Ali FS, Levin MH. PMID: 25398466.
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    27. Systemic inflammatory pseudotumor and myasthenia gravis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar; 132(3):359-61. Levin MH, Gopal PP, Galetta SL. PMID: 24626829.
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    28. Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy in suspected giant cell arteritis. Surv Ophthalmol. 2014 Sep-Oct; 59(5):574-5. Levin MH. PMID: 24656437.
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    29. Experimental mouse model of optic neuritis with inflammatory demyelination produced by passive transfer of neuromyelitis optica-immunoglobulin G. J Neuroinflammation. 2014 Jan 27; 11:16. Asavapanumas N, Ratelade J, Papadopoulos MC, Bennett JL, Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 24468108; PMCID: PMC3909205.
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    30. Incidence of visual improvement in uveitis cases with visual impairment caused by macular edema. Ophthalmology. 2014 Feb; 121(2):588-95.e1. Levin MH, Pistilli M, Daniel E, Gangaputra SS, Nussenblatt RB, Rosenbaum JT, Suhler EB, Thorne JE, Foster CS, Jabs DA, Levy-Clarke GA, Kempen JH, Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Diseases Cohort Study. PMID: 24332536; PMCID: PMC3946576.
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    31. Optic neuritis in neuromyelitis optica. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2013 Sep; 36:159-71. Levin MH, Bennett JL, Verkman AS. PMID: 23545439; PMCID: PMC3770284.
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    32. Orbital congestion complicating treatment of cerebral vascular anomalies. World Neurosurg. 2014 Jul-Aug; 82(1-2):239.e13-7. Levin MH, Moss HE, Pineles SL, Bagley LJ, Heuer GG, Zager EL, Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, Vagefi MR. PMID: 23369940; PMCID: PMC3766429.
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    33. Optic nerve biopsy in the management of progressive optic neuropathy. J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Dec; 32(4):313-20. Levin MH, Ney JJ, Venneti S, Moster ML, Balcer LJ, Volpe NJ, Gausas RE, Liu GT, Vagefi MR, Galetta SL. PMID: 22684127.
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    34. A lack of delayed intraocular pressure elevation in patients treated with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab and ranibizumab. Retina. 2012 Jul; 32(7):1295-301. Wehrli SJ, Tawse K, Levin MH, Zaidi A, Pistilli M, Brucker AJ. PMID: 22466465.
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    35. Intra-arterial chemotherapy for advanced retinoblastoma: is the time right for a prospective clinical trial? Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov; 129(11):1487-9. Levin MH, Gombos DS, O'Brien JM. PMID: 22084219.
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    36. Adult ovarian retinoblastoma genomic profile. JAMA. 2011 Aug 10; 306(6):646-7. Levin MH, O'Brien JM. PMID: 21834141.
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    37. Asymmetric bilateral demyelinating optic neuropathy from tacrolimus toxicity. J Neurol Sci. 2011 Feb 15; 301(1-2):112-5. Venneti S, Moss HE, Levin MH, Vagefi MR, Brozena SC, Pruitt AA, Mourelatos Z, Trojanowski JQ, Galetta SL, Balcer LJ. PMID: 21112060.
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    38. Resident-performed prophylactic retinopexy and the risk of retinal detachment. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2009 Mar-Apr; 40(2):120-6. Levin M, Naseri A, Stewart JM. PMID: 19320300.
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    39. In situ fluorescence measurement of tear film [Na+], [K+], [Cl-], and pH in mice shows marked hypertonicity in aquaporin-5 deficiency. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 May; 50(5):2132-8. Ruiz-Ederra J, Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 19136711; PMCID: PMC2904304.
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    40. Functions of aquaporins in the eye. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2008 Jul; 27(4):420-33. Verkman AS, Ruiz-Ederra J, Levin MH. PMID: 18501660; PMCID: PMC3319433.
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    41. Comparative transport efficiencies of urea analogues through urea transporter UT-B. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Jul; 1768(7):1815-21. Zhao D, Sonawane ND, Levin MH, Yang B. PMID: 17506977.
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    42. Urearetics: a small molecule screen yields nanomolar potency inhibitors of urea transporter UT-B. FASEB J. 2007 Feb; 21(2):551-63. Levin MH, de la Fuente R, Verkman AS. PMID: 17202246.
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    43. Aquaporin-3-dependent cell migration and proliferation during corneal re-epithelialization. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Oct; 47(10):4365-72. Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 17003427.
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    44. Aquaporins and CFTR in ocular epithelial fluid transport. J Membr Biol. 2006 Mar; 210(2):105-15. Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 16868675.
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    45. Hypertonic saline therapy in cystic fibrosis: Evidence against the proposed mechanism involving aquaporins. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 01; 281(35):25803-12. Levin MH, Sullivan S, Nielson D, Yang B, Finkbeiner WE, Verkman AS. PMID: 16829520.
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    46. Potential difference measurements of ocular surface Na+ absorption analyzed using an electrokinetic model. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Jan; 47(1):306-16. Levin MH, Kim JK, Hu J, Verkman AS. PMID: 16384978.
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    47. CFTR-regulated chloride transport at the ocular surface in living mice measured by potential differences. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Apr; 46(4):1428-34. Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 15790911.
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    48. Aquaporin-dependent water permeation at the mouse ocular surface: in vivo microfluorimetric measurements in cornea and conjunctiva. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Dec; 45(12):4423-32. Levin MH, Verkman AS. PMID: 15557451.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    49. Diffusion in the endoplasmic reticulum of an aquaporin-2 mutant causing human nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jun 15; 276(24):21331-6. Levin MH, Haggie PM, Vetrivel L, Verkman AS. PMID: 11297561.
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