Irving Levitas (physician)

Irving M. Levitas (c. 1909 – May 27, 1999) was an American internist and cardiologist.

Biography

Born c. 1909, Levitas graduated Staunton Military Academy, Dartmouth College and the SUNY Downstate Medical Center. During World War II, he served in the United States Army. Following the war, he worked at the Hackensack University Medical Center, and was later the founder of its Cardiac Rehabilitation Center. He also practiced medicine privately, in Westwood, New Jersey. He lectured at George Mason University, as well as being diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. He retired in 1985 and moved to Reston, Virginia. While living there, he occasionally wrote medical articles for a local newspaper. He died in Reston Hospital, on May 27, 1999, aged 90, from surgery complications.[1] His funeral was held on June 1.[2] He was married four times,[1] with one wife, Ethel Ruth, an educator and Adelphi University alumni, dying in 1953.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Physician Irving M. Levitas Dies". The Washington Post. 1999-06-01. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  2. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths LEVITAS, IRVING M., M.D. (Published 1999)". 1999-06-15. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  3. ^ "MRS. IRVING LEVITAS (Published 1953)". 1953-08-28. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
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