Past Appearances

Dr. Jeff's Past Appearances for January 2008 - December 2008:

“Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Biochemical Basis of Nutrition Course, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ on October 28, 2008. 

Dr. Jeff and his daughters, Danielle and Elyssa, participated in the Race for the Cure, 5K run at Great Adventures in Jackson, NJ on Sunday, October 5, 2008 in support of Dr. Jeff's patients with breast cancer.  The Levine Family raised over $500 to support breast cancer research and screening efforts. 

“Shape-Up” Woodbridge with the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign.  “Confessions of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Families and Ourselves By Practicing What We Preach.”  Woodbridge, NJ, September 26, 2008. 

Third Annual “LITE Program” Woodbridge with the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign.  “Confessions of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Families and Ourselves By Practicing What We Preach.”  Woodbridge, NJ, September 26, 2008. 

This year’s third annual event held in September, featured Jeff Levine, MD, associate professor, in the Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, who was a contestant on the hit television show “The Biggest Loser” in 2005. Dr. Levine spoke to an audience of childhood cancer survivors, their families and friends about the importance of adults promoting healthy lifestyles to children by practicing what they teach.

The LITE Program, at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, provides long-term evaluation, support, and health education for the growing population of childhood cancer survivors.

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Students, Our Families, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  School Nutrition Association of Connecticut Annual Summer Conference.  Rocky Hill, CT.  June 26, 2008. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  The Heart Of It All: Cardiac and Vascular Nursing Conference.  Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, Ohio State University Medical Center.  Columbus, OH.  June 23, 2008. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Florida Academy of Family Medicine Summer Breakaway.  Naples, FL.  June 13, 2008.

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Johnson & Johnson Wellness Program, New Brunswick, NJ,  June  2008.

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients and Family Members with Developmental Disabilities By Practicing What We Teach.” 

19th Annual Conference on Medical Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.  The ARC of NJ,  Princeton, NJ.  May 30, 2008. 

Dr. Jeff was the Keynote Speaker at The ARC of NJ, Annual Conference on Medical Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, in Princeton NJ on May 30, 2008.  Dr. Jeff’s presentation, “Confessions of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients and Family Members with Developmental Disabilities By Practicing What We Teach,” was attended by over 200 participants.  

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Families and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Center for Healthy Aging Conference.  The Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway, NJ.  May 16, 2008. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.” New Jersey Statewide Quality Improvement Reunion/Obesity Education Program Initiative Kick Off 2008.  Princeton, NJ.  May 8, 2008. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds.  Saint Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, Paterson, NJ. May 6, 2008. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, and Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.  Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, May 1, 2008. 

 “Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Children, And Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Pediatric Endocrinology Conference.  Jersey Shore University Medical Center.  Neptune, NJ.  April 29, 2008. 

 Dr. Jeff made a return appearance on an episode of the 5^th season of “The Biggest Loser.”  He spoke with the current remaining contestants about “reality” after the show ends; in terms of the challenges they face.  He provided them with some practical strategies to maintain a healthy lifestyle once they return to the “real world.” 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Children And Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Walk for Health Kick Off Celebration.  Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.  March 26, 2008. 

Dr. Jeff was the Keynote Speaker for the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Princeton, NJ, on March 19. 2008.  Dr. Jeff spoke on “Finding Balance in Humanism,” encouraging inductees to teach the GHHS ideals to their future learners, while continuing to practice them everyday.  However, he also cautioned them to not neglect their own health or the needs of their loved ones while in pursuit of helping others.  Dr. Jeff was last year’s Faculty GHHS Inductee and the recipient of the Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine.  

Dr. Levine gave a community presentation on, “How to Prevent a Broken Heart:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles,” in Hillsborough, NJ, on February 20, 2008, as part of the Mayor’s Campaign for Wellness, Women’s Heart Health Month.   Dr. Levine has been working with the Amercan Heart Association to address the epidemic of childhood obesity in this country, in order to more effectively prevent cardiovascular disease later in life.  

Dr. Jeff participated in the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Americans In Motion (AAFP-AIM) Advisory Board Meeting in Kansas City, MO on January 16, 2008.  AIM recently partnered with Americans’ On the Move (AOM) to develop effective resources for primary care providers and their patients to address the epidemic of Obesity in this country, and improve the overall fitness of Americans. 

“Confessions Of A Biggest Loser:  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles To Our Patients, Our Children, And Ourselves By Practicing What We Teach.”  Rutgers Student Health Center CME Conference.  Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, January 17, 2008.