He was awarded the faculty prize for his graduation thesis, Human Sexuality Viewed from the Perspective of Childhood Gender Nonconformity, which was later adapted for a university seminar.Īmir’s interest in human behavior led him to a residency in adult psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he was ranked first in his class for three consecutive years. Eiferman, a psychoanalyst, to discuss how doctors can preserve their sensitivity to the hospitalized patient’s needs while negotiating a complex hospital hierarchy. During medical school he organized student meetings with Dr. He worked with renowned journalists such as Thomas Friedman, Glenn Frankel, Ted Koppel and others, and was awarded a citation of excellence for his service.Īfter his compulsory army service, having developed a passion for working with people as well as a love for science, Amir enrolled in medical school at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he received numerous awards. After high school Amir served as a press liaison in the Israeli army. His thesis examined the evolution of symbolism from a culture of multiple deities to one of monotheism. Although this freedom sometimes got him into trouble, during high school he wrote his first large-scale work, about birds of prey in the Bible and in ancient Assyria and Babylon. His mother, a popular science editor who valued creativity and self-motivation, allowed Amir to stay home from school whenever he wanted and study what interested him. Amir Levine, who grew up in Israel and Canada, has always had a fascination with biology and the brain.
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