Richard J. Levy M.D.

Dr. Richard J. Levy grew up in Chicago's northern suburbs. He wanted to be a doctor for as long as he could talk, even though there were no other doctors in his family. Dr. Levy went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston. While he was there the football team went three seasons without a victory. He always wanted to be a pediatrician. After his OB/GYNE rotation while at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, he realized that this was the perfect medical specialty. It offered long-term relationships with patients along with an interesting variety of surgeries. Also, nothing is more fun than helping people deliver their babies.

After living his whole life in the Chicago area, Dr. Levy deliberately left to do his residency in San Antonio, Texas at the University of Texas. San Antonio is culturally very different from Chicago and he loved his four years there as a "Transplanted Texan."

The lure of raising his children near family attracted Dr. Levy to move back to Chicago. He was introduced to Dr. Philip Gardner through a mutual friend and they immediately "hit it off." Dr. Levy joined Dr. Gardner as the "junior" partner in July of 1986. After thirteen wonderful years together, Dr. Gardner retired in May of 1999.

Dr. Levy has been very involved at Northwest Community Hospital since he joined its medical staff in 1986. He was on the Department of OB/GYNE Quality Assurance Committee for eight years and was chairman of that committee for two years. That group is in charge of overseeing the overall care given to patients by all of the obstetricians and gynecologists at Northwest Community Hospital. Dr. Levy was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the OB/GYNE department in 1996-1997. He was the youngest doctor in the history of Northwest Community Hospital to serve in that capacity.

Dr. Levy was elected president of the 750 member medical and dental staff of Northwest Community Hospital in 2000 after being elected Secretary/Treasurer of the staff in 1998 and Vice-President in 1999. He has also served as a full voting member of the Northwest Community Hospital board of directors from 1998-2001.

Dr. Levy is married to Wendy Levy. They have three children, Matthew is 17,  Lauren is 16, and Melanie is 10.

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