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MARTHA PEASLEE LEVINE, M.D.

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

mplwriterdoc@aol.com

mlevine1@hmc.psu.edu

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

  • Director, Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs, Penn State/Hershey Medical Center, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry August 2005—present
  • Author—1993—present

 

  • Director of Outpatient Psychiatry, Elmhurst Hospital, NYC—1992-93

 

  • Director of Psychiatric Walk-In Clinic, Bellevue Hospital, NYC—1991-92

 

  • Acting Director, Psychopharmacology Clinic, Bellevue Hospital, NYC—1989-91

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

  • Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, New York University Medical Center, 1988-89

 

  • Psychiatric Residency, New York University Medical Center—1984-88, including year as Chief Resident

 

  • Medical Doctorate, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA—1980-84

 

  • Bachelor of Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA—1977-80

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS:

 

  • American Psychiatric Association
  • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
  • SVU, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

POETRY AND SHORT STORIES:

 

  • TETHERBALL, Harrisburg Review Volume 2 Issue 1 Spring ‘97
  • THE BINDING CORD, Wild Onions XIII, 1999
  • TWO WOMEN, Wild Onions XIV, 2000
  • THE GRAIN OF WOOD, The Edge!, Spring/Summer 2001
  • THE WAITING ROOM, Wild Onions XV, 2001
  • A NEED TO PLAY, Wild Onions XV, 2001
  • THE BORDERLINE, Wild Onions XV, 2001
  • THE PROGRESS NOTE, Wild Onions, XV 2001
  • LINGUIST, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • BARREN, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • BLACK MARKS, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • FORGIVENESS, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • BALANCING, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • OUTRAGE, Avenue—Shirazad’s Online Zine, 2001
  • LINGUIST, Collected Writings from Shirazad.com, 2001
  • FORGIVENESS, Collected Writings from Shirazad.com, 2001
  • BARREN, Wild Onions XVI, 2002
  • CHILDHOOD, Wild Onions XVI, 2002
  • DORMANT, Writings on Forbidden Fruit, Anthology, 2002
  • LINGUIST, Writings on Forbidden Fruit, Anthology, 2002
  • THE FORGOTTEN TONGUE, Writings on Forbidden Fruit, Anthology, 2002
  • WILL OF STEEL, accepted and pending publication in Highlights (magazine for children)
  • CAN I SEE INTO YOUR HEART?, Wild Onions, XVII, 2003
  • DREAM BREATH, Wild Onions, XVII, 2003
  • SONG OF BUBBLES, The Lion’s Gaze, vol. 3.2, Summer 2004
  • SHAME, The Lion’s Gaze, vol. 3.2, Summer 2004

 

 

BOOKS:

 

  • THE DRAGON INSIDE, Steck-Vaughn, 2004
  • STOP THAT NOSE!, Marshall Cavendish, Spring 2006


 

 

AWARDS:

 

  • SANDBAGS, Honorable Mention, Non-Rhyming Poem, Writer’s Digest, 1999 Writing Competition
  • THE WAITING ROOM, Wild Onions XV, 2001; First Prize, The Doctors Kienle Competition in Literature
  • THREE PSYCHIATRISTS AND A DREAM, Audience Choice Award, The Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2001
  • THREE PSYCHIATRISTS AND A DREAM, Ten Minute Play Panelists’ Choice Award, The Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2001
  • Finalist 2001 and 2002 Hanover Poetry Competition
  • BARREN, Wild Onions XVI, 2002, awarded Laureate distinction
  • BEDTIME MARCH, Honorable Mention, Children’s Fiction, Writer’s Digest, 2003 Writing Competition
  • YOUR DEAD BODY, Honorable Mention, Children’s Fiction, Writer’s Digest, 2003 Writing Competition, (co-authored with Marnie Brooks)

 

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

  • Story—FOREVER IS...FOREVER, used in the Penn State Nursing Death and Dying Course, 1994
  • Hanukkah, Harrisburg Academy Kindergarten, December 1998
  • Life as an Author, Harrisburg Academy Kindergarten, Spring 1998
  • Featured poet and fiction writer, East Shore Library, 2000
  • Tall Tales, Harrisburg Academy Second Grade, 2000
  • Featured poet, Change Your Mind Day, 2001
  • Shirazad Poetry Reading, Sparky & Clark’s, November 2001
  • Finalist 2001 and 2002 Hanover Poetry Competition
  • Featured Poet, Van Gogh’s Ear, Borders Books, January 2002
  • WRITING TOWARDS HEALTH—JOURNALING AND DEPRESSION, presented at the 21st World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, June 2002
  • NATURE ADVENTURE, TRIUMPH Reading Enjoyment Programs, Life as an Author and STOP THAT NOSE!, May 17, 2003
  • MENTAL HEALTH AS PORTRAYED IN FICTION, presented at the 22nd World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, June 2003
  • Life as an Author and STOP THAT NOSE!, Harrisburg Academy First Grade, Spring 2003
  • MUSINGS AT MIDNIGHT, a collection of poetry, presented at the 23rd World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, June 2004
  • WRITING TOWARDS HEALTH—JOURNALING AND DEPRESSION, presented for Physicians & Nurses, a fourth year humanities elective for medical students through PSU COM, 2004

 

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