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Deborah Levy, MD, MPH, MS, FAMIA

Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
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About

Dr. Levy’s research, leadership of high-impact publications, and volunteer work were recognized with the 2023 AMIA Leadership Award. She aims to improve the humane experience of patient care for health professionals and patients through adept use of technology. She co-led a foundational review defining key terminology for EHR burden and developed a model of health professions trainee EHR burden.

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Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Biography

Dr. Levy, an experienced internal medicine physician board certified in clinical informatics, is currently a physician informatician in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and served as a Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale School of Medicine from 2022-2024. Her research and operational interest is to achieve a more humane experience of medicine for both patients and clinicians, through the adept use of technology. She focuses on identifying and developing opportunities to enhance how health professionals in direct patient care engage with and experience technology including as electronic health record (EHR) burden. She is currently examining how health professionals and health professional trainees experience EHR burden using both qualitative and quantitative methods, and considering approaches that utilize process improvement strategies.

Last Updated on April 27, 2026.

Education & Training

MS
Oregon Health & Science University (2024)
MPH
University of Rochester School of Medicine (2008)
NHLBI / T32 Fellow in Preventive Cardiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine (2005)
Internal Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine (2003)
MD
Tel Aviv University School of Medicine - NY-State American Program (2000)
BA
University of Pennsylvania, Biology (1996)

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Informatics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2023

  • Internal Medicine / Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2003

Research

Overview

Public Health Interests

Health Care Quality, Efficiency; Women's Health; Qualitative Methods; Health Informatics

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Deborah Levy's research output by year.
25Publications
469Citations

Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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    American Medical Informatics Association, 25x5 Task Force

    2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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    JAMIA

    2024 - PresentJournal ServiceReviewer
  • activity

    Applied Clinical Informatics - Open

    2023 - PresentJournal ServiceReviewer
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    American Medical Informatics Association, Public Policy Committee

    2022 - 2025Professional OrganizationsMember

Honors

  • honor

    AMIA Annual Leadership Award 2023

    11/12/2023National AwardAmerican Medical Informatics Association

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Contacts

Mailing Address

Biomedical Informatics & Data Science

101 College Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

Locations

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    New Haven, CT 06510

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