15th Annual Celebrating Diversity 2022

Dean’s Alumni Award for Diversity and Inclusion
Andrea R. Levine, MD, MS, is an Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine in the Division
of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
Program Director for the Critical Care
Medicine Fellowship, Director of the
University of Maryland Critical Illness
Recovery Clinic, and DEI Champion for the
Department of Medicine. Dr. Levine
completed her medical training and residency
in Internal Medicine at the University of
Maryland. She trained in Pulmonary, Allergy,
and Critical Care Medicine at the University
of Pittsburgh, where she also obtained a
Master’s in Epidemiology. She returned to
join the faculty of the University of Maryland
in 2019.
Clinically, Dr. Levine’s efforts focus on caring for critically ill patients in the Medical
Intensive Care Unit. In addition, she has developed a Critical Illness Recovery Clinic
where she sees patients who are recovering from critical illness. She has served as the
Program Director for the Critical Care Fellowship Program at the University of
Maryland for the last two years.
Dr. Levine is passionate about contributing to and advancing diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI). She serves as a DEI reviewer for the Educational Content Review
Committee (ECRC) and the faculty advisor for the LGBTQ+ Health Interest Group for
the School of Medicine. As a School of Medicine faculty member, Dr. Levine prides
herself in representing the LGBTQ+ community such that patients, students, and
trainees may see themselves reflected in the patient care team and in the faculty and
attending physicians surrounding them. As a Program Director, she deliberately recruits
trainees via a holistic interview process that has resulted in a program rich with
physicians from a diversity of training backgrounds, life experiences, racial and ethnic
backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Her use of this evolving, holistic interview process
underlies her intention to amplify historically underrepresented voices in medical care
and medical training in the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
In addition, Dr. Levine has created a DEI curriculum for the Critical Care trainees, and
faculty members focused on cultivating an understanding of DEI terminology, implicit
bias, equitable allocation of resources during crisis, anti-racism, and health disparities in
critical care. Her efforts to ensure equitable access to this education have resulted in the
production of a renowned podcast with an international listenership. In the coming
year, Dr. Levine will take on the role of Champion of DEI for the Department of
Medicine and looks forward to the opportunities to expand the depth and reach of this
essential curriculum.