Marissa J. Levine, MD MPH

Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, USF Tampa

Dr. Marissa Levine is Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida where she focuses on population health improvement and teaches leadership.  She recently completed 16 years of state government service having served as the Virginia State Health Commissioner and led the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) from 2014-2018.   Dr. Levine previously held deputy commissioner level leadership and local health department positions with VDH from 2002 until 2014.   During that time, Dr. Levine was involved in the state’s response to the H1N1 pandemic.  As Commissioner, Dr. Levine led the effort to respond to Ebola and Zika and has significant experience leading public health emergency response efforts at the local and state levels.  Dr. Levine is a board-certified family physician with 16 years of medical practice experience who also received a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  She received her MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY and completed family practice residency training at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.