Stuart B. Levy

Stuart Blank Levy (November 21, 1938 – September 4, 2019) was a researcher and physician at Tufts University. He was among the first to advocate for greater awareness of antibiotic resistance and founded the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics.

Biography Stuart B. Levy, M.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and of Medicine, was the Director of the Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance at Tufts University School of Medicine and staff physician at the Tufts Medical Center. He also served as President of the International Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, and along with Walter Gilbert, co-founded Paratek Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Levy led the discovery of the first energy-dependent antibiotic efflux mechanism and efflux protein (for tetracyclines). He completed his residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York and performed postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health.

Views Levy has summarized his message by saying that he wants "prudent use of antibiotics".

The book Frontiers in antimicrobial resistance : a tribute to Stuart B. Levy is based on the work of Levy.