Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF, has authored more than 90 wound care publications, including articles, chapters, and books on pressure injuries, skin failure, chronic wounds, and quality of care for older adults. His work spans peer-reviewed research, clinical practice guidelines, geriatrics board-review text, and the history of wound care. A selection appears below.
Books & Edited Volumes
Levine JM, ed. Pressure Injuries & Chronic Wounds. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, vol. 40, no. 3. Elsevier; 2024. Read more
Levine JM, Ayello EA. Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers: How to Classify, Stage, and Document Pressure Ulcers and Other Common Wounds. 4th ed. New Jersey Hospital Association; 2017.
Levine JM, ed. Medical-Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care. Lawyers & Judges Publishing; 2003. Publisher page
Textbook Chapters
Levine JM. Pressure injuries and wound care. In: Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th eds. American Geriatrics Society; 2016–2025. GRS12
Levine JM, Delmore B. Pressure injuries and skin failure. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2024;40(3):385-395. doi:10.1016/j.cger.2023.12.006
Nierenberg N, Levine JM. Infectious aspects of chronic wounds. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2024;40(3).
Levine JM. Pressure injury and chronic wounds. In: Wasserman MR, Bakerjian D, Linnebur S, et al., eds. Geriatric Medicine: A Person-Centered Evidence-Based Approach. Springer; 2023. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01782-8_91-1
Levine JM. Palliative care for chronic wounds. In: Oropallo A, ed. Comprehensive Wound Care Exam Preparation: Passing the Boards and Beyond. Springer; in press.
Baranoski S, Ayello EA, Tomic-Canic M, Levine JM. Skin: an essential organ. In: Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles. 5th ed. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016.
Peer-Reviewed Wound Care Publications
Levine JM. Pressure injuries and skin failure: the search for clarity. International Wound Journal. 2026;23(2):e70851. Open access: Read full text | PubMed Central
Levine JM, Samuels E, Le S, Spinner R. Pressure injuries and wound care: a lost geriatric syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024;72(8):2611-2612. doi:10.1111/jgs.18969
Levine JM, Parekh NS, Cooper ML. Contact with wet cement—a preventable cause of chemical burn: case report and discussion. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2024;37(6):292-296. doi:10.1097/ASW.0000000000000144
Levine JM, Delmore B, Cox J. Skin failure: concept review and proposed model. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2022;35(3):139-148. Download PDF
Levine JM, Brandeis G, Namagiri S, Spinner R. Wound care consultation in postacute/long-term care: characteristics and practice implications. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2021;34:417-421.
Levine JM, Ayello EA, Persaud B, Spinner R. Medical device-related pressure injury to the ear from a mask. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2021;34:380-383.
Levine JM, Menezes R, Namagiri S. Wounds related to malignancy in postacute and long-term care: a case series. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2020;33:99-102.
Levine JM. Clinical aspects of aging skin: considerations for the wound care practitioner. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2020;33:12-19.
Levine JM. Terminal ulcer terminology: a critical reappraisal. Wound Management & Prevention. 2019;65(8). Read article
Ayello EA, Levine JM, Langemo D, et al. Reexamining the literature on terminal ulcers, SCALE, skin failure, and unavoidable pressure injuries. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2019;32(3):109-121. doi:10.1097/01.ASW.0000553112.55505.5f
Levine JM. Unavoidable pressure injuries, terminal ulceration, and skin failure: in search of a unifying classification system. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2017;30(5):200-202.
A complete bibliography of wound care publications is available on request, and an independently maintained record is available on ORCID (0000-0002-9947-709X). To discuss a consultation, case review, or speaking engagement, please contact Dr. Levine.
Recent Wound Care Publications
Skin: An Essential Organ
Skin: An Essential Organ is Chapter 4 in Wound Care Esentials: Practice Principles, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The 4th Edition of this book was just released in September 2016. This chapter was co-authored by Dr. Jeffrey M Levine with Sharon...
Training Video for MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Condition
In the summer of 2010 I helped the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduce the new MDS section for skin condition. I gave a two hour talk in Las Vegas which was videotaped and posted on YouTube by CMS. This video goes over pressure ulcer...
MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions: What the Medical Director Needs to Know
This article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), volume 12, #3, pages 179-183, March 2011. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the new Resident Assessment Instrument version 3.0, which went into...
Essentials Of MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions
This article was published in Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 23(6):273-284, June 2010. This is a CME (Continuing Medical Education) article published in the June issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care. It gives the basics of revised MDS 3.0 specifically...
The Unavoidable Pressure Ulcer: A Retrospective Case Series
This article was published in Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 2009 Aug;16(8):359-363 To identify medical conditions related to pressure ulcer occurrence when at-risk status is appropriately assessed and preventive measures are in place we did a retrospectice...