[3] He did his residency and internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and is board-certified in oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Levy's work has been recognized with multiple honors and awards, including the King Faisal International Prize,[4] the Damashek Prize, the American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's di Villiers International Achievement Award, the C. Chester Stock Award from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Karnofsky Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and others.
In an interview with Haaretz, Levy said that he was very surprised when he was notified by the prize committee about his victory.
Levy's wife is Israeli and one of his daughters was born in Israel, yet his family and he were able to travel to Saudi Arabia with no problems.
Coincidentally, the King Faisal International Prize was first awarded 30 years ago, around the same time that Levy began his work in this field.