Current Projects
Honorary Fellow of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Melbourne.
Clinical Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne
Executive Council Member (Treasurer) of Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
Member of the Academy of Surgical Educators RACS
Surgical Supervisor for The Royal Children’s Hospital
Member of the Surgeon Wellbeing Taskforce of the RACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Member of the international Working Group for Sialorrhea Clinical Pathway for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
Regional Representative for Oceania at Young Otolaryngologists Committee of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngology Societies.
Educator of Merit, RACS Victorian Surgical Supervisor of the Year 2023 Certificate of Outstanding Service
Recent Selected Publications
Paediatric foreign bodies in the ear, nose and throat: assessment, removal and when to refer. Cheong MC, Eric Levi. Medicine Today 2026; 27(8): 43-48.
Chapter 7: Surgical Management of Drooling in Children. Eric Levi. Book Chapter in The Textbook: An Overview of Drooling in Children. Springer, 2026.
Outcomes of single-stage excision in infected preauricular sinus: a retrospective cohort study. Olivia Nicolson & Eric Levi. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2026 Jul 1:207:112913.
Parapharyngeal sialoblastoma: Systematic literature review. Lara Wirth, Isabelle Ewert, Ricky Kumar, Eric Levi. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 206, July 2026, 112874.
Expanding Water-Absorbing Beads: a “Growing” Problem for the ENT Surgeon – A Scoping Review. S Arulshankar & Eric Levi. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology. Vol 9: June 2026.
Antibody responses against bacterial glycans affinity mature and diversify in germinal centres. HA Fryer, C Pitt, HR Frost, N Kandhari, S Byars, PS Lim, RL Fettes, RM Lovett, TT Nguyen, K Chheng, N Caltabiano, AL Whitcombe, J Hamelink, D Andrew, G Lloyd, B Wilson-Boyd, N Slee, J Ballantine, S Vasani, K Girling, L Gubbels, Eric Levi, K Davies, SG Tangye, J Noonan, NJ Moreland, I Quast, MJ Robinson, SW Scally, MR Neeland, S Shanthikumar, J Osowicki, DM Tarlinton, AC Steer, MJ Boyle, DL Hill. Immunity. 2026; 59 (3): 666-681.
Complete congenital agenesis of major salivary glands: case report and systematic review of the literature. F Daniel, MC Cheong, Eric Levi. Journal of Stomatology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2026; 127: 4.
Salivary Lymphadenoma: Case Report of the Youngest Patient and Review of Reported Paediatric Cases. Goli Golpayegani, Colleen D’Arcy, Eric Levi. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 62, no. 6 (2026): 1057–1059
Otolaryngological Manifestations of Paediatric Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Systematic Literature Review and Statewide Case Series. Mostafa Alwan, Ha My Ngoc Nguyen, Eric Levi. Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2026 Feb 25:1-21.
Catastrophic Primary Bleeding Post Intracapsular Tonsillectomy in Paediatrics – Highlighting risk and technical considerations. Amy Hannigan, Raimundo Garcia-Matte, Christopher Jackson, Hannah Burns, Eric Levi, Phillip Sale, Hayley Herbert. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2026 Mar:202:112706.
Diagnostic dilemmas in laryngeal clefts: Are treatment decisions influenced by bias? A two-stage study. Goli Golpayegani, Eric Levi, Ramanan Daniel. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2026 Jan: 200:112678.
Paediatric foregut duplication cysts of the head and neck: a retrospective case series, systematic review and meta analysis. Fady Daniel, Eric Levi. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, Feb 2026; 9:5.
Environmental sustainability in pediatric otolaryngology: An international survey of operating room practice patterns. Nick Teller, Kalpesh Hathi, Claire A. Wilson, Jacob Davidson, Anthony De Luca, Neil K. Chadha, Sohit Kanotra, Eric Levi, Mat Daniel, Scott M. Rickert, Thomas Schrepfer, Niall Jefferson, Julie Strychowsky. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 197, October 2025, 112532.
Determinants of malignancy in paediatric neck lymphadenopathy – emphasis on the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. Hannah Tan, Eric Levi, Ezra Lluis Nisa. Australian Journal Otolaryngology 2025;8:10.
Paediatric saliva gland surgery: a 10-year review of indications, complications and outcomes. PJ Stokes. M Alwan, Eric Levi. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2025;8:9.
Highly multiplexed cytokine analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage and plasma reveals age-related dynamics and correlates of inflammation in children. Shivanthan Shanthikumar, Liam Gubbels, Karen Davies, Hannah Walker, Anson Tsz, Chun Wong, Eric Levi, Richard Saffery, Sarath Ranganathan, Melanie R. Neeland. Mucosal Immunology 2025; 18 (2): 380-389.
Cross-tissue, age-specific flow cytometry reference for immune cells in the airways and blood of children. Shivanthan Shanthikumar, Liam Gubbels, Karen Davies, Hannah Walker, Anson Tsz Chun Wong, Jovana Maksimovic, Alicia Oshlack, Richard Saffery, Eric Levi, Sarath C. Ranganathan, Melanie R. Neeland. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025 Mar;155(3):1002-1014.
Technique and efficacy of sialendoscopy in the management of recurrent sialadenitis: the Melbourne experience. Buchanan D, Key S, Levi E, Lyons B. Aust J Otolaryngol 2025;8:2.
Management of Pediatric Sialorrhea. Levi E, Alexander W, Cooper MS. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2024, 32:444–452.
Definition of sinonasal and otologic exacerbation in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia – an expert consensus. Myrofora Goutaki, Yin Ting Lam, Andreas Anagiotos, Miguel Armengot, Andrea Burgess, Raewyn Campbell, Mathilde Carlier, Nathalie Caversaccio, Neil K. Chadha, Berat Demir, Sinan Ahmed D. Dheyauldeen, Onder Gunaydin, Amanda Harris, Isolde Hayn, Deniz Inal-Ince, Eric Levi, Trini Lopez
Fernandez, Jane S. Lucas, Bernard Maitre, Anne-Lise ML Poirrier, Lynne Schofield, Kazuhiko
Takeuchi, Christine van Gogh, Nikolaus E. Wolter, Jean-François Papon. ERJ Open Res 2024 Dec 16;10(6):00218-2024.
A Pain in the Neck Sixty Years On. Curtis N, Levi E. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2025;44:e16–e17
Radial forearm free flap reconstruction in a 3-month-old patient with undifferentiated pharyngeal sarcoma. T Lam, E Levi, J Shen, D Wilks, W Alexander. Microsurgery. 2024 Feb;44(2):e31149.
Trend in Airway Management and Associated Complications for Endoscopic Airway
Intervention Procedures for Subglottic Stenosis Between 2012-2022 – a Tertiary Centre
Experience from Melbourne Australia. J Emmerson , A Elsiwy , E Levi , YCM Tsai. Poster Presentation World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Singapore, 3-7 March 2024.
Surgical management of adult subglottic and tracheal stenosis: a 10-year institutional review. A Elsiwy, J Emmerson, M Tsai, E Levi. Oral Presentation. RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Otautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, 7 May 2024.
Otolaryngological burden of disease in children with primary cilliary dyskinesia in Victoria Australia. S Baird, D Wong, E Levi, P Robinson. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2023 Oct; Volume 173
Laryngeal myxedema as a cause of reversible subglottic stenosis in a newborn. E Levi, L Nisa. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 11/2022, Volume 162.
Airway management in patients with lingual thyroid – a case report and review of the literature. L Nisa, S Morrison, E Levi. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. Vol. 279 Issue 7, pp. 3289–3295, 2022.
Making decisions about surgical intervention for drooling in children with neurodisability. M Cooper, E Levi, M Desai, E Downey, S James, D Chong. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Sep;63(9):1127-1128.
Postoperative admission to paediatric intensive care after tonsillectomy. E Levi, A Alvo, B Anderson, M Mahadevan. 2020. SAGE open Medicine vol 8:1-5.
Paediatric petrous temporal bone fractures: a 5-year experience at an Australian paediatric trauma centre. J Leung, E Levi. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2020;3:6.
Managing oneself before managing others: a health advocacy core competency. E Levi. ANZ J Surg 2019. Vol 89: 1494-1496.
Longitudinal analysis of Voice Handicap Index in early glottic cancer patients treated with transoral laser microsurgery: age, gender, stage and time dependence. C Lane, M Rigby, R Hart, J Trites, E Levi, SM Taylor. Journal of Laryngology Otology. 2019 Apr; 133(4): 318-323.
Awareness to Action: The challenge of doctors’ mental health. E Levi. Surgical News Sept 2018. Vol 19 (8): 14-15.
Mentally and physically safe workplaces: the challenge of doctors’ well-being. Eric Levi. ENT & Audiology News 2018. 27 (4).
Double button battery ingestion – The “macaroon” sign. E Littlehales, E Levi, N Mills, R Metcalfe, J Hamill. Journal of Paediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2018. 36:36-39
Interview with Prof Graeme Clark, Inventor of Bionic Ear. E Levi. ENT & Audiology News. 2017. 26(4): 105-107.
The Incidental Thyroid Lesion in Parathyroid Disease Management. Alamoudi U, Levi E, Rigby MH, Taylor SM, Trites JRB, Hart RD. OTO Open March 2017.
Absence of Ulnar Artery Inflow Detected by Allen’s Test Prior to Radial Forearm Free Flap. Taylor B, Alzhrani F, Levi E, Taylor SM, Trites J, Rigby MH, Hart RD.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017;5:e129.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Children with Tinnitus. E Levi, EK Bekhit, & RG Berkowitz. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 2015. 124(2):126-131
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the lingual artery: a rare complication of parapharyngeal abscess. Badloo K. Levi E. Downie L. Rose E. Wagner T. Lubitz L. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. 48(11):1045-6, 2012 Nov.
Walking on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children’s Lives. E Levi. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2010 Apr. 80(4): 291.
Making the Cut. E Levi. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2010 Mar. 80(3): 193.
Learning the Art of Research through Small Group Mentoring. E Levi, D Chiu. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2009 Sept. 79(9): 660-660.
Operating on Patients on Warfarin: A simple and safer alternative. D Chiu, M Grigg, E Levi. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2009 May. 79(5): 409-410.
Prevalence of cardiac murmurs and acute rheumatic fever in schoolchildren in rural Nepal. HS. Lim1, PMY. Cheng1, ATH. Chen1, E. Levi2, A. Maskey3, DL. Hare1, O. Farouque1. (1) Austin (2) Box Hill Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia (3) Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Kathmandu, Nepal. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2007;16:S2:S68.