Dr. Stephen Levin, helped after 9/11, dies

A doctor who helped bring attention to the medical needs of first responders at the World Trade Center has died at age 70.

Dr. Stephen Levin died Feb. 7 at his home in upstate Upper Grandview.

His death from cancer was confirmed by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan.

Levin was a co-director of Mount Sinai's Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Levin and his staff set up a clinic that treated thousands of rescue workers for illnesses including asthma and bronchitis.

Levin and his colleagues released several studies analyzing the health effects of the terrorist attacks.

Levin stepped down as head of the Sept. 11 clinic in 2006 but continued to see patients.

-- AP