Passionate about precision wordsmithing. Calm in a crisis. Few communicators have been in the middle of as many front-page breaking stories as Doug Levy. Firefighter and EMT, award-winning investigative reporter and communications leader at three of the nation’s top medical centers, Doug works with public information officers on how to get emergency messages out to the public fast – when lives are on the line. His first book, The Communications Golden Hour®: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts was No. 1 in its categories on Amazon after its release in April 2018.
As a reporter, Doug revealed tobacco industry secret research on cancer and addiction, mismanagement at celebrity-run charities, and conflicts of interest in medicine. This work garnered multiple awards, including a Peabody.
He has held key communications roles at three of the nation’s top medical centers, guided C-level executives and their organizations through complex crises, and established effective ways to tell their stories, protect and build their brands, and improve their public images. He has prepared Congressional testimony and worked with legal teams on corporate liability or other litigation. He also has advised public safety agencies on communications strategies and tactics.
Specialties: Public relations, issues management, crisis management, reputation, corporate communications strategy, health care policy, clinical research, data analysis, translational science, population health, public health, writing and analysis, social media, community relations, law enforcement social media, public safety, privacy, HIPAA, emergency management, wine, food, hospitality, travel and media training.
Admitted to practice law in Maryland (inactive.)
