Harry Lever, MD

Harry M. Lever, MD, was the Medical Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic and a staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Lever specialized in echocardiography and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He retired in May of 2022.
Dr. Lever, is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Heart Association.
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, he completed his residency at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh and his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Rochester in New York. He has authored or co-authored 114 papers in Cardiology with the majority of them pertaining to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and is an advisor to the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, a support group for patients with the disease.
He has developed a deep interest in drug quality and safety. Dr. Lever was the subject of a chapter in Katherine Eban’s book, Bottle of Lies, a New York Times bestseller. He was coined the “Sheriff” of generic drugs in an article published by Medscape and recognized among The Best Physicians of 2021.