Melanie Levin, M.D.

Melanie joins the One In Ten Board due in part to her love of cinema, her belief in film’s ability to deeply affect people and even change their minds about big issues and enrich their lives, and her desire to be involved in the local LGBT community.  Melanie “came out” in her mid-40s (she is 50 but people tell her she doesn’t look it).  Reel Affirmations 15 in 2005 was a huge step for her as she had attended prior festivals as a “friend of gays,” but attending RA15 as an out VIP was an exclamation point in her overall process of proud self-awareness and open identification.

Melanie has a deep, though distant, background in marketing and sales, which explains her knack for getting her friends and family to join in the fun by donating to and volunteering for causes and organizations she believes in.  It is her hope that this skill will help One in Ten in meeting funding and volunteering goals.

She currently works as a Pediatric Radiologist at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington where she has been on staff since completing her Fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at CNMC in the Fall of 1995. Her position includes an appointment to George Washington University School of Medicine and Healthy Sciences as an Assistant Professor in Radiology and Pediatrics. Prior to her Fellowship, she was a Radiology Resident at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she had attended medical school. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology, magna cum laude, from American University in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she sold everything from insurance door-to-door to hotel supplies for Ramada Inns to advertising pages for everything from trade publications to The Washington Post. All other information pertaining to her activities needs be dragged out of her over a nice glass of Chardonnay or a pineapple-infused vodka at Logan Tavern.

She is a mother of two girls: Jamie Rose, 20, a Junior at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and Talia, a ninth-grader at Georgetown Day School in Washington. (Melanie carries pictures of them at all times, so all you need do is ask.) She has many cohorts in the community of “mommies who used to be married to men,” so if anybody knows somebody who needs some guidance in finding their way through this transition, it is an issue near and dear to Melanie’s heart and she knows who to talk to.

When she isn’t working hard at doctoring or mentoring or mommying, or pouring her energies into One in Ten, she can be found road biking the local roads, spinning at U Street Results, kayaking the Potomac, hiking a nearby trail or skiing the mountains of Utah, Colorado or Montana. In fact, she can be hard to find in the winter months.