It’s really important that we be careful in the language we use lest it lead to profiling of individuals associated with the crisis. This is just something we need all to avoid. She is one of only a handful of openly transgender government officials in the United States. Dr. Rachel Levine. Rachel Levine, physician general for the state of Pennsylvania, dines with her mother Lillian Levine, in Harrisburgon May 16. “Robert Portogallo’s online bullying of Dr. Rachel Levine is disgraceful. Dr. Levine is currently the Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine. Dr. Levine is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and the Academy for Eating Disorders. Levine is transgender and has a close relationship with her mother. In her daily press briefing Tuesday, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said 674 cases of the coronavirus has been detected in the state's long-term-care facilities. Rachel L. Levine (born 1957) is an American pediatrician currently serving as the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health.She also serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine.She was previously Pennsylvania's Physician General. This behavior is unacceptable and must not be tolerated.