Leon Lenchik, MD
- Professor, Radiology

Leon Lenchik, MD
- Education
- MD, Northwestern University Medical School, 1990
- Internship
- Surgery, Medical College Virginia Hospitals, 1991
- Residency
- Diagnostic Radiology, Bridgeport Hospital, 1995
- Fellowship
- University California - San Diego Affiliated Hospitals, 1996
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
- Memberships
- American College of Radiology
- Radiological Society of North America
- American Society of Bone & Mineral Research
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- Society of Clinical Densitometry
- Society of Skeletal Radiology
- Southern Medical Association
- Positions
- Professor, Radiology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Radiology
- Women in Medicine and Science
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention
Research
- Nomenclature of Subchondral Nonneoplastic Bone Lesions. Gorbachova T, Amber I, Beckmann NM, Bennett DL, Chang EY, Davis L, Gonzalez FM, Hansford BG, Howe BM, Lenchik L, Winalski CS, Bredella MA. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 11; 213(5):963-982.
- Machine Learning for Automatic Paraspinous Muscle Area and Attenuation Measures on Low-Dose Chest CT Scans. Barnard R, Tan J, Roller B, Chiles C, Weaver AA, Boutin RD, Kritchevsky SB, Lenchik L. Acad Radiol. 2019 12; 26(12):1686-1694.
- Opportunistic Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Size and Muscle Attenuation on Computed Tomography Predicts 1-Year Mortality in Medicare Patients. Lenchik L, Lenoir KM, Tan J, Boutin RD, Callahan KE, Kritchevsky SB, Wells BJ. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2019 06; 74(7):1063-1069.
- Lumbopelvic Muscle Changes Following Long-Duration Spaceflight. McNamara KP, Greene KA, Moore AM, Lenchik L, Weaver AA. . 2019; 10:627.
- ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Hand and Wrist Trauma. , Torabi M, Lenchik L, Beaman FD, Wessell DE, Bussell JK, Cassidy RC, Czuczman GJ, Demertzis JL, Khurana B, Klitzke A, Motamedi K, Pierce JL, Sharma A, Walker EA, Kransdorf MJ. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 May; 16(5S):S7-S17.