Leon Lenchik, MD

About Me

Education: MD, Northwestern University Medical School, 1990
Internship: Surgery, Bridgeport Hospital, 1991
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Bridgeport Hospital, 1995
Fellowship: University California - San Diego Affiliated Hospitals, 1996
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Memberships: Society of Skeletal Radiology; National Osteoporosis Foundation; Society of Clinical Densitometry; Southern Medical Association; American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America; American Society of Bone & Mineral Research
Positions: Professor, Radiology
Departments and Affiliations: Radiology; Women in Medicine and Science

Opportunistic Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Size and Muscle Attenuation on Computed Tomography Predicts One-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. 2018 Aug;
Effect of Exercise Modality During Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease or Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.. Beavers KM, Walkup MP, Weaver AA, Lenchik L, Kritchevsky SB, Nicklas BJ, Ambrosius WT, Stitzel JD, Register TC, Shapses SA, Marsh AP, Rejeski WJ. J. Bone Miner. Res. 2018 Dec; 33(12):2140-2149.
Ultrasound of the Distal Insertions of the Ankle and Foot Tendons With Anatomical Correlation: A Review.. De Maeseneer M, Madani H, Lenchik L, De Mey J, Provyn S, Shahabpour M. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2018 Aug; 69(3):282-292.
Prediction of lumbar vertebral body compressive strength of overweight and obese older adults using morphed subject-specific finite-element models to evaluate the effects of weight loss.. Schoell SL, Beavers KM, Beavers DP, Lenchik L, Marsh AP, Rejeski WJ, Stitzel JD, Weaver AA. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2018 Jul;
MR imaging-anatomical correlation of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the hallux: Ligaments, tendons, and muscles.. De Maeseneer M, Moyson N, Lenchik L, Cattrysse E, Scafoglieri A, Roose R, Shahabpour M. Eur J Radiol. 2018 Sep; 106:14-19.

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