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Leon Lenchik, MD

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Education
MD, Northwestern University Medical School, 1990
Residency
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, 1991
Bridgeport Hospital, 1995
Fellowship
UCSD Medical Center, 1996
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Memberships
Southern Medical Association
Society of Skeletal Radiology
American College of Radiology
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Society of Clinical Densitometry
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Radiological Society of North America
Positions
Vice Chair for for Faculty Development, Radiology
Section Head for for Muscleoskeletal Imaging, Radiology
Assistant Dean, Faculty Mentoring
Professor, Radiology
Departments and Affiliations
Radiology
Faculty Mentoring
Women in Medicine and Science
Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention

Research

  • Publications
  • Imaging of Sarcopenia. Boutin RD, Houston DK, Chaudhari AS, Willis MH, Fausett CL, Lenchik L. Radiol Clin North Am. 2022 Jul; 60(4):575-582.
  • Change in Lumbar Muscle Size and Composition on MRI with Long-Duration Spaceflight. Greene KA, Tooze JA, Lenchik L, Weaver AA. Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Jul; 50(7):816-824.
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Inflammatory Back Pain: Known or Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis: 2021 Update. , Czuczman GJ, Mandell JC, Wessell DE, Lenchik L, Ahlawat S, Baker JC, Cassidy RC, Demertzis JL, Garner HW, Klitzke A, Maynard JR, Pierce JL, Reitman C, Thiele R, Yost WJ, Beaman FD. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 11; 18(11S):S340-S360.
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Plexopathy: 2021 Update. , Boulter DJ, Job J, Shah LM, Wessell DE, Lenchik L, Parsons MS, Agarwal V, Appel M, Burns J, Hutchins TA, Kendi AT, Khan MA, Liebeskind DS, Moritani T, Ortiz AO, Shah VN, Singh S, Than KD, Timpone VM, Beaman FD, Corey AS. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 11; 18(11S):S423-S441.
  • The QIBA Profile for MRI-based Compositional Imaging of Knee Cartilage. Chalian M, Li X, Guermazi A, Obuchowski NA, Carrino JA, Oei EH, Link TM. Radiology. 2021 11; 301(2):423-432.
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