Leon Lenchik, MD
- Professor, Radiology

Leon Lenchik, MD
- Education
- MD, Northwestern University Medical School, 1990
- Internship
- Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, 1991
- Residency
- Bridgeport Hospital, 1995
- Fellowship
- UCSD Medical Center, 1996
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
- American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology, Special Competence in Nuclear 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
- Association of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle metrics with overall survival and postoperative complications in soft tissue sarcoma patients: an opportunistic study using computed tomography. Boutin RD, Katz JR, Chaudhari AJ, Yabes JG, Hirschbein JS, Nakache YP, Seibert JA, Lamba R, Fananapazir G, Canter RJ, Lenchik L. . 2020 Aug; 10(8):1580-1589.
- CT Phantom Evaluation of 67,392 American College of Radiology Accreditation Examinations: Implications for Opportunistic Screening of Osteoporosis Using CT. Boutin RD, Hernandez AM, Lenchik L, Seibert JA, Gress DA, Boone JM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 02; 216(2):447-452.
- Value-Added Opportunistic CT: Insights Into Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia. Boutin RD, Lenchik L. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 09; 215(3):582-594.
- Marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is associated with progression from smoldering to symptomatic multiple myeloma. Amini B, Nakache YN, Nardo L, Manasanch EE, Sun J, Lenchik L, Boutin RD. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Jan; 50(1):79-85.
- Opportunistic muscle measurements on staging chest CT for extremity and truncal soft tissue sarcoma are associated with survival. Phan EN, Thorpe SW, Wong FS, Saiz AM, Taylor SL, Canter RJ, Lenchik L, Randall RL, Boutin RD. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct; 122(5):869-876.