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Joshua D. Lenchus, DO
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Joshua D. Lenchus, DO, RPh, FACP, SFHM, is the medical director of Aetna’s Florida market in the Southeast region and the AOA’s Third Vice President and Trustee. He previously served as the senior vice president and chief medical officer for Broward Health, a four-hospital health care system. He also served as a hospitalist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he achieved the rank of associate professor of medicine, anesthesiology and radiology, and was an associate program director for the internal medicine residency for nine years.
Dr. Lenchus is passionate about patient safety. In 2007, he developed an innovative curriculum focused on simulation-based invasive bedside procedural instruction. The program significantly improved the teaching and execution of medical procedures, reducing complications and enhancing patient safety. Recognized as a national expert in this area, Dr. Lenchus has shared his patient safety program with other institutions, including the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Virginia Commonwealth University.
He is a past president of the Florida Medical Association, where he was the first DO to hold this position, and a past president of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association. He is also a past Regent and former Chair of the AOA Public Policy Committee. Currently, he serves as a senior fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Lenchus has received numerous awards throughout his career, including being inducted as a faculty member into the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. He has also conducted numerous workshops at conferences, secured over $2 million in grant funding and published his team’s work in peer-reviewed journals. His contributions have earned him multiple teaching awards, including the prestigious 2016 BAYADA Award for Technological Innovation in Health Care Practice from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.
A highly sought-after public speaker at local, regional and national levels, Dr. Lenchus’ areas of expertise include opioids and controlled substances, leadership, point-of-care ultrasound, politics and medicine, professionalism, wellness and legislative advocacy. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine and his pharmacy degree from the University of Florida. He completed his internal medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
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