Author
Jeffrey J. Lehman, MD, FACS
Jeffrey J. Lehman, MD, FACS, is the medical staff president for Florida Hospital, an eight campus system that covers the Orlando metro area and has more than 2,500 physicians on staff. In addition to serving in medical staff leadership, Dr. Lehman is medical director of Center for Voice Care and Swallowing Disorders at the Ear Nose Throat and Plastic Surgery Associates, Orlando, Florida, which he founded in 1989. He completed medical school and residency at the University of Wisconsin, and trained in laryngology under Diane Bless, PhD, and Charles Ford, MD. In association with Dr. Hoffman Ruddy, Dr. Lehman provides clinical training to speech pathology students interested in voice and swallow, and is a clinical professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida. He is also a clinical professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida and at Florida State University, and teaches medical students and residents interested in otolaryngology. He is an active participant in clinical research, and was recently recognized with the Distinguished Service Award by the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.