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Lester Duplechan, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Division Chief and Vice Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Residency Program Director, Endowed Professorship of Rehabilitation and Comprehensive Medicine


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Lester Duplechan, MD

Lester S. Duplechan, MD, earned his Bachelors Degree from California State University, Northridge, in 1986. He earned his medical degree from UCLA/Charles Drew School of Medicine in 1990. He completed his medical internship at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, California and his PMR residency at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as physical medicine and rehabilitation chief resident in 1994. Dr. Duplechan is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with a subspecialty certification in pain medicine. He is also board certified in neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine[EMG]. Dr. Duplechan is currently the Interim Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has special interests in musculoskeletal disorders, sports medicine, interventional and conservative spine care, EMG, peripheral nerve injuries, and musculoskeletal ultrasound.

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At UC Health, our providers are authors of healthcare’s greatest breakthroughs, and we’re always showing the world how science can win. In partnership with the University of Cincinnati, one of the nation’s top 25 public research universities, UC Health combines clinical expertise and compassion with teaching and leading-edge medical research—a combination that provides specialty and subspecialty care unavailable elsewhere in our community. Through scientific publications, we communicate our discoveries and advances in medicine every day.

Department

Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine

Education

Medical Degree

UCLA Charles Drew School of Medicine

1990

Residency

Emory University School of Medicine

Internship

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

Bachelor of Arts

California State University

1986

Board Certifications

American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

04-27-1996

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Pain Medicine)

09-09-2000

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

05-23-1995

Specialties

Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation