Ryan E Lesh, MD
Dr. Lesh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and is a member of the Generalist group. In addition, he is one of the physicians who staffs our perioperative evaluation and optimization clinic. He completed his medical degree at the University of Rochester and his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Virginia. Following a basic-science research fellowship in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at UVA, he has served on the anesthesiology faculties of Columbia University and the University of Virginia.
Dr. Lesh’s clinical interests involve pulmonary physiology and ventilatory mechanics as they apply to patients undergoing general anesthesia in the operating room. He enjoys reviewing pulmonary physiology with both residents and medical students, especially as it applies to clinical problems. Additionally, he serves as guest faculty in a fourth-year medical school course that addresses the issue of patient suffering and the physician’s response to suffering.
In 2006, Dr. Lesh completed a Master of Divinity degree through the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. In Virginia, he serves as a Sunday supply priest, often in small local parishes.