2026 State Session - Prescribing Controlled Substances (Opioids) (2026 AC Live)

Joshua D. Lenchus, DO, RPh, FACP, SFHM holds a pharmacy degree from the University of Florida, and graduated from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Subsequently, he worked as a hospitalist for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he held the rank of associate professor of medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology, and served as an associate program director for the internal medicine residency for nine years. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the 4-hospital system of Broward Health. He is currently medical director for Aetna’s Florida market in the Southeast territory.

Outside the hospital, Dr. Lenchus is an experienced and sought-after public speaker, locally, regionally, and nationally. Topics of expertise include opioids and controlled substances, leadership, point-of-care ultrasound, politics and medicine, professionalism, wellness, and legislative advocacy, among others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was a frequent presence in the media, having been interviewed by the major local news stations in the Southeast Florida market, for local and national print, and on radio, including NPR.

Dr. Lenchus serves as a leader in organized medicine at multiple levels, including Past President of the Florida Medical Association, Past President of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, past Regent and current Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Board of Trustees member of the American Osteopathic Association, and former Chair of the Public Policy Committee and current Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.