Frank J. Lexa MD, MBA, FACR

Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR, is an academic neuroradiologist from Pennsylvania. He began his career with a visiting position at the Université de Bordeaux and has been a Professor of Radiology with additional leadership roles at several medical schools, including the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Arizona. He has been honored with several major scientific research awards, including the Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial Award of the American Society of Neuroradiology. He also works outside of academic medicine and was a member of the adjunct faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the marketing department for 17 years, where he taught both graduate and executive MBA students in the Global Consulting Practicum, working on five continents.

For several years, he also held an appointment as a Professor of Business Development in the Life Sciences at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, at the time the top business school in Europe. There, he twice won the prestigious “Prize of Excellence” for outstanding teaching. He served as an ASNR International Outreach professor in Lviv, Ukraine, in 2017 and in Tanzania in 2023. Dr. Lexa lectures, consults, and writes on issues at the interface of health care and business. He has authored over 175 peer-reviewed papers. He has given over 2,000 academic, invited, and Grand Rounds lectures. His book “Leadership Lessons for Success in Health Care” takes a systematic approach to becoming a medical leader. He has led and served on key national committees and task forces for major organizations in US radiology. For over a decade, he was the CMO of the Radiology Leadership Institute of the ACR, and in 2022-2023, he was the Vice President of the ACR and, in that role, also served on the Board of the CAR.