The Department was pleased to appoint Assistant Professor Leon Bacchus, MD, as its new Cardiothoracic Imaging Division Chief in March 2018. Bacchus joined the Department in August 2015 and will continue to serve as the Educational Liaison and Fellowship Director for the Cardiothoracic Imaging Division.
Bacchus completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency (2007-2011) at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA, 
followed by a Cardiothoracic Imaging fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY (2011-2012). Post-fellowship, he served as an attending Cardiothoracic Radiologist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY (2012-2015). For two of those years (2013-2015), Bacchus served as teaching faculty as Assistant Professor of Radiology at Hofstra University School of Medicine. He spent his Internal Medicine preliminary year (2006-2007) at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA, and completed medical school at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School (formerly Robert Wood Medical School), in Piscataway, NJ, (2002-2006).
As its new Chief, Bacchus looks forward to growing his Division’s relationship with clinical colleagues, furthering the department’s mission to medical education and research, and continuing to provide excellent subspecialty care.
He notes: “It is an honor and a privilege to be granted the opportunity to lead the Cardiothoracic Division. Dr. Molina’s mentorship over the years has most certainly played a major role in preparing me for this new position.”