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the University of Florida College
of Medicine Wall of Fame. Dr. Lezama
College of Medicine to be enshrined.
Dr. Lezama is one of the longest running
Chiefs of Medicine in the country in the
numerous contributions to the medical
improvement, emergency management,
medical humanism, program innovation,
and public service.
After graduating from Jesuit, he
Dr. Lezama completed medical school
his training in Internal Medicine at the
University of South Florida College of
Medicine. Among his accomplishments
during his three-year residency training
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excellent clinical care and leadership
of the youngest physicians in the history
selected to that leadership role. During
his career, he also has served as Associate
Program Director of the USF Internal
the USF Department of Internal Medicine,
and Professor of Medicine at the
University of South Florida.
Dr. Lezama’s lengthy list of career
accomplishments and honors includes
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Best Exemplary Physician Role Model
of the USF College of Medicine for
the American Association of Medical
In addition to his medical student
teaching, Dr. Lezama also teaches resi-
recognized as one of the top 10 Internal
Medicine Physicians by the American
featured on the cover of their magazine,
and earned the ACP’s Distinguished
of Florida.
Dr. Lezama also is an innovator in
emergency disaster preparedness. Citing
his commitment to Jesuit’s ‘Men for
Others,’ motto, Dr. Lezama volunteered
as the Deputy Director for Mass Casualty
in Hillsborough County from 2005 until
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dinated the reception of patients from
the USS Comfort, and provided direct
recognized for his role in Operation Haiti
the State of Florida Surgeon General, and
that same year for a National Medical
coordination of federal, state, and county
emergency services as a speaker at the
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agement meetings.
The University of Florida has previously
recognized Dr. Lezama’s accomplishments
via selection into the Alpha Omega
Alpha Medical Honor Society in 2010.
University of Florida.
Dr. Lezama is married to
have three children, Kaitlyn, a senior at
the Academy of Holy Names, Derek, a
freshman at Jesuit, and Madeline, a third
grader at AHN.
October to celebrate the UF College
of Medicine Wall of Fame induction
celebration is planned for October 2021.
Dr. Jose Lezama ’89’s distinguished career in
medicine is recognized with the University of Florida
College of Medicine’s highest medical honor