Karin S. Leschly

Dr. Leschly has been a primary care doctor practicing full-spectrum family medicine at EBNHC since 2005. In her previous role as Medical Director of Quality and Population Health, she led numerous initiatives to improve clinical quality, foster innovation, and transition to value-based care. As CQO, Karin will be responsible for the oversight and direction of quality improvement initiatives and population health programs across the organization.

During her tenure at EBNHC, she has also served as the Family Medicine Department Medical Director. In this role, her quality improvement interventions started with work to improve COPD management and HPV vaccinations using evidence-based guidelines to improve patient care and clinical outcomes. She also led several other departmental initiatives, including continuity site expansion of Boston University Family Medicine Residency, behavioral health integration, and the opening of an advanced access site in Winthrop.

She is an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Boston University, where she precepts BUFM residents and teaches BU medical students. Outside of work, you can usually find her with one of her five daughters, her husband of 25 years, three dogs, or jogging on a New England trail. She received her BA in biochemistry from Harvard, her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and completed her residency in Family Medicine at Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island/Brown University.