Tanya J. Lehky, M.D., CAPT, MC, USPHS

Capt. Lehky, M.D. is a Commissioned Corps officer and Chief of the Electromyography (EMG) Section under the Office of the Clinical Director, NINDS. She completed her medical degree at Georgetown University in 1985, followed by residency training in Internal Medicine at Children's Hospital of San Francisco and in Neurology at the University of Maryland. From 1991-1995, she did clinical fellowship training in the Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS, studying HTLV-1 retroviral infection in the CNS. From 1995-1999, she worked at CBER, FDA evaluating biological treatment of neurological disorders and extramural NIAID evaluating clinical trials in HIV neurological disorders.

In 2000, Dr. Lehky completed an EMG fellowship in the EMG Section, NINDS. She served as a staff neurologist at the National Naval Medical Center for several years; as both Director of the Multiple Sclerosis clinic and EMG Lab. She returned to the Clinical EMG Lab, NINDS in 2004 and has been Chief of the EMG Section, NINDS, since 2014. She is also the Program Director for the ACGME-accredited Clinical Neurophysiology Program which yearly accepts one EMG and EEG fellow for training. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Neurology with Subspecialty certification in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Medicine.