Renata Lekhner, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Renata Lekhner is a well-established Certified Physician Assistant who has been practicing since 2010 and recently joined our Hospital Care Team in March 2025. She comes to PSONJ with over 15 years of experience as a Hospitalist. Renata previously practiced at Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, seeing patients in the emergency room as well as surgical and obstetrics/gynecology consultations. She joined our Hospital Medicine program in collaboration with Dr. Jason Shatkin and Dr. Michael Gross to provide comprehensive medical care for our admitted patients at The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey. As a Hospital Care Practitioner, Renata specializes in direct care for hospitalized in-patients with many different acute illnesses, primarily in areas of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology. Renata manages all aspects of patient care while they are admitted, as well as providing pulmonary consultations to patients with respiratory ailments who require further evaluation.
Renata has extensive experience in treating patients with a wide range of health conditions and prides herself in being an excellent care coordinator for our hospitalized patients, ensuring a direct line of communication between patients’ family members, care givers, social workers and all other physicians involved in their care. Renata’s excellent interpersonal skills and passion for medicine allow her to provide the personalized and compassionate healthcare our patients need while hospitalized.
Medical Professional Training
Renata achieved her Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology in May 2007 from Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York. She then entered into the Physician Assistant Program at Mercy College in New York where she graduated in August 2009, with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
