Mary Despina Lekas

Mary Despina Lekas Picozzi (May 13, 1928 – January 24, 2023) was an American physician.

[3] Lekas was the first woman surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital, specializing in head and neck procedures.

[5] She was elected president of the New England Otolaryngological Society in 1980, the first woman to hold that executive position.

[1] She was a fellow of the Triological Society,[2] and was named Rhode Island's Woman Physician of the Year in 1992.

[1][7] She received the 2006 Metropolis of Boston Laity Award, for her contributions to the work of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Cranston, Rhode Island.