Leigh Ann Lather, MD, FAAP

Dr. Lather is currently Attending / Consulting in Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinic located at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital Clinics and at the UVA Orthopaedic Center on Ivy Road.  She is involved in Clinic-based teaching, conferences, and didactic lectures for Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents, Fellows, and rotating medical students.  She is a founding member of the national Pediatric Orthopedic Medicine group (POM), a Member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and member of the Section on Orthopaedics (AAP SOOr), active in several subcommittees. In an effort to ameliorate medical trauma in children with injuries and disabilities, she is also the caretaker/handler of a full-time service dog, awarded to her by Canine Companions (Home – Canine Companions). Her dog, Benicia, works alongside her in clinic to facilitate exams and procedures.