Leigh received her undergraduate degree and postgraduate training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, graduating in 1983 from the Physician Assistant program with a surgical emphasis. She worked in Chicago in cardiac surgery for 7 years before relocating to Las Vegas in 1990.
Leigh has been working in Pain Medicine for nearly 10 years in both Las Vegas and St. George, UT. She has extensive knowledge of spinal disorders and orthopedics and enjoys the process of educating patients so that they have a full understanding of the options available to them.
She strives to combine compassion with education of multimodal therapies to help reduce suffering and improve quality of life for her patients.
During her time off, she enjoys swimming, tennis, pickleball, traveling and spending time with her 2 adult children.
Leigh is board certified with the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Nevada Academy of Physician Assistants.