21877-Spera, Leigh

Leigh Spera, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Burn Unit Medical Director

Burn Fellowship Program Director

Email
lspera@iu.edu
Address
720 Eskenazi Avenue
H4-827
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Bio

Dr. Spera is triple board certified in general surgery, plastic surgery, surgical critical care, and specialty trained in acute burn care and burn reconstruction. She grew up in the greater Chicagoland area, completing both undergraduate and medical education at Loyola University Chicago. She then pursued general surgery and plastic surgery training at Indiana University, followed by a burn and surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Spera’s practice focuses on acute burn care and burn reconstruction at the Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health and the Riley Hospital for Children Speedway Burn Unit where she serves as Medical Director and Burn Fellowship Program Director. She also manages facial, hand, and lower extremity trauma, abdominal wall reconstruction, and general plastic surgery pathology. 

Her research interests include education in surgical training, optimization of burn resuscitation, excisional techniques in burn debridement, and reconstructive methods and outcomes of traumatic lower extremity wounds. 

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