Janet Leigh, B.D.S., D.M.D.

Janet E. Leigh B.D.S., D.M.D., is Professor and Chairman of Oral Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). She holds a secondary appointment in the LSU School of Medicine and is on faculty at the LSUHSC School of Graduate Studies. She has received numerous awards including the Pfizer Award for Excellence in Research, Education, Patient Care and Community Outreach and the New Orleans City Business Women of the Year award.
Dr. Leigh received her B.D.S. from the University of London, and her D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine and her clinical practice background includes dental care for medically complex patients in both hospital and private practice.

Her work on the development of innovative oral health-care delivery systems, HIV/AIDS clinical research, work-force issues and rural pediatric initiatives IS funded by HRSA and NIH. She serves on the Louisiana’s Governor’s Commission on HIV and AIDS and as an ambassador with the National Health Service Corps. Following Hurricane Katrina Dr Leigh spearheaded the efforts to re-establish dental services in New Orleans while the LSU Dental School was temporarily relocated to Baton Rouge. Her work focuses on access to care issues and expansion of the dental safety net, funding of research and care delivery, development of clinical practice boundaries in cross-discipline collaboration, development of future healthcare work-force and education of that work-force in a culturally appropriate manner.