Neurologist Laura Fleck, MD, of Carolina Spine & Neurosurgery Center has joined St. Luke’s Hospital medical staff. Dr. Fleck brings 25 years of experience to St. Luke’s Hospital, and she sees patients in the Columbus office. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Fleck is the director of the Conservative Spine Care Program for management and treatment of back pain. Dr. Fleck graduated from Albion College in Michigan in 1981 and attended

Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Ill., where she graduated magna cum laude in 1985. She completed her internal medicine internship in 1986 and her neurology residency in 1989, both at Northwestern University Medical School. She has extensive experience as a writer and lecturer on back pain management. Dr. Fleck moved to the area in 2002 after having her own practice in Arizona and Pennsylvania. She has also served as the clinical director for the Allegheny General Back Institute in Pittsburgh, Penn., and as the director of the Conservative Spine Care Program of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Mich. Dr. Fleck will share office space at Rosenberg Bone and Joint, 48 Hospital Drive, Building 2A, in the medical office park on the campus of St. Luke’s Hospital. For more information, call 828-255-7776.