Biography

Leigh L. Speicher, M.D., is board certified in Internal and Aerospace Medicine. She serves as a consultant within the Section of the Executive Health Program. She is the Medical Director for Patient Experience. She served as the Director of the Covid-19 Virtual Clinic where she oversaw telemedicine services and infusions for outpatients with Covid-19. Dr. Speicher is an assistant professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Speicher earned her BS degree at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. She then obtained her medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She completed a general surgery internship at the National Navy Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She studied internal and aerospace medicine in her residency program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, where she also completed a Master of Public Health degree. Dr. Speicher is a north Florida native who has served as a flight surgeon at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. She is a licensed private pilot and a Senior Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aeromedical Examiner. She worked in the medical appeals department for the FAA prior to joining Mayo in 2012. She enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and scuba diving.

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