Laura B. Lanning MD  

Laura Burge Lanning, M.D. is thrilled to be opening a new practice in Louisville.  After working as a part-time pediatrician for 3 ½ years, she is looking forward to working full time, doing the job she loves.  Dr. Lanning returned to Louisville in 2003, after spending seven years in Dayton, Ohio, where she completed her residency training and served as a general pediatrician at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Dr. Lanning was born and raised in Louisville. She attended Sacred Heart Academy, and went on to receive a B.A. in chemistry from Bellarmine College in 1992 (now Bellarmine University). She was the recipient of a U.S. Air Force Health Professions Scholarship for medical school and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1996. (She and Dr. Abbott were classmates!) She completed her pediatric internship and residency in August 1999 at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. 
 		 Dr. Laura B. Lanning
The Early Years!Dr. Lanning received the Billy F. Andrews M.D. Award for Pediatrics during her fourth year of medical school, and also the American Medical Women’s Association: Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation. She was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Professional Honor Society. She is board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Dr. Lanning has served on the Medical Care Appraisal Committee at Kosair Children’s Hospital, and in 2007, she was appointed as Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics by the University of Louisville which will enable her to provide education to medical students and residents.
Dr. Lanning thoroughly enjoys all aspects of general pediatric medicine, including health maintenance and prevention, as well as management of acute and chronic problems. Her hobbies include needlepoint, gardening, cooking, swimming, and outdoor activities with her husband and two sons.