Meet the Moderator: Dr. LaKesha Legree, M.D. ’99

Dr. LaKesha Legree M.D. ’99, an accomplished general anesthesiologist, medical consultant, and expert witness, graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1999 as a Science Pre-Professional major.  She went on to attend medical school at the University of Iowa and completed her residency training in Anesthesiology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York.  Dr. Legree is also the founder and CEO of Dr. Legree & Associates Medical Expert Services Firm.  Its focus is to assist/support attorneys in fields such as personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal defense, and other litigations to gain context of all medical data and information pertinent to their cases.  Additionally, her firm provides specialized expert opinions in the form of reports, depositions, and trial testimony.  As a health and wellness enthusiast, Dr. Legree often gives corporate talks and leads conference discussions about a  wide variety of health and wellness topics.  Her approach to teaching combines the dissemination of information with engaging dialogue so that all in attendance can walk away with a clarified understanding of medical conditions, pharmaceutical solutions, associated alternative methods, and the overall significance of self-care in achieving optimal health.  Dr. Legree has been featured in the Charlotte Post, the Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, and katiecouric.com.  She has shared her expertise on media outlets such as the Black News Channel, WCCB Charlotte, WSOC Charlotte, WCNC Charlotte, AM Joy with Joy Reid on MSNBC, with Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Erika Bryant and with the US Black Chamber of Commerce.  Dr. Legree is also the proud mom of an 11-year-old daughter, Lael, and a 1-year-old French Bulldog fur baby, Sir Pickles.