Kathy Leeper, MD, FABM, IBCLC

Medical Director & Breastfeeding Medicine Specialist

 

drleeperDr. Leeper is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed her pediatric residency in Minneapolis and spent four years in a private pediatric practice in Lincoln. After the birth of her second child, she was home with her children for almost five years before MilkWorks opened. Dr. Leeper is a founder of MilkWorks and serves as its Medical Director. She is one of a very few breastfeeding medicine specialists in the country and was honored as a Fellow in the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine in 2010. Her knowledge of lactation and her compassion for mothers make her a leader in her field. When she is not helping mothers and babies, Dr. Leeper enjoys singing in her church choir, gardening and practicing yoga.

Read more about Dr. Leeper in the Spring 2013 edition of the Nebraska Medicine magazine.