- Physician Info
Dr. Laster has been in private practice in Charlotte since 1986. He has had long-standing clinical and research interests in immune-mediated diseases and osteoporosis. He lectures frequently to healthcare providers on a national level.
- Education & Training
- Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. 1971-1975
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; 1975-1979
- Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; 1979-1980
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; 1980-1982
- Fellowship: Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 1982-1985
- Board Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine (1982)
- Rheumatology (1986)
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Academic Appointments
- Assistant Consulting Professor of Medicine, Duke University
- Current Professional & Committee Memberships
- American College of Rheumatology
- Board of Directors ( 2021-2024)
- American Society Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
- Osteoporosis International: editorial review board
- Mecklenburg County Medical Society
- North Carolina Medical Society
- American College of Rheumatology
- Awards & Honors
- America’s Most Honored Doctors – Top 1%: 2016 – 2023
- Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors: 2005-2023
- Charlotte Magazine Top Doctors: 2013-2023
- Vitals Top 10 Rheumatologists in North Carolina: 2014
- North Carolina’s Top Doctors 2022
- Vitals Patient Choice Award: 2012-2017, 2019, 2020
- Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award: 2011-2014, 2016,2017
- ARA Senior Rheumatology Fellow Award: 1986
- Phi Beta Kappa: 1975