Dr. Andrew Jay Laster, MD
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Andrew J. Laster, MD, FACR, CCD is a partner in a 6 member rheumatology group in Charlotte, North Carolina and has been in private practice since 1986. He is an Assistant Consulting Professor of Medicine at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and Clinical Instructor in Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. Dr. Laster earned his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and did his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed his fellowship in Rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Laster is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Dr Laster has been an active member in the ISCD for over 15 years. He served as President from 2009-2010 and currently chairs the Public Policy committee. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2005. Dr Laster has been an invited panelist for ISCD Position Development Conferences in Denver …(2000), Cincinnati (2003) and Vancouver (2005) and is currently a member of the Task Force for the 2010 PDC in Bucharest Romania. He also serves on the ISCD clinical faculty as a lecturer for both the Bone Densitometry Course and the Vertebral Fracture Assessment Course.
Dr Laster has been active in crafting health care policy at the national and state level to ensure appropriate patient access to osteoporosis care. He was a member of the ISCD coalition that drafted the Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 which was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (Public Law 111-148) signed into law by President Obama on 3/23/2010. In 2000, Dr Laster was appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to be the physician representative for the North Carolina Osteoporosis Task Force. He chaired the committee which drafted a bill, since ratified, that mandates insurance coverage for DXA studies of qualified non-Medicare beneficiaries in North Carolina. He currently is advising the state of North Carolina in the writing of Medicaid DXA coverage guidelines.
Dr Laster has been a principal investigator in multiple clinical trials in both post-menopausal and steroid-induced osteoporosis. He serves as a faculty member and consultant for a number of pharmaceutical companies, as well as a lecturer at CME programs in the field of osteoporosis.
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LOCATIONS
1918 Randolph Rd Ste 600
Charlotte, NC, 28207
Tel: (704) 342-0252
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
200 Hawthorne Ln
Charlotte, NC, 28204
Arthritis And Osteoporosis Consultants Of The Carolinas
7810 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy Ste 300
Charlotte, NC, 28277
Mon8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
SPECIALTIES
CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Graduated 1979
Residency
Duke University Medical Center
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED (43)
- Accepts Medicaid
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- BCBS NC Blue Local
- CIGNA Open Access Plus
- UHC Options PPO
- Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Coventry Carelink - Carolinas HealthCare System Tier 2
- CIGNA HMO
- UHC Navigate HMO
- PHCS PPO
- BCBS NC BlueOptions
- BCBS NC Blue Select
- UHC Compass HMO
- BCBS Blue Card PPO
- Multiplan PPO
- BCBS NC Blue Value
- UHC Navigate POS
- First Health PPO
- UHC Choice Plus POS
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Choice POS
- Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Humana National POS
- Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
- Aexcel PPO
- Blue Select
- Blue Advantage
- MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
- UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
- UHC Nexus Open Access
- Aetna APCN Open Access Aetna Select
- Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
- Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- BCBS NC Blue Advantage/Options
- BCBS NC Blue Home with Novant Health
- BCBS TN Blue Network L
- BCBS TN Blue Network P
- Bright Health Plan Individual & Family
- Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Medica Choice With UHC
- BCBS TN Blue Network S
- Aetna Open Access or HMO Plans
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