HONESDALE, PA — Laura Lynn Fierke joined Wayne Memorial Hospital’s neurology practice this past spring.
Fierke works alongside Julianne O’Boyle, M.D., board-certified neurologist, at their office in the Stourbridge Professional Complex, 600 Maple Ave.
They both offer in-hospital consults and office hours for new and established patients.
Fierke received her master’s degree in medical science from Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC in 2015. She joined Geisinger Health System almost immediately afterward, and served as the lead advanced practitioner for the northeast region before transitioning to chief advanced practitioner for neurology in 2021.
“It’s a privilege to help patients navigate their neurologic symptoms and diagnoses,” Fierke said, “educating a patient with neuropathy about why they feel so off balance, improving the quality of life for a patient with a terminal diagnosis, providing a medication that improves a patient’s gait and prevents falls, helping a patient decrease their daily debilitating headaches to only one per month, or appreciating a subtle exam finding that leads to stat imaging and a quicker diagnosis for a patient. That is a good day.”
Dr. O’Boyle welcomed Fierke and described her as “a definite asset to the community.”
Neurology providers diagnose, treat and manage disorders of the brain and nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves). Conditions they treat include stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), migraine, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, tremors, brain and spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, myopathy, dizziness and gait disorders.
Wayne Memorial Hospital offers physician and advanced practitioner services in 10 specialties: cardiology, gastroenterology, gynecology and uro-gynecology, nephrology, neurology, orthopaedics, pulmonology, surgery (general and robotic) and urology.
For an appointment with Fierke, call 570/253-8635. For more information about all Wayne Memorial services, visit www.wmh.org.