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Bio for John Lawrence, M.D.

John Lawrence, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Contact Information

E-mail: John.Lawrence@uvm.edu
Office Location: Pediatric Surgery, MFU-Fletcher 4th Fl Rm 464

Education

M.D., Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 1980
Family Practice Intern, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL, 1980-1981
Surgery Intern, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, 1985-1987
Surgery Research Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1987 - 1988
Surgery Resident, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, 1988-1991
Surgical Fellow, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, 1991-1993

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2011 - present
Staff Pediatric Surgeon, Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington 2008-2011
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical), Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 2006 - 2008
Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Iowa, International Programs, Iowa City, IA, 2004 - 2008
Associate Professor of Surgery (Clinical), Department of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 2001 - 2008
Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, 1997 - 2001
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1993 - 1997

Research Grants

Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Spelman Rockefeller 2004-05 $9,000
(CASSPR) Grant
The Role of Toll-like Receptors and C-typeLectins in Visceral Leishmaniasis Infections
PI: John P. Lawrence, MD

Awards and Honors

M4 Teacher of the Year Nominee, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2008
M3 Teacher of the Year Nominee, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2007
Best Doctors in America, 2006-7
Honorary Faculty Member to the Alpha Omega Alpha, 2006
M3 Teacher of the Year Award, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2005
M4 Teacher of the Year Award, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2005

Publications

Pinto EM, Ribeiro RC, Kletter GB, Lawrence JP, et al. Inherited germline TP53 mutation encodes a protein with an aberrant C-terminal motif in a case of pediatric adrenocortical tumor. Fam Cancer 2011;10 (1):141-6.

Adam LA, Lawrence JP, Meehan JJ. Erosion of the Nuss bar into the internal mammary artery 4 months after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum. J Pediatri Surg, 2008;43(12):394-397.

Woodhead J, Lawrence JP, Franklin E, Kreiter C, Bergus G. Using infant mannequins in OSCEs: Are there unintended consequences? Ambul Pediatr 2006;6(4):235-8.

Ephgrave K, Stansfield RB, Woodhead J, Sharp W, George T, Lawrence J. The Resident View of Professionalism Behavior Frequency in “Outstanding” and “Not Outstanding” Faculty. Am J Surg, 2006;191(5):701-5.

JP Lawrence. Medical Education in Cuba. Letter to the Editor. N Engl J Med 2005;352(13):1388-9.