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John P. Lawrence, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
john-lawrence@uiowa.edu
Office Telephone: 319-384-6328

Pediatric Surgery Clinic
Telephone: 319-356-2229

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Medical School:

  • Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

Residency:

  • University of Rochester School of Medicine; Rochester, New York

Fellowship:

  • Surgical Fellow, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certification:

  • American Board of Surgery, 1993
  • Pediatric Surgical Certification, 1996

Societies, Organizations, and Honors:

  • 1994-97 American College of Surgeons (Initiate)
  • 1994 British Association of Pediatric Surgeons
  • 1996 Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • 1996-97 Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • 1997 ACS Iowa Committee on Trauma (Associate Member)
  • 1997 Surgical Section, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • 1997 Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • 1998 Greater Albuquerque Medical Association
  • 1998 New Mexico Medical Society
  • 1998 American Pediatric Surgical Association
  • 1998 Pediatric Oncology Group
  • 1999 Southwestern Surgical Congress

Research Interests:

  • Cellular mechanisms involved in pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis

Current Projects:

  • Brevetti, K Kimura, G Brevetti, J Lawrence, R Soper: Pyocolpos: the diagnosis and treatment. J Pediatr Surg, 32(1):110-111, 1997.
  • JP Lawrence: Diagnostic modalities in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma. Current Surgery, 54(1):17-18, 1997.
  • J P Lawrence, L Brevetti, R Obiso, T Wilkins, K Kimura, R Soper: Effects of epidermal growth factor and Clostridium Difficile toxin B in a model of NEC. J Pediatr Surg, 32:430-433, 1997.

Recent Chapters:

  • CEH Scott-Conner, AT Mancino, J P Lawrence; The Surgery of the Spleen, Chapter In The Spleen, Stricture, Function, and Clinical Significance. Totowa, NJ, The Humana Press (1998).