Department of Internal Medicine

Rheumatology Faculty

George V. (Geordie) Lawry II, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Interim Director, Division of Rheumatology

Before joining the faculty at The University of Iowa, Dr. Lawry practiced internal medicine and rheumatology in Menlo Park, California from 1981-1993. He also held a voluntary clinical faculty teaching position at Stanford University during that time. In 1993, he and his wife, Judy, and their 5th generation California daughters, Megan and Molly, moved to Iowa so Dr. Lawry could join the UI faculty as a clinician-teacher.

He has consistently been selected by medical students and residents at the University of Iowa as one of the top teachers in the medical school, having been awarded Teacher of the Year by the M2 and M4 classes 10 times since 1993 and nominated by the M2, M3, and M4 classes an additional 10 times. He was also awarded Teacher of the Year by Internal Medicine Residents 5 times in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, and nominated again in 2007. In 1995, he was awarded the Lewis D. Holloway Award for Research in Health Science Education, and also was the recipient of the University of Iowa collegiate Teaching Award. In 1998, he was the University of Iowa College of Medicine nominee for the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, and in 2006, he was nominated for the AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award. In 2007, he was elected as one of 3 University of Iowa faculty to receive The President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence.

In 2003, Dr Lawry became the Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship.

Geordie Lawry photo
Medical School:
Johns Hopkins University

Residency:
Massachusetts General
Hospital
Stanford University

Fellowship:
University of California, Los Angeles

His Research interests center around education, curriculum development, and teaching effectiveness with a particular focus on developing a three-part sequential curriculum to teach the essential skills of musculoskeletal physical examination to students, residents, and practicing primary care physicians. Written study guides, teaching videotapes and an instructional CD-ROM (with links to an image gallery of abnormals) have been developed for the "Screening Musculoskeletal Exam (Part I) and the "General Musculoskeletal Examinations" (Part II) of the curriculum. Currently, written materials, VT and CD-ROM/DVD are being developed for "Regional Musculoskeletal Exams" (Part III) for the Shoulder, Knee, Neck & Low Back. The CD-ROM of the SMSE & GMSE were recently included in Bernstein J ed. "Musculoskeletal Medicine", 1 st ed. Rosemont, IL; American Acadamy of Orthopedic Surgeons; 2003 and in Harris ED, Budd RC Firestein GS et al, eds. "Textbook of Rheumatology" 7 th ed. Philadelphia, PA; Elsevier Science; 2004. Parts I and II of the curriculum currently are being utilized by a number of medical schools around the country, and Dr. Lawry and colleagues have been invited to deliver workshops on musculoskeletal examination techniques at American College of Physicians annual meetings from 1997 to the present.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American College of Rheumatology
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha

Recent Publications

Lawry, G.V., Schuldt, S., Kreiter, C.D., Densen, P., Albanese, M.A.: Teaching a Screening Musculoskeletal Examination: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Different Instructional Methods. Acad. Med., 74: 199-201, 1999.
Lawry, G.V.: The Screening Musculoskeletal Exam. 25-minute videotape and Study Guide. (The University of Iowa) © 1995-2004.
Lawry, GV: CD-ROM) of "Screening and General Musculoskeletal Examinations" (with links to image gallery of abnormals) © 2003-2004.
Petersen, K., Rosenbaum, M.E., Kreiter, C.D., Thomas, A., Vogelgesang, S.A., and Lawry, G.V. A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Educationsl Outcomes of Examination Room versus Conference Room Staffing. (In Press).

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