Department of Internal Medicine
Rheumatology Faculty
Medical School:
Johns Hopkins University
Residency:
Massachusetts General
Hospital
Stanford University
Fellowship:
University of California, Los Angeles
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.
From 2003-2008, Dr. Lawry was the Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship. He became the Interim Director of the Division of Rheumatology in 2008.
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.
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, G.V.: The General Medicine Exam. 43-minute videotape and Study Guide. (The University of Iowa) © 2001-2004.
- 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 Educational Outcomes of Examination Room versus Conference Room Staffing. Teach Learn Med. 2008 Jul-Sep;20(3):218-24.