Education

• 1972 - B.S., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• 1976 - M.D., University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia
• 1976 - M.P.H., Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Fellowship and Training

• General Surgery
  • Internship and Second Year of Residency:
    North Carolina Memorial Hospital - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1978
  • Third, Fourth, and Chief Years of Residency:
    Medical College of Virginia - Richmond, Virginia
    July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1981
• Plastic Surgery
  • University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
    July 1, 1981 - June 30, 1983

Board Certification

• American Board of Plastic Surgery - November, 1986

Professional Society Memberships

• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • Board of Trustees 2006-2009
• American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
  • PSEF Board of Directors 2003-2005
  • PSEF Treasurer 2005-2006
• Plastic Surgery Research Council
  • Secretary-Treasurer 1991-1994
• Humera Society
• Womack Society
• American College of Surgeons
• Wound Healing Society
  • Board of Directors 1996-1999
• Forum for Academic Plastic Surgery
  • President 1996
• Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
  • Historian 2001-2004
  • Vice President 2004-5
  • President Elect 2005-6
  • President 2006- 7
• Tissue Engineering Society
• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Recent Publications

• Monaco, J.L. and Lawrence, W.T.:Acute Wound Healing: An Overview. Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 30:1-12, 2003.
• Lionelli, G. and Lawrence, W. T.: Wound Dressings. Surgical Clinics of North America, 83:617-638, 2003.
• Lawrence, W.T. and PSEF DATA Committee: Arnica. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 112:1164-1166, 2003.
• Lawrence, W.T.: In Pursuit of an Optimal Wound Closure Technique. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery 8:139-40, 2006.
• Lawrence, W.T. and PSEF DATA Committee: Nonsurgical Face Lift. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 118:541-545, 2006.
• Leahy, P.J. and Lawrence, W. T.: Biologic Enhancement of Wound Healing. Clinics in Plastic Surery 34:659-671, 2007.

Book Chapters

• Lawrence, W. T. and Lowenstein, A.: "Plastic Surgery" in SURGERY: Scientific Basis and Current Practice, Norton, J.A. (editor), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, pp. 1993-2019.
• Lawrence, W. T.: "Discussion of 'Soft Tissue Coverage'", in The Unfavorable Result in Plastic Surgery: Avoidance And Treatment (Third Edition), Goldwyn, R.M. and Cohen, M.N. (editors), Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2001, pp.99-102.
• Lawrence, W.T.: "Wound Healing Biology and its Application to Wound Management." in The Physiologic Basis of Surgery, Third Edition, O'Leary, J.P. (editor), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 2002, pp. 107-132.
• Lawrence, W. T., Bevin, A. G. and Sheldon, G.F.: "Acute Wound Care" . In ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice, WebMD, New York, 2002, pp. 121-141.
• Lawrence, W. T.: "The Normal Wound Healing Process", in Basic Science for Surgical Specialists, Argenta, L.C., (Editor), W.B. Saunders, 2004, pp.43-53.
• Hughes, K. and Lawrence, W.T.: "Scars and Scar Revision" in Reoperative Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Grotting, J.C. (Editor), Quality Medical Publlishing, 2007, pp. 113-145.

Other Issues

• Leadership Positions on the Boards of ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) and AAPS (American Association of Plastic Surgeons)
• Past President of the Association of Academic Chairmen in Plastic Surgery

Who's Who

• Who's Who in America- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Strathmore's Who's Who- Lifetime
• Best Doctor's in Kansas City-2007, 2008