Office of the Dean
The
Office of the Dean oversees all aspects of Emory School of Medicine's
tripartite mission of education, research, and patient care. It ultimately
is responsible for safeguarding and managing the interests of approximately
450 medical students, 1,050 residents and fellows, and 1,830 full-time
faculty.
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D.
423 School of Medicine Building
Executive Administrative Assistant: Linda Townsend
404-727-5631, FAX 404-727-0473
E-Mail: ljtowns@emory.edu
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D.
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D. is Dean and William P. Timmie Professor of Dermatology at Emory University School of Medicine. He was appointed Dean in September 1996 having served the previous year in the Dean’s office as Interim Dean and Executive Associate Dean.
Dr. Lawley is an internationally known expert in autoimmune skin diseases. He is a graduate of Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He attended SUNY/Buffalo School of Medicine where he graduated with honors. He trained in Dermatology at Yale, Buffalo and The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and spent the early years of his career as a clinical investigator. He was senior investigator at the NCI/NIH Dermatology Branch in 1988 when he left to become Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Emory. His research interests include the cell biology of endothelial cells and the regulation of cell adhesion molecules and inflammation. He has published over 150 original articles and chapters.
Dr. Lawley has served on many boards and committees, including NIH study section and NIAID Council. He is currently Chair of the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and also serves on the AAMC Administrative Council. He is President of the Emory Medical Care Foundation, Emory’s physician practice plan at Grady Hospital and Chair of the Emory Children’s Center. He is on the Boards of Directors of the Emory Clinic and Emory Healthcare. He is also a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the American Clinical and Climatologic Association. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Pfizer Award, the Hoechst Award, the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the Marion Sulzberger Award given by the American Academy of Dermatology as 1995 Professor of the Year in Dermatology, and the Stephen Rothman Memorial Award given by the Society of Investigative Dermatology. He is President Elect of the Society of Investigative Dermatology.
His accomplishments
as Dean include increasing Emory School of Medicine and NIH sponsored
research funding by more than 3-fold to more than $190M per year,
and guiding Emory to a top 20 ranking among U.S. Medical Schools.
Under his leadership strategic plans for research, teaching, and service
have been implemented. An aggressive construction program has been
undertaken - one that is unprecedented in Emory’s history - adding more than 1,000,000 square feet of space, including a new medical education building.
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