Associate Professor Term

Dr Lawrence is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist. she takes care of women with high-risk pregnancies, either related to medical problems that pre-date pregnancy or to complications that develop during pregnancy for the mother or baby (or babies).

A mother of three, Dr Lawrence doesn’t hesitate to share her own experience with preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition marked by high blood pressure that occurs only during pregnancy or the postpartum period.

Her research focuses on women with heart disease and preventing high blood pressure during pregnancy. She has been involved in a large national trial looking at using statins, a class of cardiac disease medications, to prevent preeclampsia. She does not currently perform deliveries.

Dr Lawrence believes in creating meaningful relationships with her patients and providing continuity of care.

Education and training

● MSCE - University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Epidemiology (2004)

● Fellow - University of Pennsylvania (2004)

● Resident - New York University (2001)

● Resident - Rush St Lukes Presbyterian Medical Center (1997)

● MD - The University of Connecticut, Medicine (1996)

● BA - Wellesley College, English