General Info

Dr. Lawlor was born and raised in Arizona. He obtained a bachelor of interdisciplinary studies with emphasis in sociology and chemistry from Arizona State University (Go Devils!). Upon graduation, Dr. Lawlor moved with his wife and children to Kansas City, MO and attended four years of medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. After graduating from medical school Dr. Lawlor completed a three year internal medicine residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He then completed two additional years of fellowship training in Rheumatology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In Dr. Lawlor’s final year of fellowship he served as chief fellow in Rheumatology and assisted in the teaching of residents working in Rheumatology. Dr. Lawlor developed a passion for teaching while in residency and fellowship and has continued teaching and mentoring residents to this day from the Midwestern Internal Medicine Residency Program at Verde Valley Medical Center. Dr. Lawlor has been practicing Rheumatology in Arizona since 2010. He loves being a Rheumatologist and helping patients successfully treat their arthritis and autoimmune disease, but his greatest joy comes from being a father and husband. Dr. Lawlor and his wife have six children which keep them on their toes.