About Dr. Lawson

• What are you looking for in your medical practice & your life?

• Decreasing reimbursements troubling you?

• Frustrated by bureaucratic control & regulation?

• Desiring more personal time?

Not only can Dr. Lawson coach you to a better medical practice & life, but he is unique among physician coaches because he knows your struggles first hand as an actively practicing physician in the trenches experiencing daily the same problems and frustrations that you are experiencing.

Who better to be coached by?  Dr. Lawson is a fellow physician who knows the current problems, struggles, and frustrations that only a 15 year veteran of a high volume, high pressure regional trauma & medical center, emergency department can know.  Combining his past experience with his present practice of medicine and coaching, he is uniquely qualified to coach you through any situation you might be facing.

Dr. Lawson is a Stanford trained, board certified emergency physician, professionally trained, certified, and accredited physician coach, consultant, quality assurance & risk management director, and recognized speaker who combines his rare and unique expertise with his passion for coaching.

Dr. Lawson possesses a rare grouping of talents and expertise that form a toolkit of unprecedented value to you.  He will help you to clarify the direction of your life, strategize your actions, upgrade your skills, optimize your practice environment, and master your ability be resilient & thrive in any situation.

By choosing to work with Dr. Lawson, you will create less stress & more time while becoming more resilient and discovering your true life of abundance.

Background & Experience:

As a scholarship athlete at Stanford University, he was known as a team and community leader spearheading drunk driving prevention program while winning 2 NCAA Water Polo National Championships, and as a McClellan Scholar and William C. Davis Prize winner, Dr. Lawson graduated with AOA honors in the top 15% of his medical school class while creating and founding several medical school educational programs.  Dr. Lawson founded and directed the S.M.I.L.E. educational program and was in charge of the Stadium Medicine Program while in residency.

Currently Dr. Lawson is 15 year veteran, partner and full time practicing Emergency Physician at the high volume Mission Hospital Regional Trauma & Medical Center.  He is the acting Director of Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement for the Emergency Department at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center.   He is a member of the ethics committee, physician wellness committee, and Quality & Research Committee.  He was founder of the nurse & physician liaison committee, creator of the curricula titled the Vital Signs of Healing & Nurse Visionaries, and is actively involved in physician & nursing coaching & education.

Dr. Lawson holds numerous coaching certifications, and he is an active physician and healthcare professional coach with special training & emphasis in physician coaching.

Dr. Lawson is active in his community as a leader in men’s growth and development, marriage mentoring and education teaching courses marriage intimacy as well as founder and author of several metaphysics curricula.

If you were to ask Dr. Lawson what his single greatest accomplishment & life experience has been and continues to be, he would immediately answer: His 20 years of marriage to the woman of his dreams, and his 3 kids.  He would also share that a few of his unique attributes are lifelong learner, quirky/pug dog humor, and inspiration.

Education & Credentials:

Dr. Lawson is an Accredited Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation and is a Certified Co-Active Professional Coach recognized as one of the premier coaching certifications world-wide.  He is also certified in the subspecialty of Physician Coaching by the Physician Training Institute, and he is a member of the Orange County medical Association Physician Wellness Committee.  He also holds certification in The Leadership Circle 360 assessment and Strengths Deployment inventory assessments.

Dr. Lawson received his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Stanford University, his Doctorate of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College, and his internship and residency training at Stanford University Hospital.

Contact Information:

Drew
Andrew Lawson, MD, FACEP, ACC, CPCC
Lawson Coaching & Consulting, LLC

Cell: 949.400.5216 ★ Skype: 949.200.6202
“Creating more time for life…”