Dr. Lawrence is the 59 EMDS squadron commander at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX, overseeing the only Level 1 emergency department in the USAF. Prior to this, she served four years as the chief of medical staff and attending emergency physician, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA. In addition, Dr. Lawrence serves as the chief emergency medicine consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). In a prior assignment she served as commandant, School of Medicine, USUHS. She is the former president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and served seven years as a member of the ACEP Board of Directors, including as chair of the board in 2008-2009. Dr. Lawrence is the current secretary/treasurer of the National Trauma Institute. Dr. Lawrence received her medical degree at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1988 and completed an emergency medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center. She entered the Air Force in 1984 on an HPSP scholarship and began active duty in 1992 upon completion of her residency.