Bio
Gregory J. Lawler, D.O., is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Board Certified Interventional Pain Management Physician, specializing in the treatment of neck and low back pain. Dr. Lawler uses minimally invasive techniques to treat spine pain, increase function and decrease the requirement for pain medicine. Dr. Lawler performs advanced pain management techniques of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine including discography, transforaminal epidurals, radiofrequency, spinal cord stimulator, nucleoplasty and has hospital privileges to surgically assist cervical and lumbar discectomy/fusion.
Dr. Lawler is noted in the field of Pain Management and is recognized as a “Leading Physician of the World”, “America’s Best Physician”, “Guide for America’s Top Physician”, as well as “Cambridge’s Who’s Who among Osteopathic Physicians”. Dr. Lawler was featured on American Health Front, profiled on CBS-2 New York, as an Expert in the field of Pain Medicine. He has written in the past for a publically traded health and wellness website. Dr. Lawler is an instructor of physical diagnosis and early clinical experience at Touro College of Osteopathic Medical School. He has taught anesthesia to resident physicians for several years. Additionally, he was recently recognized and received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in 2015, as well as Continental Who’s Who.
Gregory J Lawler, D.O., is fully accredited in the field of Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. He stays up to date with the newest techniques and is an active member in The American Society of Pain Medicine, North American Spine Society, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and American Society of Anesthesiologist. Dr. Lawler was recently acknowledged and received Competency Certification in Fluoroscopic Interpretation and Radiation Safety and additional certification in Controlled and Dangerous Substances both by the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians. Dr. Lawler was recertified by the American Board of Pain Medicine and is credentialed until 2025.
Education
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Education
Kirksville, MO
1989 - 1993
Columbia University - Medical Education
NY, New York
1987 - 1988
Boston University - Pre-Professional Education
Boston, MA
1982 - 1987
Awards/Honors
Expert Consultant in Pain Medicine, 2013
www.Pazoo.com is an international publically traded internet-based medical web site.
Award for Pain Management, 2010-2012
Leading Physicians of the World
2010 Champions of Medicine
Awarded by Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Listing in Cambridge Who's Who among Osteopathic Physicians, 2007-2008
Guide to America's Top Physicians, 2006
Accreditation by Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc, 2006
Recipient of outstanding teaching evaluations by St. Joseph Anesthesia residents, 1998-2002
Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society, 1990-1991
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Pain Medicine Recertification until 2025
American Board of Pain Medicine, 2005
Diplomat American Academy of Pain Management, 2003
Board Certified American Board of Anesthesiologists, Non Term Limits, 1998
Diplomat of National Board of National Osteopathic Medical Examiners, 1994
Publications
Weekly Educational Postings
Pazoo.com
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials as an Index of Motor and Sensory Loss Following Spine Surgery
Other contributors include Nuesa, W. Weisman, G., Stanec, A.
Post Deficiency Acquisition of Iron by Choroid Plexus
Society of NeuroScience
1989
Other contributors include Dwork, N.
An Autoradiographic Study of the Uptake and Distribution of Iron by the Brain of a Young Rat, Brain Research
1990
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials as an Index of Sensory of Motor Loss Following Laminectomies
Neurological Society of Anesthesiologists
1996
Other contributors include Weisman et al