Thomas J. Lawley, Md

Dr. Thomas Lawley was appointed dean of the School of Medicine in 1996.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Lawley graduated magna cum laude from Canisius College and received his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He trained in dermatology at Yale University, in Buffalo, New York, and at the National Institutes of Health, where he began as a clinical associate and became a senior investigator. Board certified in dermatology and in dermatological immunology, he came to Emory's School of Medicine as chair of the Department of Dermatology in 1988 and increased the then-unranked department's national rating to third place.