He earned his a BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He performed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and his Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Dr. Lawrence's areas of clinical expertise are melanoma and genitourinary malignancies. He also conducts research on symptom management and supportive care of cancer patients.