Allen Lawrence, M.A., M.D., Ph.D
Experience
Associate, Preventive Medicine Clinics of the Desert, Palm Springs and Palm Desert, California, 2007-Present
Allopathic and alternative medicine, prevention, wellness, nutritional medicine, stress
reduction, immune system activation. Cancer detection and prevention,
heart disease prevention, weight loss programs, antiaging programs,
natural hormone programs. Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of :
diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart attack,
menopause, andropause, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, low thyroid,
digestive system problems, elevated cholesterol and triglycerides,
autoimmune disorders.
Owner, CEO Allco Medical Enterprices, Inc. and Medical Director, Health
Education Associates (HEA) and Desert Wellness and Healing Seminars,
Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange County, Palm Springs, California, 1990-Present
Medical
Practice and Development Consulting, Health Education Program
Development Consulting, Individual and group seminars and program on
wellness and healing. Design and implement wellness and health
education programs. Currently working with several spa resort hotels to
design wellness programs for their guests.
Medical Director, Medical Program Development and Consulting, ALLCO Medical Consultants, Los Angeles, California, 1998-Present
Medical
Practice Consulting and Practice Design and Development, Allco Medical
Consultants have designed, developed, constructed, initiated and
managed than 25 medical practices for physicians and entrepreneurs.
Allco Medical Consultant form=s business plan, develops practice guidelines, trains management, front and back office personnel and manages medical practices.
Associate Medical Director, Physician, LaVida IPA and LaVida Multi-Specialty Medical Centers Los Angeles, California, 1997-2001
LaVida
Medical Group and IPA was responsible for 200,000 lives and contracted
with 450 primary care physicians and more than 4,000 specialty care
physicians.
Medical Director, Kealia Medical Group Maui, Hawaii, 1994-1997
Co-Owner, Partner and Medical Director
NeuroDiagnostic Testing Service So. California, 1987-1990
Medical Director, DiversiCare and ActiveCare Medical Groups Los Alamitos, CA., 1985-1990
ActiveCare
Medical Group provided contracted medical and support services to more
than 20 medical practices in the Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley and
Orange County areas.
Private Practice Ob/Gyn and General Medicine, Kihei Physicians, Maui Clinic Maui, Hawaii, 1984
Private
practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology, general medicine. Physician for
Planned Parenthood. On staff at Maui Memorial Hospital.
Co-Founder, Medical Director, Medical Practice Development and Sales, LA Medical Practice Sales Los Angeles, California, 1980-1984
Located,
purchased, revamped, reorganized, grew and sold medical practices in
the Los Angeles, Glendale and San Fernando Valley areas of So.
California.
Medical Director, Physician and Consultant 1980-1984
Encino-Reseda Women's Health Centers Los Angeles, California
Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice, Consultant, Physician U.C.L.A. Student Health, Gynecology Section Los Angeles, California, 1973-1984
Employed
by U.C.L.A. Student Health as consultant to Student Health; Supervisor
and Instructor, Nurse Practitioner Training program U.C.L.A.;
Instructor in Gynecology to the Physician Assistant Training Programs
at U.C.L.A. Harbor General Hospital. Clinical Instructor and Adjunct
Professor, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.C.L.A. School of
Medicine, and the Department Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars Sinai
Medical Center.
U.S. Air Force, Vice Commander, 863rd Medical Group Agana, Guam, 1967-1969
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Zoology (B.A.) 1958-1962
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Medical Degree (M.D.) 1962-1966
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine Irvine, California
Internship in Medicine 1966-1967
U.S.C. Los Angeles County General Hospital, Unit I Rotating Internship Los Angeles, CA
Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology 1970-1973
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California
Master's Degree Nutrition (M.A.) 1981-1982
Pacific Institute for Advanced Studies Los Angeles, California
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Ph.D.) 1982-1983
Pacific Institute for Advanced Studies Los Angeles, California
Teaching Experience
Between the years 1974 and the present Dr. Lawrence performed as an instructor, lecturer or speaker at:
Clinical Instructor and Adjunct Professor, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Supervisor and Instructor, UCLA Nurse Practitioner Training Program
Instructor in Gynecology to the Physician Assistant Training Programs at UCLA Harbor General Hospital
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
University of California, Northridge, Department of Health Sciences and Sexuality, Northridge, California
California School of Psychology, Westwood, California
Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, California
Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, California
General Skills
Dr. Allen Lawrence has extensive experience in:
Developing and marketing medical and health education programs.
Business administration, management, financial aspects, budgeting, hiring, firing and staff development and training.
Computer: word processing, spread sheets, business programs letter and document writing.
Working
with people at all levels from the general public, professionals
(physicians, nurses, program directors, employers), employees, and
audiences of all sizes, nationalities and creeds.
Medical and psychological case management.
Promotion
of wellness, reduction of Stress-Related Disorders, anxiety and panic
disorders and management of stress both in personal life and in the
workplace.
Prevention and reversal of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and diabetes through nutrition and education.
Wellness and healing using techniques for Integration of Mind, Body and Spirit, prayer and visualization.
Psychoneuroimmunology, human behavior, the immune system and illness.
Lecturing,
speaking and personal appearances on radio and TV, cable, and has
numerous publications in medical journals, magazines and books.
Developing Internet websites.
Medical Skills
General Medical Practice and Office Gynecology
Working with Adults and Children
Skilled in Industrial Medicine
Phlebotomy, Suturing, Minor Surgery
Skilled
in counseling and development of treatment programs for most major
medical-health problems including: Atherosclerotic heart disease,
stroke (treatment and prevention), AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases,
hypertension, elevated cholesterol, wellness, general nutrition, weight
loss, industrial medicine, stress in the workplace, the full range of
women's health including prenatal and pregnancy care, prevention of
pre-eclampsia and toxemia of pregnancy, PMS, menopause, osteoporosis
and much more.
Media Credits
Television
L.A. Patterns - Natural Child Birth KTTV 1976
Caring Childbirth PBS TV 1977
Ben Hunter Show - Natural Child Birth KTTV 1978
Success - Hostess Della Reese Cable TV 1978
Everywhere Show - Premenstrual Syndrome NBC TV 1978
Hour Magazine - Childbirth After 35 CBS TV 1981
Venereal Disease A Personal Problem Cable TV 1981
Health - Premenstrual Syndrome Cable TV 1982
Sexuality and You: PMS and Sex Cable TV 1983
Television News
Birth Control Issues ABC News 1975
Birth Control Issues ABC News 1976
Radio
Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, in Hawaii 76KGU 1996
Reversal of Heart Disease and Stroke, in Hawaii 76KGU 1996
Stress and Stress Related Disease, in Hawaii 76KGU 1996
Newspaper - Magazine
V.D. Hoax Nor Horror Marriage & Divorce 1974
Women and Sex Playgirl Magazine 1978
Human Sexuality Japanese Magazine 1978
PMS Today Los Angeles Times 1982
PMS and Medicine Today Caducean 1983
Series of 3 Articles and 5 letters to the Editor Birth Control Issues, The Maui News 1984
Series of 4 Articles on Wellness SeaBreeze Newspaper 1985
Series of 4 Articles on Wellness Voice Newspaper 1985
Books - Pamphlets Published
Prenatal Manual CMER Publishing 1974
Manual To A Caring Childbirth CMER Publishing 1976
Endometriosis - A Woman's Guide CMER Publishing 1977
Premenstrual Tension Syndrome - A Guide To Symptom Relief ALLME Publishing 1981
Women's Sexual Development; Explorations of Inner Space, Kirkpatric,
Chapter titled: Self Help for Women in a Gynecologic, Practice Prentice Hall 1981
The
Role of Current Perception Threshold Testing in the Diagnosis and
Management of Neuro-Musculoskeletal Pain with Lisa Lawrence, M.S. 1992
Lectures
Accomplished
lecturer to audiences in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San
Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Mexico, and Guam. Topics
have included: Wellness, Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention, Heart
Attack and Stroke Reversal, Menopause, Osteoporosis Prevention, Sane
Weight Loss, Preventative Health, Premenstrual Syndrome, Venereal
Disease, Stress, Stress-Related Disorders, Huna Ancient Hawaii Healing
Practices, Huna Healing, Huna Prayer, History of Medicine, The Future
of Medicine and the American Health Care System, Real Problems and Real
Solutions In Today's Health Care, Stress in the Workplace, The
Stressed-Out Manager, Stress as a Cause of Time Lost on the Job,
Preventing Illnesses and Lowering the Cost of Employee Health Benefit,
Stress at Home--Stress on the Job.
Additional Publications and Media Experience
Allen
Lawrence has authored or co-authors more than 45 books, self-help
programs and patient education slide show presentations, educational
pamphlets and 500 medical articles and short publications. Dr. Lawrence
has lectured throughout the Continental U.S., Hawaii, Guam, and Mexico.
He has been featured on numerous television, cable and radio programs.
Dr. Lawrence has performed programs for and provided consulting
services for many major corporations including Lockheed Aerospace, Van
De Kamps Bakery, Suntrust Capital, Intratherpies, LaVida IPA and
Guardian IPA. Dr. Lawrence is the editor and Web master for Wellness on
the Web, with more than 60,000 visitors monthly. A complete list of
media credits and publications is available upon request
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