MSM, Meet the MSM Doctor Ronald M Lawrence

MSM Doctor Ronald M Lawrence M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of the UCLA
School of Medicine

Dr Ronald M Lawrence

Founding member of the American Association for the Study of Pain. Philip Noel Baker Research Prize Award, U.N.E.S.C.O. Council on Sports Medicine presented at Montreal Olympics, 1976

Introduction

Aged 74, with nearly 50 years in the medical profession Dr Lawrence has made major contributions to the study and understanding of non-drug pain relief. His tireless commitment has won him high acclaim in the field of professional sports.

His preference for using natural organic compounds for the treatment of disease has also made him a favourite of the health conscious Hollywood stars.

Dr Lawrence treated actor James Coburn with MSM.

The dramatic success story was covered extensively by Press and TV throughout the USA and has caused a huge wave of interest in the supplement.

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Qualifications

M.D. from the University of California, California College of Medicine at Irvine.

Bibliography

Copyright Material

Introduction

Qualifications

Memberships

Awards

Books

Executive
Positions

Media
Appearances

References

Master of Science in neurophysiology from New York University's Bellevue Division

Bachelors Degree in biology from New York University.

Ph.D. in psychology from California Western University.

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Memberships

American Academy for Pain Research; and the research Group on Pain, American Pain Association.

California Medical Association.

World Federation of Neurology.

American Academy of Neurology Section on Geriatric Neurology.

Founding member of the American Academy of Neuromuscular Thermography.

Founding member of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

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Awards

Philip Noel Baker Research Prize Award, U.N.E.S.C.O. Council on Sports Medicine presented at Montreal Olympics, 1976.

William Anderson Award of the American Alliance for Physical Education, Exercise and Dance (APHERD) for contributions to the field of physical education April 1992.

Healthy American Fitness Leaders Award, Presented by Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce 1994.

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Books and Scientific Articles

Author of 35 scientific and medical papers in the field of pain, neurophysiology, cerebral blood flow, EEG, sports psychology, neurology, periostel physiology, and toxicology of the nervous system.

The following is a partial list of papers and books published by Dr. Lawrence.

"The Pain Control Unit Nursing Program" Advances in Pain Research and Therapy. Vol. 1., 1976 Editors, J.J. Bonica, D.G. Albe-Fessard, Raven Press, New York

"The Effect of Low Temperatures on a previously Induced Modification of Response in Amoebae Proteus" Turtox News, Spring 1949

"The Psychology of Sports Competition" in "Therapeutics Through Exercise" Editors, D. Lowenthal, K. Bharadwaja, W.W. Oaks, Academic Press, New York, 1979

"The Role of the Physician in Exercise" in "Therapeutics Through Exercise" Editors, D. Lowenthal, K. Bhardadwaja, W.W. Oaks, Academic Press, New York, 1979

"Cerebral Blood Flow As Measured By Rhenoencephalography and the effects of Various Cerebro-active Drugs on Cerebral Blood Flow", Editor, H. Lechner Elsevier, 1968

"Autoinoculation For The Treatment of Herpes Zoster", Journal of Western Medicine, October, 1965

"Goodbye Pain", Woodbridge Press, Santa Barbara, CA,1989

"Going the Distance - The Right Way to Exercise After Age Forty", St. Martins Press, New York, 1987

"The Neurophysiology of the Periosteum and its Clinical Applications", Annals of Sports Medicine, Oxford University Press, 1987

"Sensory Evoked Potential Modification By Stimulation Of Skin and Periosteum of Bone in The Cat", American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol. 6, No. 2, April-June 1978

"Phantom Limb Pain: A New Hypothesis", Medical Hypothesis, Vol. 6:245-248, 1980

"Pain", Guest Editor, O.P., Vol x, 1975

"Pain Relief With Osteomassage", Woodbridge Press, Santa Barbara, CA 1982

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Executive Positions

President and Founder, American Medical Joggers Association (American Medical Athletic Association)

Board of Directors, American Himalayan Foundation, San Francisco, Ca.

Former Chairman, Department of Electroencephalography and Electromyography And Neurophysiology, Van Nuys Community Hospital, Van Nuys.

Ca Director, Inpatient Pain Control Unit, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Bel Air Hospital

Executive Director, Western Geriatrics Research Institute

Past President, American Running and Fitness Association Washington, D.C.

Secretary, American Academy of Sports Physicians.

Member, Sports Medicine Committee, Los Angeles County Medical Association

Former Co-Chairman of Sports Medicine, Amateur Athletic Union of U.S.A. (A.A.U.)

Secretary, Research Group on Pain of the World Federation of Neurology

Former Co-Chairman Sports Medicine Council, A.A.U./U.S.A. Junior and Senior Olympics

Consultant to U.S. Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Council 1980-84

Former Research Associate, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research International Health Division, New York 1946-1947 (Assistant to Nobelist Dr. Max Theiler)

President, International College for Hypnosis, Long Beach, California

Director, International Medical Marathon Directors Association

Medical Director, Western Hemisphere Marathon Culver City, California (2nd Oldest U.S.A. Marathon)

Board of Directors, California Society of Industrial Medicine And Surgery

Media Appearances

Throughout his career, Dr, Lawrence has appeared on over 200 radio shows and 30 TV shows across the United States. He has also been interviewed by numerous professional journals, news, and health publications on such topics as pain control, sports medicine and exercise.