Lawrence Johnson

About Lawrence Johnson

Scientifically rigorous Chief Medical Officer (CMO), global medical laboratory director, CAP CLIA accreditation, physician, published scientist, and inventor, recertified in anatomic pathology (surgical pathology), clinical pathology (laboratory medicine), and hematopathology, holding multiple medical licenses and New York State Certificates of Qualification (COQ), thinks outside the box, and works as a cross functional, cross-cultural team leader and builder. 20 year career including as a primary investigator, translational researcher, Vice President, and Global Medical Director in medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and Contract Research Organization (CRO) responsible for strategic acquisitions, operational excellence, global harmonization, accreditation, validation, Quality Management (QM), Quality Assurance (QA), and Quality Control (QC), phase I-IV clinical trials including hybrid / remote / virtual clinical trials with wearable medical devices, biometrics, in vitro diagnostic (IVD), companion diagnostic assays, lab developed tests, digital medical imaging, digital pathology, Real World Data (RWD), Real World Evidence (RWE), medical affairs, regulatory affairs, patient safety, adverse events, pharmacovigilance, bid defenses, evaluating clinical trial protocols, investigator / client facing meetings, developing algorithmic clinical trial testing, CLIA, CAP, HIPAA, FDA, GDPR, GMP, GLP, GCP compliance and 510K, PMA, IND, BLA, and NDA submissions.I consult with venture capital, private equity, global health systems, biopharmaceutical, and medical device manufacturers, serve as a CAP Inspector, Checklist Reviewer, and medical lab director in high volume, high complexity reference and research labs, work with Big Data, a transactional data warehouse, and an enterprise master patient index with 3.5 million patients with data going back to 1998 developing AI / machine learning driven testing using novel data analytics (velocity of change, relative change), performed the largest complete blood count (CBC) reference range study finding differences by gender and decade of age, publishing in high impact peer reviewed journals, wearing many hats, working across multiple disciplines, and serving as the Pathology Laboratory representative to Trailblazer and Novitas contracting with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for physician and testing payment. Therapeutic / Diagnostic Areas: Oncology, Hematology, CAR T, CRISPR, Gene Therapy, Vaccines, Immunotherapy, Biosimilars, Small Molecule and Large Molecule, Proteomics, and NGS.

Experience

1. Systems Director, Hematology

   Abbott

   Feb 2026 — Present · US

Education

• University of Virginia School of Medicine

  Internal Medicine Residency Program

  1995 — 1995

• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Hematopathology fellowship

  2002 — 2004

• Dartmouth College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies & Philosophy

  1987 — 1991

• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Surgical Pathology Fellowship

  2001 — 2002

• Washington University in St. Louis

  Pathology Residency Program

  1996 — 2001

• New York State Department of Health

  Certificate of Qualification CQ Code: JOHNL7, Certificate of Qualification (COQ or CQ)

• Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

  Doctor of Medicine (MD), Medicine

  1991 — 1995

• Dartmouth College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

Skills

• Medical Education
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Precision Machining
• Cloning
• Microarray
• Flow Cytometry
• Consulting
• Gene Expression Profiling
• Equity Research
• Asset Allocation
• Data Analysis
• Fiber Optic Cable
• Hematopathology
• In Situ Hybridization
• Anatomic Pathology
• Medical Information Systems
• Cad
• Hematology
• Analysis
• Coagulation
• Urinalysis
• Artificial Lift
• Asset Management
• Healthcare
• Data Mining
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Emerging Markets
• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Portfolio Optimization
• Hydraulics
• Healthcare Consulting
• Competitive Intelligence
• Equity Valuation
• Artificial Lift Design
• Quantitative Analytics
• Statistics
• Healthcare Management