ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Series - 2/13/2006
Lawrence C. Mohr
Dr. Mohr is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Environmental Biosciences Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. From 1987 to 1993 he served as White House Physician on the staffs of President Ronald Reagan, President George Bush and President Bill Clinton.
Dr. Mohr received an A.B. degree with highest honors from the University of North Carolina where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was presented the Merck Award for excellence in chemistry. He received his M.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
From 1982 to 1983, Dr. Mohr served as Chief Resident in the Department of Medicine at Walter Reed. He was then assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington, where he served as Command Surgeon in the 9th Infantry Division. He returned to Walter Reed in 1984 as Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Mohr served as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Army. He completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, parachute training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and jungle warfare training at Fort Sherman, Panama. His assignments included service as the commanding officer of units in the 101st Airborne Division, Republic of Vietnam, and the 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Officer Advanced Course and the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He retired from the U.S. Army Medical Corps with the rank of Colonel.
Dr. Mohr remains active in patient care, medical education and clinical investigation. During his tenure at the White House he held academic appointments as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at George Washington University. Dr. Mohr is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been elected as a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians. In addition to the practice of internal medicine, he has special interests in diseases of the chest, environmental medicine, clinical epidemiology and international health.
Dr. Mohr is married to the former Linda Johnson of Evergreen, North Carolina. They have one daughter, Andrea.