Lawrence Leslie Scharer

Background

Scharer, Lawrence Leslie was born on September 6, 1933 in New York City.

Education

Bachelor, Columbia College, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia College, 1958.

Career

Intern, resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1958-1960; resident, fellow chest diseases, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1962-1964; chief resident chief service, Bellevue Hospital, 1964-1965; associate clinical professor medicine, Columbia University, since 1974; attending physician, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, since 1972; acting director pulmonary division, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, 1985-1995; associate chief pulmonary/critical care medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, since 1995; associate attending physician, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, since 1976; assistant attending physician, New York Hospital, since 1972. Visiting lecturer medicine Cornell Univercity Medical College, since 1975.

Achievements

• Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.

Membership

Chairman respiratory services committee New York Lung Association, 1978-1985, board directors, since 1979, vice president, 1988-1990, president-elect, 1990-1992, president, 1992-1994. Board directors Stony Wold-Herbert Fund, Inc., since 1979. With United States Army Medical Corps, 1960-1962.

Fellow American College of Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine. Member American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, New York State Thoracic Society (councilor 1981-1984), American Society Internal Medicine, New York County Society Internal Medicine (board directors 1981-1989, president 1986-1988), New York State Society Internal Medicine (president 1993-1994, board directors since 1987).