Lawrie trained as a general pathologist at Concord Hospital in Sydney, and since then has had a long history of involvement in the provision of pathology services to clinicians. Prior to his move to Hobart, he was Chief Executive Officer of Southern.IML Pathology at Wollongong in New South Wales, a position he held from 2000. Previously Lawrie was a partner and pathologist at Barratt & Smith Pathology, becoming that organisation's Chief Executive Officer in 1995.As a general pathologist, Lawrie has training and experience in all areas of pathology. Apart from his clinical and administrative work, he also has extensive involvement in the development of computer systems to improve the quality of pathology result generation and reporting. He has been a major contributor to the specifications and logic for an expert system for interpretative commenting and event failure detection for pathology testing. This is a groundbreaking system that is incorporated into Hobart Pathology’s main laboratory information system, “Apollo”.Lawrie has served on many committees for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, including Council from 2000 to 2007. Lawrie was also a Branch Councillor of the NSW Branch of the AMA.Hobart Pathology has a well established record for providing the highest quality pathology services with unsurpassed commitment to medical practitioners and the southern Tasmanian community. In his role as CEO, Lawrie continues this proud history.