Organizational Leadership

President, Meducate Global, LLC

Lawrence leads Meducate Global, LLC focusing on improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of health professions educators worldwide—including in low- and middle-income countries. He specializes in:

• Faculty development

• Capacity building of health professions educators and systems
   
• Communications and presentation skills training

• Continuing Professional Development and Interprofessional Continuing Education
   

With experience delivering healthcare education on six continents, Lawrence is actively engaged with global education organizations and initiatives.

• 2025 Frances Maitland Mentoring Award, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions
   
• Active contributor:  Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), European CME Forum

• Appointed Visiting Professor, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat Sen University in May, 2025
  
   

• Social Media Editor, Journal for Continuing Education in the Health Professions
   
• Editorial Board & Reviewer: Journal of CME, The Asia Pacific Scholar
   
• Reviewer for Medical Teacher
   
• Guest Editor, CPD Special Edition of Medical Teacher (Sept 2018)
   

Lawrence speaks globally on adult learning, innovation in CPD, assessment, presentation skills, and the role of humor in medical education.

Watch or listen to some of his featured presentations:

• 🎤 TEDxMaastricht
   
• 🎧 Write Medicine Podcast
   
• 🎥 Singularity University
   
• 📻 Lifelong Learning with Lawrence Sherman on ReachMD
   

He previously served as an Educator for Northwell Health’s Emergency Medical Institute and lectured in healthcare communication at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. Lawrence has also performed stand-up comedy—and once even took the stage at Carnegie Hall.