Lawrence D True

Lawrence True, M.D. is a board certified pathologist at UW Medical Center and a UW professor of Pathology and adjunct professor of Urology. He co-directs the Prostate Cancer Tissue Bank and is a member of the Prostate Cancer Leadership Committee at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and an affiliate member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Dr. True became a physician wanting to help patients, first in college as a volunteer at Boston City Hospital. As a diagnostic pathologist he has experienced the reward of helping patients by communicating the pathology of their disease. He is also investigating the application of innovative methods of tissue research using laser microdissection for proteomics, quantum dot-based immunohistochemistry and the 3-dimensional structure of prostate cancer.

Dr. True earned his M.D. from Tulane University. He is a member of regional, national and international pathology societies. As a grant-funded clinician scientist, he has served on multiple NIH study sections.