Dr. Kelley Lawrence is an Associate Program Director at the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program in Cornelius, North Carolina and also serves as the Assistant Dean and Campus Director for the UNC School of Medicine Novant Health Charlotte Campus. A board-certified family physician, board certified breastfeeding & lactation medicine physician, fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, she completed both her undergraduate (BA Linguistics with a minor in Chemistry) and medical school training at UNC-Chapel Hill. She then completed her family medicine residency at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Program in Lawrence, Massachusetts where her area of concentration was maternal child healthcare, particularly breastfeeding medicine and low-risk prenatal/obstetric care. Dr. Lawrence has worked in an FQHC in an underserved community, a community-based free clinic, and an academic Family Medicine clinic and hospital. She was a founding faculty member of the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency program in 2015 and has practiced and taught full-scope family medicine. Teaching and nurturing the next generation of physicians gives her joy and purpose at work. Raising and nurturing five children with her husband sprinkles joy, purpose, and plenty of chaos at home!