L. Gregory Lawton, MD, FAAP, FAMIA
L. Gregory Lawton, MD, FAAP

L. Gregory Lawton, MD, FAAP, FAMIA

Gregory Lawton, MD, FAAP, FAMIA, is a pediatrician at CHOP Primary Care, High Point.  He is also the EHR Medical Director for CHOP’s Primary Care Network.

Areas of expertise: Pediatric Primary Care, Clinical decision support, Artificial Intelligence in medicine, Electronic health record optimization, Care standardization

Locations: Pediatric Primary Care, HighPoint

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About L. Gregory Lawton, MD, FAAP, FAMIA

Dr. Lawton is a board-certified primary care pediatrician practicing in Chalfont, PA. He graduated from Muhlenberg College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia on a U.S. Air Force scholarship.

He completed his internship and pediatric residency at David Grant Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of California, Davis. Following residency, he served as the pediatrician at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. After achieving the rank of Major and fulfilling his military commitment, he returned to the Philadelphia area in 2003 and joined the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Primary Care Network.

In addition to pediatrics, Dr. Lawton is board certified in clinical informatics and serves as the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medical Director for CHOP’s 31-site Primary Care Network. He is an active member of CHOP’s Digital Health team and has led key initiatives in telemedicine integration, symptom checker implementation, patient portal (MyCHOP) optimization, and, most recently, the rollout of electronic consults (eConsults).

Dr. Lawton also serves on CHOP’s Digital Transparency Team, which partners with patients and families to share laboratory results, imaging, and clinical documentation via MyCHOP, in alignment with the 21st Century Cures Act.

He is a long-time member of the Primary Care Network’s innovation group, The Possibilities Project, which conducts practice-based research to improve clinical decision-making through information technology, usability testing, and iterative process improvement. Ongoing projects include the implementation of headache triage tools for frontline clinicians and expansion of STI screening across the network.

As a leader on CHOP’s Artificial Intelligence team, Dr. Lawton is actively evaluating ambient listening technologies, AI-augmented message responses in MyCHOP, and AI-generated patient chart summaries for ambulatory care. His additional work focuses on leveraging insurance and utilization data to inform ordering practices for procedures, labs, and medications, improving adherence to clinical guidelines and documentation standardization across the network.

Dr. Lawton has presented his informatics work at Epic’s XGM and UGM conferences in Verona, Wisconsin; at AMIA’s Clinical Informatics Conferences in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Anaheim; and at the 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

In May 2024, he was recognized as a leader in clinical informatics with his induction as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA).

Titles

EHR Medical Director, CHOP Primary Care Network

Certifications

Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Informatics – American Board of Preventive Medicine

Awards and Honors

2024, FAMIA Inductee
1992, Phil Beta Kappa, Muhlenberg College
 

Leadership and Memberships

2-19, Physician Leadership Program Cohort

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Residency

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)

2025

Standardizing Universal Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care, Leigh Foppert, DNP, CRNP; Meera Siddharth, MD; Christina T Sweeney, MSN, CRNP; Jennifer Beals, MS; Kimberly Bennett, DNP, CRNP; Lisa Biggs, MD; Gabrielle DiFiore, MPH; Elena Huang, MD; Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP; Gregory Lawton, MD; Alexander Fiks, MD, MSCE; Maura Powell, MPH, MBA; Stephanie Mayne, PhD, MHS & Sarah Wood, MD, MSHP, CHOP's Annual Quality and Safety Day. May 2025, Philadelphia, PA.

Results of a Phased Approach to Increase STI Screening Rates in a Large Primary Care Pediatric Network, Lawton - American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, May 2025

AI Patient Summaries: Early Insights, Impact, and Advice – Proctor, Lawton, Mercado, Presentation, Epic Expert Group Meeting (XGM), May 2025

Sarah M. Wood, MD, MS; Gabrielle DiFiore MPH; Mary Kate Kelly MPH; Stephanie Mayne PhD, MHS; Gregory Lawton MD; Anthony Luberti, MD; Angela Rapposseli MS; Haley Richardson BA; Robert Gross MD, MSCE; Alexander G. Fiks MD, MSCE; Brian P. Jenssen MD, MSHP Effectiveness of clinical decision support in improving HIV screening in pediatric primary care,  (Poster abstract) Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, 2025.

2024

Stephon Proctor PhD, Shika Sinha MD, Greg Lawton MD:  CHOP to IT – Using AI to Reduce MyCHOP Message Response Time, Epic Webinar, October 29, 2024

Greg Lawton MD, FAAP, FAMIA; Tracey Polsky MD, PhD; Ashley Catanese; Sandra Astorino; Mike Wallace MHA, Jess Boyle; Bimal Desai MD, MBI, FAAP, FAMIA. Poster for Robust Vitamin D - 25-Hydroxy Ordering Clinical Decision Support is a Tasty Recipe for Clin-Fin-Stew (Clinical Financial Stewardship), Nudge Health Care Symposium, Penn Medicine, September 27, 2024
Jennsen B, DiFiore G, Powell M, Luberti A, Rappeselli A, Lawton G , Dalembert G, Wood S, Ford C, Biggs L, Fiks, A. Accelerating Innovation in Primary Care to Support Adolescent Health Discussions, Pediatrics (2024) 154 (1)

AI Walks into a Pediatrician’s Office Presentation, Lawton - American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, May 2024

McPeak K, Bracey E, Schlotter C, Powel M, Dalembert G, Lawton G, Jenssen B, Junod D, Ramachandran J, Fiks, A.  Nursing-direct nudges during triage calls can help children attain preventative care – Poster.  Pediatric Academic Society, May 2024.

2023

Clinical Decision Support Improves Adherence with Acute Otitis Media Treatment Guidelines in Ambulatory Pediatric Network Presentation, Lawton – American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, May 2023

Ku BC, Pitts CE, Lawton LG, Metjian TA, Chiotos K, Gerber JS, Beus JM, Zorc JJ, Hamida C, Lavelle J. Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship for Outpatient Treatment of Children Diagnosed with Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department, Urgent Care, and Primary Care. Poster Presentation, CHOP 12th Annual Quality and Safety Day. May 16, 2023, Philadelphia, PA.

Patient experience rating

(based on 111 submissions)
  • Provider listened carefully
    4.8 of 5
  • Trust provider with care
    4.8 of 5
  • Provider gave enough info about child's health
    4.7 of 5
  • Would recommend the provider
    4.8 of 5
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Comments

  • Dr. Lawton is absolutely incredible. He has our highest confidence. He is great with the kids. He makes them laugh and he makes them feel heard and he is just super accessible and engaging for them. He helps to really drill down on concerns I have as a parent, discusses them in a way where I feel like we can talk in front of my sons without it being upsetting to them or gluing them in on things that I'm asking about that maybe are beyond what they need to worry about right now. He is reassuring. He's able to provide an incredible context whenever he does address some concern that we have and he really is encouraging in helping parents feel like they can take care of their kids and partnering in doing so.
    5 of 5
    Jul 20, 2026

  • Dr. Lawton was great with my son. He answered all of our questions and was able to provide suggestions with things that we had questions about. He took time to listen to us and explain things to my son in terms he could understand.
    5 of 5
    Jul 17, 2026

  • He is very nice and great with the kids.
    5 of 5
    Jul 17, 2026

  • This was my daughter's 11-year-old annual well check. She stated, "he's very professional, but fun." we've been with Dr. Lawton since my daughter was an infant. He is why we drive a little further to the chalfont/High Point office
    5 of 5
    Jul 01, 2026

  • So kind and loving !
    5 of 5
    Jun 29, 2026
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About the Patient Experience Rating System

The patient experience rating is an average of all responses to the care provider-related questions from surveys submitted by patient families and verified by our survey partner National Research Corporation (NRC Health), an independent company that specializes in patient experience. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question. Responses are measured using percent positive scoring. Percent positive is the percentage of respondents who answered with the most desirable response. We are committed to transparency and sharing the voices of our patients and families. Comments are reviewed before posting to ensure accuracy, privacy, and relevance. To provide meaningful feedback, comments are displayed on provider profiles once a sufficient number have been received. All feedback is also shared internally to support learning, recognition, and continuous improvement. The comments reflect the experiences and perspectives of the patients and families who submitted them. The comments are not endorsed by and do not reflect the views of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.