B.J. Lawson

B.J. Lawson
Born	William T. Lawson, Jr. March 30, 1974 Plantation, Florida
Residence	Cary, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Education	Duke University, Duke Medical School
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Chief Software Architect
Known for	Software company, congressional campaign
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	JoLynn Lawson
Website	http://www.lawsonforcongress.com

William "B.J." Lawson (born March 30, 1974) is a Republican Party politician who ran for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina's 4th congressional district (seat currently held by David Price) in both the 2008 and 2010 elections.

Born in Florida, Lawson attended Lakeland Senior High School in Lakeland, Florida, where he was president of the student council. He moved to North Carolina in 1992, where he graduated from Duke University with a degree in biomedical and electrical engineering and then from Duke Medical School in 2000.

During his time at Duke Medical School, Lawson became annoyed with the obscure and outdated methods doctors used to access patient data. A year into his neurosurgery residency with Duke (at Durham Regional Hospital), Lawson left to start, with another Duke Physician, Alan Ying, a software company that would help doctors access that data in a more timely fashion, MercuryMD. The company focused on providing easier ways for physicians and nurses to access patient records through PDAs. MercuryMD, grew to serve 200 hospitals and had 70 employees. The company was sold to Thomson Corporation, a multinational conglomerate, now known as Thomson Reuters.

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