Key Documents
John Morton
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Schedule appointmentSurgical Specialities Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr A160 MC 5313 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 736-7102 Fax (650) 736-1663Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-9777Administrative Contact Katt Clark Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-723-5672Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Bariatric Surgery
- Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
- Gastric Bypass
- gastric banding
- sleeve gastrectomy
Administrative Appointments
- Section Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine (2009 - present)
- Director, (SCORE) Stanford Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (2007 - present)
- Director, Surgical Quality, Stanford University Medical Center (2007 - present)
- Associate Editor, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, SOARD Journal for ASBS (2005 - present)
- Editorial Board, Obesity Surgery (2007 - present) View All 11administrative appointments of John Morton
Honors and Awards
- Ethan Sims Young Investigator Finalist Award, Obesity Society (2009)
- Excellence in Teaching, Stanford School of Medicine (2009)
- Best Student Poster, Stanford School of Medicine Research Symposium (2009)
- Most Newsworthy Abstract (only 5 of 800 chosen), Digestive Diseases Week (2009)
- Expert Panel on Bariatric Surgery for BMI< 35, RAND (2009)
Education & Community
Professional Education
- Fellowship: University of North Carolina, NC (2003)
- Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2002)
- Residency: Swedish Medical Center on Broadway, WA (2001)
- Residency: Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, LA (1999)
- Internship: Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, LA (1994)
Postdoctoral Advisees
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Web Site Links
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Bariatric Surgery
Evidence-Based Surgery
Publications
- Plasma Glucose and Insulin Regulation Is Abnormal Following Gastric Bypass Surgery with or Without Neuroglycopenia. "Obes Surg" 2009
- Endoscopy is accurate, safe, and effective in the assessment and management of complications following gastric bypass surgery. "Am J Gastroenterol" 2009 ; 3 575-82; quiz 583
- Succinylcholine: a useful drug in bariatric surgery. "Obes Surg" 2009 ; 4 537; author reply 538
- Benefits to patients choosing preoperative weight loss in gastric bypass surgery: new results of a randomized trial. "J Am Coll Surg" 2009 ; 2 241-5
- Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in the United States: 1997 through 2005. "Am J Ophthalmol" 2009
