John M. Morton

Cross-Cutting Cardiology

Yale University

About

John M. Morton works in Cross-Cutting Cardiology affiliated with Yale University.

Dr. John Morton is the System Lead for Surgical Quality and Bariatric Services in the Yale New Haven Health System and Vice-Chair for Quality, Division Chief for Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. He previously served as Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine from 2003-2019. He received his MD and MPH from Tulane University and completed an advanced laparoscopic surgery fellowship at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Research focus

Bariatric and Metabolic SurgerySurgical Quality ImprovementObesity and Cardiac Risk FactorsMetabolic Outcomes Post-SurgeryPerioperative Management

Impact

356 pubs · 12,522 cites · h-index 58

Training

MD
Tulane University
1993
MPH
Tulane University
1993
MHA
University of Washington
1997

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor of Surgery (Bariatric, Minimally Invasive); Vice-Chair, Quality; Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery; System Lead, Surgical Quality

Yale School of Medicine / Yale New Haven Health System · 2019 - Present

Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Stanford University School of Medicine · 2003 - 2019