Colorectal Surgery Specialist Joins Department of Surgery

John R.T. Monson, M.D.

John R.T. Monson, M.D., a world leader in colorectal surgery and one of the most productive translational and clinical surgical scholars in the United Kingdom, joins the Medical Center as chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery and vice chair of the Department of Surgery. Monson was previously head of surgery at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.

He is one of six new surgical faculty joining the Department of Surgery. The recruits cut across and further strengthen the main priorities of the Medical Center’s Strategic Plan, according to Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D., Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery.

Monson specializes in minimally invasive and laparoscopic techniques for colorectal surgeries, including cancers. He has an interest in transanal resection of rectal cancer and has presented results of clinical trials of the technique at North American meetings. He will work closely with surgeons and oncologists at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. Click here to view complete CV.

He is an honorary fellow of the Society of University Surgeons, one of the most prestigious academic surgical societies in the United States, as well as a fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. A graduate of the University of Dublin Trinity College, he completed his medical and surgical internships in Dublin.