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Dr. John RT Monson is the Executive Medical Director of Colorectal Surgery and the Digestive Health Institute and Surgery Institute at AdventHealth, Central Florida. He is also a Professor of Surgery at the Loma Linda Medical School, Florida State University and University of Central Florida, College of Medicine. Dr. Monson is a colon and rectal surgeon and fellowship trained in surgical oncology, vascular surgery and colon and rectal surgery. He is the founder of and serves as Clinical Director of the Surgical Health Outcomes Consortium (SHOC) at AdventHealth, Orlando.
Prior to moving to Orlando, Dr. Monson became Chief of the University of Rochester, School of Medicine Division of Colorectal Surgery and Vice Chair of its Department of Surgery in 2008. He was also the founder and Director of the Surgical Health Outcomes and Research Enterprise (SHORE) as well as Vice-Chairman for Research.
Dr. Monson, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, served as a Professor of Surgery, Head of the Academic Surgical Unit, and Deputy Head of the School of Medicine at the University of Hull in England between 1993 and 2008 before relocating to Rochester, New York.
Dr. Monson, whose areas of expertise include the use of minimally invasive technologies in colorectal cancer treatment including Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEMS), laparoscopy and robotic surgery. Dr. Monson has been involved in basic research into a broad range of cancer-related areas and qualitative assessments of decision-making in cancer care.
Dr. Monson is a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and served as the Chair of the ASCRS Research Committee and a member of the Foundation Board for six years. He is also currently a member of the IBD and International Committees having previously served on the Membership, Rectal Cancer Cor-ordinating, Standards and Public Relations Committees as well as the Executive Council. He is a Co-Editor for Diseases of Colon and Rectum and Digestive Surgery and serves on multiple editorial boards including Annals of Surgery and the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. He is a Fellow of all Four Royal Colleges of Surgeons in the British Isles (and Honorary Fellow of three) and is an Honorary Fellow of the ASGBI and the Society of University Surgeons.
He has published almost 400 scientific papers and 5 books. His current research continues to focus on health care delivery and the implementation of change within health care systems with a particular emphasis on cancer care. In addition, he serves on the Executive Committee of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer having completed two terms as a member of the Commission on Cancer.