Dr. Robert Norton MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
3181 Sw Sam Jackson Park Rd Department Of Emrege Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Robert Norton is a critical care surgeon practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Norton specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Norton has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 1977
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM- Medical Toxicology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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