JohnRMonsonMDMD, FRCS Ire(Hon),Ed(Hon),Glas(Hon),Eng

Formerly Executive Medical Director, Digestive Health and Surgery Institute, AdventHealth Medical Group, Colorectal Surgery, AdventHealth, Central Florida Region, Orlando, Florida. Now in Ridgefield, CT

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Office
12 Keeler Court
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone+1 585-754-4056

Summary

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 is credited with leading the development of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the United Kingdom and 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 led the development of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the United Kingdom since 1990 and was the founding Chair of the U.K.'s National Training Program. A lecturer and award-winning author of more than 375 peer-reviewed papers and over 100 book chapters, he is a former Vice President of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and served on the Executive Council of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. He was President of MIRCS (Multidisciplinary International Rectal Cancer Society) and is the current Vice-President of the OSTRiCh Consortium on Rectal Cancer.
Dr. Monson is a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and was formerly Chair of the ASCRS Research Committee and a member of the Foundation Board. He is also currently a member of the Rectal Cancer Coordinating Committee and Membership Committee having previously served on the Standards and Public Relations Committees. He is Co-Editor for Diseases of Colon and Rectum 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 is an Honorary Fellow of the ASGBI and the Society of University Surgeons.
His current research continue 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 served on the CoC and is a current member of the NAPRC Executive Council.

Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1989 - 1990
Mayo Clinic College of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1989 - 1990
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceFellowship, Surgical Oncology and Immunology, 1989 - 1990
University of Dublin Trinity CollegeClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2016 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2024 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2008 - 2025
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Honorary Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 2009
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Sir Peter Freyer Medal National University of Ireland, 2012
Honorary Fellow Association of Surgeons of G.B. and Ireland, 2010
Annual Robert Smith Lecture Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2006
Ad Hominem Fellowship Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2003
Honorary Fellow Society of University Surgeons (USA), 2002
California Surgical Society Prize Society of Surgical Oncology, USA, 1999
Best Poster American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 1999
Honorary Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1998
Member, Director James IV Association of Surgeons, 1998-1999
Piedmont Surgical Prize for Best Presentation American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 1997
Listed in the UK version of Who's Who 1997
International Travelling Fellow James IV Surgical Society, 1995-1996
14th Annual Millin Lecture Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1990
Annual Fellowship Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1989
Edward Halloran Bennett Medal in Surgery Trinity College Dublin, 1988
Best Poster Presentation Joint Meeting RCSI and American College of Surgeons, 1988
Travelling Fellowship Surgical Research Society, 1988
Postgraduate Travelling Scholarship in Surgery Trinity College Dublin, 1988
Sheppard Memorial Prize in Surgery Trinity College Dublin, 1988
Surgical Research Prize Eli Lily U.K., 1986
Gold Medal Leeds Regional Surgical Club, 1986
Best Poster Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Southern Surgical Club, 1985
Trinity Pink (International Shooting) 1977
Honorary Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
Honorary Fellow Society of University Surgeons
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Honorary Fellow Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

118 citations
Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer A Review
Reacct Collaborative, Alexandra M Zaborowski, Ahmed Abdile, Michel Adamina, Felix Aigner
JAMA Surgery. 2021-06-30
126 citations
Failure of Evidence-Based Cancer Care in the United States: The Association Between Rectal Cancer Treatment, Cancer Center Volume, and Geography
John R. T. Monson, Christian P. Probst, Steven D. Wexner, Feza H. Remzi, James W. Fleshman
Annals of Surgery. 2014-10-01
16 citations
Surgeon-, pathologist-, and hospital-level variation in suboptimal lymph node examination after colectomy: Compartmentalizing quality improvement strategies
Adan Z. Becerra, Christopher T. Aquina, Mariana Berho, Francis P. Boscoe, Maria J. Schymura
Surgery. 2017-05-01

Journal Articles

Nationwide Heterogeneity in Hospital-Specific Probabilities of Rectal Cancer Understaging and Its Effects on Outcomes
Christopher T Aquina, Larissa K Temple, Fergal J Fleming, Zhaomin Xu, Steven D Wexner, David W Dietz, Carla F Justiniano, John R Monson, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Poor compliance with adjuvant chemotherapy use associated with poorer survival in patients with rectal cancer: An NCDB Analysis
Xu Z, Mohile SG, Tajani MA, Becerra AZ, Probst CP, Aquina CT, Arsalanizadeh R, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Cancer, 1/1/2017
The impact of age on complciations, survival and cause of death following colon cancer surgery
Aquina CT, Mohile SG, Tejani MA, Becerra AZ, Xu T, Hensley BJ, Arsalani-Zadeh R, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Nokes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Br J Cancer, 1/1/2017
Emergent colectomy is independently associated with decreased long-term survival in colon cancer patients
Xu T, Becerra AZ, Aquina CT, Hensley BJ, Justiniano CF, Boodry C, Swanger AA, Arsalanizadeh R, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/1/2017
Surgeon-, pathologist- and hospital-level variation in suboptiomal lymph node examination after colectomy: Compartmentalizing quality improvement strategies
Becerra AZ, Aquina CT, Berho M, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Surgery, 1/1/2017
Timing of surgical resection for curative colorectal cancer with liver metastases
Ali SM, Pawlik TM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Monson JR, Chang GJ, Larson DW, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2017
Nonelective colon cancer resection: A continued public health concern
Aquina CT, Becerra AZ, Xu T, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Surgery, 1/1/2017
Transanal minimally invasive surgery for local excision of benign and malignant rectal neoplasia: Outcomes from 200 consecutive cases with midterm follow up
Lee L, Burke JP, deBeche-Adams T, Nassif G, Martin-Perez B, Monson JR, Albert MR, Atallah SB, Ann Surg, 1/1/2017
Missed opportunity: Laparoscopic colorectal resection is associated with lower incidence of small bowel resection compared to an open approach
Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Ann Surg, 1/1/2016
Groin hernia repair, surgeon volume and patients reported outcome measures (PROMs)
Aquina CT, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JRT, Surgery, 1/1/2016
High volume improves outcomes: The argument for centralization of rectal cancer surgery
Aquina CT, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Iannuzzi JC, Hensley BJ, Rickles AS, Noyes K, Fleming FJ, Monson JRT, Surgery, 1/1/2016
Watch and Wait? - Elevated pre-treatment CEA is associated with decreased pathological complete response in rectal cancer
Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Aquina CT, Kelly KN, Tejani MA, Gonzalez MG, Hensley BJ, Rickles AS, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/1/2016
Risk Factors for postdischarge venothromboembolism after colorectal resection
Iannuzzi JC, Aquina CT, Rickles AS, Helsley BJ, Probst CP, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Dis Colon Rectum, 1/1/2016
Evaluating the prognostic role of elevated preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen levels in colon cancer patients: Results from the National Cancer Database
Becerra AZ, Probst CP, Tejani MA, Aquina CT, Gonzalzez MG, Hensley BJ, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2016
Sterotactic navigation for TAMIS-TME
Atallah S, Larach SW, Monson JRT, Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 1/1/2016
The Impact of surgeon volume on colostomy reversal outcomes after Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis
Aquina CT, Probst CP, Becerra AZ, Hensley BJ, Ianuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Surgery, 1/1/2016
Surgical readmissions: results of integrating pre-, peri- and post surgical care
Noyes K, Baack-Kukreja J, Messing EM, Schoeniger L, Galka E, Pan W, Xueya C, Fleming FJ, Monson JR, Mohile SG, Francone T, Nurs Open, 1/1/2016
Regional multistream systems in cancer care delivery
Noyes K, Monson JRT, Rizvi I, Savastano A, Green JS, Sevsalis N, J Oncol Pract, 1/1/2016
Variation in hospital-specific rates of suboptimal lymphadenectomy and survival in colon cancer: Evidence from the National Cancer Data Base
Becerra AZ, Berho ME, Probst CP, Aquina CT, Tejani MA, Gonzalzez MG, Xu Z, Swanger AA, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2016
A blueprint for robotic navigation: pre-clinical simulation for transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME)
Atallah S, Zenoni S, Kelly J, Tilahun Y, Monson JR, Tech Coloproctol, 1/1/2016
Lymph node yield is an independent predictor of survival in rectal cancer regardless of receipt of neoadjuvant therapy
Xu Z, Berho ME, Aquina CT, Hensley BJ, Arsalanizadeh R, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, J Clin Pathol, 1/1/2016
Patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction should be primarily managed by a surgical team
Aquina CT, Becerra AZ, Probst CP, Xu Z, Hensley BJ, Iannuzzi JC, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ, Ann Surg, 1/1/2016
Patient perspective on care transitions after colorectal surgery
Kelly KN, Noyes K, Dolan J, Fleming F, Monson JR, Gonzalez M, Sevdalis N, Dozier A, J Surg Res, 1/1/2016
Development of the American Socity of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' Rectal Cancer Surgery Checklist
Glasgow SC, Morris AM, Baxter NN, Fleshman JW, Alavi KS, Luchtefeld MA, Monson JR, Chang GJ, Temple LK, Dis Colon Rectum, 1/1/2016
Readmissions after colectomy: The Upstate New York Surgical Quality Initiative Experience
Hensley BJ, Cooney RN, Hellenthal NJ, Aquina CT, Noyes K, Monson JR, Kelly KN, Fleming FJ, Dis Colon Rectum, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

Pelvic Cancer Surgery: Modern Breakthroughs and Future Advances
Chapter: Transanal approaches to rectal cancer surgery.
Monson JRT, Garimella VSpringer-Verlag, London2015
Advances in Psychology Research
Chapter: The psychology of pessimism.
Choi DX, DeSilva R, Monson JRTNova Science Publishers, New York2010
Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Chapter: Rectal Stricture
Lee PWR, Monson JRTEditors: Fazio VW, Church JM, Delaney CP.Elsevier Mosby, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,2005
Surgery Technology International
Chapter: Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection for Cancer: Clearance, Complications and Prevention
Universal Medical Press Inc.1999
Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Digestive Diseases
Chapter: Anterior Resection
Mehigan BJ, Hartley JE, Monson JRTEditors: MacFayden B, Wexner S.Springer-Verlag, New York1999
Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery
Hartley JE, Monson JRTMonduzzi Editore, Bologna1998
Protocols in General Surgery: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Chapter: Worldwide views on laparoscopic surgery: England.
Hartley JE, Monson JRTEditors: John Wiley and Sons.New York1998
Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Chapter: Rectal carcinoma may be adequately treated using laparoscopic methods.
Jerby JL, Hartley JE, Monson JRTEditors: WB Saunders.Philadelphia1998
Laparoscopic Surgery - The Implications of Changing Practice
Chapter: The lower gastrointestinal tract: colorectal cancer.
Hartley JE, Monson JRTEditors: Hobsley M, Treasure Y, Northover J.1998
Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic abdomino-perineal resection.
Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Jager R, Wexner S.Churchill Livingstone1996
Optimal Surgery for Rectal Cancer
Chapter: Laparoscpic approaches to the treatment of rectal cancer.
Hartley JE, Duthie GS, Monson JRTSpringer Verlag1996
Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection.
Hartley JE, Qureshi A, Monson JRTEditors: Ballantyne GH.WB Saunders & Co.1996
Clinical Anatomy for Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
Chapter: Colon, rectum and anal canal.
Qureshi A, Hartley JE, Qureshi A, Monson JRTEditors: Savalgi, Ellis and Rosser.Radcliffe Medical Press1996
Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic approaches for rectal prolapse.
Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Jager R, Wexner S.Churchill Livingstone1996
Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic slgmoid colectomy.
Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Jager R, Wexner S.Churchill Livingstone1996
Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Chapter: Porthole placement in laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Jager R, Wexner S.Churchill Livingstone1996
Essentials of Surgical Oncology
Chapter: Management of Oesophageal Cancer
Monson JRTEditors: Taylor I, Guillou PJ, Cooke T.Churchill Livingstone, London1995
Laparoscopic Surgery - Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
Chapter: Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer - Complications and their prevention.
Page 745 - 758Monson JRT, Guillou PJEditors: Wexner S.1994
Minimally Invasive Surgery and New Technology
Chapter: Laparoscopic management of perforated peptic ulcer. Minimally invasive direct vision mobilization for cancer.
Page 607 - 608Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Welter and Steichen.Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St. Louis1994
Minimally Invasive Surgery and New Technology
Chapter: Laparoscopic Varicocolectomy. Minimally invasive direct vision mobilization for cancer.
Page 317 - 319Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Welter and Steichen.Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St. Louis1994
Minimally Invasive Surgery and New Technology
Chapter: Thoracoscopic oesophagectomy: Minimally invasive direct vision mobilization for cancer.
Page 547 - 549Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Welter and Steichen.Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St. Louis1994
Principles and Practices of Surgical Laparoscopy
Chapter: Thoracoscopic oesophagectomy.
Page 374 - 383Darzi A, Monson JRTEditors: Paterson-Brown S, Garden J.WP Saunders Ltd.1994
Clinical Oncology of the Digestive Tract
Chapter: Surgery for Advanced Gastric Cancer
Monson JRTEditors: Constadoulakis M.1993
Genes, Cancer and the Surgeon
Chapter: Cytokines and Cancer
Page 335 - 361Monson JRT, Guillou PJEditors: Lemoine, Cooke and Neoptolemos.Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford1993
Clinical Surgery
Chapter: Malignant Disease of the Breast
Drew PJ, Monson JRTEditors: Henry MM, Guillou PJ.Balliere Tindall, London1992
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Lectures

Management of Large Bowel Obstruction.
Cardiff - 1/1/2001
Radical surgery for rectal cancer - necessary or not.
Singapore - 1/1/2000
New technologies and randomised trials.
Singapore - 1/1/2000
Vegf and colorectal cancer - A new tumour marker?
Santa Barbara - 1/1/1999
Laparoscopic Surgery and Cancer.
Tromso, Norway - 1/1/1999
Management of lower GI bleeding.
Hong Kong - 1/1/1999
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Rectal Cancer.
Hong Kong - 1/1/1999
Minimal access surgery in coloproctology and trials.
San Antonio - 1/1/1998
Neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer.
Rome - 1/1/1998
New approaches to colorectal cancer.
St. Galen, Switzerland - 1/1/1998
Nurse endoscopy and the colorectal clinic.
1/1/1998
Laparoscopic surgery for rectal prolapse.
1/1/1998
Neoadjuvant therapy in the management of primary rectal cancer.
1/1/1998
Surgery for advanced colorectal cancer.
Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1/1/1998
Neural Networks and prognostication in the management of colorectal cancer.
1/1/1998
The cutting edge in Coloproctology.
Birmingham - 1/1/1997
New technologies and colorectal cancer.
Arrhus, Denmark - 1/1/1997
Colorectal Cancer and the future.
Adelaide, South Australia - 1/1/1997
Minimal access surgeru for colon cancer.
Melbourne, Australia - 1/1/1997
Colorectal cancer and minimal access techniques.
Brisbane, Australia - 1/1/1997
Colorectal cancer in the 1990's.
1/1/1996
Colorectal cancer, cytokines and technology.
1/1/1996
Interleukins and colon cancer.
Houston, TX - 1/1/1996
Colorectal cancer and new technologies.
Varberg, Sweden - 1/1/1996
Surgery and colorectal cancer - new directions or old stories?
New York - 1/1/1996
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Other

Non-carcinoid neuroendocrine carcinoma of the colon.
Drew PJ, Qureshi A, Lee PWR, Monson JRT, Illustrated Case Histories in Gastroenterology
1/1/1996
Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal carcinoma.
Hartley J, Monson JRT, UCP News-Techniques in Coloproctology
1/1/1994
Abdominal perineal resection (APR): Open technique
Monson JR, Fleming F
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/abdominal-perineal-resection-apr-open-technique
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-30

Press Mentions

Colorectal Cancer Patients Are Younger; Doctors Advise Getting ScreeningsMarch 27th, 2023
Orlando Doctors See Increase in Colorectal Cancer After Pandemic Delayed Screenings, Warn of Years of ImpactFebruary 11th, 2022
2019 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 3–6 April 2019: Video AbstractsMarch 25th, 2019
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