Best General Surgeons and General Surgery Doctors in Portsmouth, NH

William Morgan, MD, FACS, is a board-certified general surgeon providing surgical care to patients in Rochester, New Hampshire, at the outpatient surgery clinic at Frisbie Memorial Hospital and also serves as an acute care surgeon with Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Morgan has more than 20 years of experience performing laparoscopic, endoscopic, and traditional general surgical procedures. He also has a specialty focus of minimally invasive varicose vein treatments. Visit our website to learn more. Dr. Morgan earned his medical degree from Saba University School of Medicine in the Netherlands Antilles. He went on to complete his general surgery residency training at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Prior to medical school, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Dakota in his home town of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Dr. Morgan is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and board-certified by the American Board of Surgery. He has more than 20 years of experience performing laparoscopic, endoscopic, and traditional general surgical procedures. He also has a specialty focus of minimally invasive varicose vein treatments. He currently is serving as co-chief of Surgery at Frisbie Memorial Hospital. Outside of work, Dr. Morgan is a private pilot and his hobby is building airplanes. He also enjoys traveling, camping and fly fishing.

This physician is accepting telehealth visits. Lauren Thompson, MD, MPH, received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis, her Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan, and received her Doctor of Medicine from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, Dr. Thompson completed a residency in General Surgery at Northwell Health North Shore LIJ, followed by a fellowship in Breast Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan.Dr. Thompson is a fellowship-trained breast surgeon. She focuses on both benign and malignant breast disease, and advanced stage cancer. She has specialized training and expertise conducting minimally invasive procedures, also known as "conservation procedures" including: nipple-sparing mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy, lumpectomy, onconoplastic reconstructive surgeries, sentinel node biopsies, axillary dissection, and Saviscout-guided lumpectomies.Dr. Thompson is passionate in her desire to help patients suffering from a disease that is increasingly curable. She develops trusted relationships with patients, treating them in a multidisciplinary approach that considers the whole patient, mentally, and physically. She is committed to delivering definitive, high quality care to her patients in the operating room, using the latest in medical advances and surgical techniques to provide the best clinical outcomes possible for her patients.As a native of New England, Dr. Thompson is very excited to be back in New England as part of Atlantic Surgical Associates and the Breast Center at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. She is currently welcoming new patients and referrals.

This physician is accepting telehealth visits. Michael Morton, MD, is a general and colorectal surgeon with Atlantic Surgical Associates serving the Seacoast and Southern New Hampshire areas.Dr. Morton received both his Bachelor of Science in Biology and his Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University and the Tufts University School of Medicine, respectively. Upon completing his medical education, Dr. Morton went to New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medicine (NYP-WCM) where he began his residency in general surgery, and served as a Moonlighting Fellow in the NYP-WCM Burn Intensive Care Unit. After completing his first three years of residency, Dr. Morton trained for two years as a Sarcoma Disease Management Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, before returning to NYP-WCM to complete his general surgery residency. After he completed his residency in general surgery, Dr. Morton continued his training as a Colorectal Surgery Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Morton is a double-boarded, fellowship trained surgeon and is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He received numerous academic and clinical achievement awards including Resident Teacher of the Year Award from New York Presbyterian-Weill-Cornell Medical College. His research and clinical experience have been cited in several published works and he has been a featured speaker at multiple national societal meetings.While not caring for patients, Dr. Morton enjoys skiing, the outdoors, and spending time with his wife and two children. He is excited to be a part of the multi-disciplinary cancer care center through his involvement with the oncology service line at both Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Parkland Medical Center.