Claire Morton is a general surgery resident at Yale New Haven Hospital with an interest in trauma and critical care. Her research focuses on improving the care delivered to older adult surgical patients and to all patients approaching the end of their lives. She has conducted prior research and policy work through the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Hospital, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the Congressional Offices of Congressman John Sarbanes. 

Dr. Morton holds an M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, cum laude, where she was inducted into AOA, the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received the David R Gens Shock Trauma Scholarship, the Department of Surgery Humanism in Surgery Award, and the Joanne Hatem MD Memorial Prize. She holds a BA from Duke University where she designed an interdisciplinary major titled “What It Means to Die: The Biopsychosocial Process of Aging and Death” which culminated in a distinction thesis focused on narrative medicine techniques at the end of life. Dr. Morton intends to spend her career in service of advancing clinical excellence, conducting research to advance the field of surgical palliative care, and supporting policy change to improve the care delivered to older adults and those approaching the end of life.