Southern Surgical Group, Terry O. Norton, MD, FACS

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Dr. Norton is a West Columbia, South Carolina, native and is an Honor Graduate of Lexington High School, the University of South Carolina Honors College and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Norton's Surgical Residency Training was completed at the University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina including a research fellowship in Cardiothoracic/Vascular surgery.

Dr. Norton has interest and expertise in a wide variety of surgical procedures including advanced techniques in Vascular, Endovascular, Thoracic, Laparoscopic and General Surgery. This broad experience provides patients with the opportunity for an inclusive and minimally invasive plan of care.

Dr. Norton became Board Certified in 1998 and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Current Hospital Affiliations

Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC
Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC
Providence Northeast Hospital, Columbia, SC
Palmetto Baptist Hospital, Columbia, SC
Palmetto Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC

Professional Organizations

Lexington Medical Association
South Carolina Medical Association
Columbia Medical Society
American College of Surgeons
International Society of Endovascular Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery, Board Certified

Appointments

Lexington Medical Center Executive Committee for General Surgery 2003-2005
Lexington Medical Center Vice Chairman General Surgery 2001-2003
Lexington Medical Center Trauma Committee, Chairman 2001-2005

Education

Surgery Residency: University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Greenville, North Carolina
Medical Doctor: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, South Carolina
Bachelor of Science: University of South Carolina
South Carolina Honors College
Columbia, South Carolina
High School: Lexington High School
Lexington, South Carolina

Honors/Awards

Medical School

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Class Vice President (junior and senior years)
Todd Scholarship (senior year for academic excellence)
Curriculum Committee (senior year)
Delegate, AMA/MSS, (1987 and 1988)
President, AMA/MSS, Chapter (sophomore year)
Chairman, Palmetto State National Medical Student Conference (1987)
Lange Book Award (service and academic excellence in sophomore year)
South Carolina Medical Association Auxiliary Scholarship (academic excellence in sophomore year)
Top Student Award-Medical Biochemistry
Top Student Award-Medical Physiology
McGraw-Hill Book Award (Top medical student in freshman class)
Peer advocacy committee (freshman year)
Outstanding Young Men of America (1988)

Undergraduate

South Carolina Honors College Graduate

Research/Publications

Professional: Norton, Sub-investigator, Aneu Rx Endograft Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm FDA Steal Craft Trial (1997-present); Norton, Lust, Sun, Otaki, Chitwood: "Autogenous Fascia in the Treatment of Infected Vascular Grafts", JASAIO, 1995.; Chitwood, Wixon, Norton, Lust: "Mitral Valve Repair", STS, 1995.; Call, Lust, Norton, Otaki, Chitwood: "Does Placement of a Supplemental Vein Graft Change I.T.A. Flow", ASR, 1995.; Otaki, Lust, Norton, Sun, Spence, Chitwood: "Extracardiac Adjustment of Mitral Chordae Replacement", JSR, 1994.; Otaki, Lust, Sun, Norton, Spence, Zeri, Hopson, Chitwood: "Bilateral vs Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting for Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion", Chest, 1994.; Chitwood, Wixon, Norton, Lust: "Complex Valve Surgery: Antegrade vs Retrograde Cardioplegia?", Ann Thorac Surg, 1994.; Otaki, Lust, Sun, Norton, Rock, Call, Chitwood: "Cardiac Pacing Induced Flow Responses in Internal Thoracic Artery and Saphenous Vein Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts", JASAIO, 1994.; Otaki, Lust, Norton, Chitwood: "Myocardial Perfusion in the Canine Internal Thoracic Artery Bypass Graft-Dependent Regions", Ann Thorac Surg, 1993.; Sun, Lust, Norton, Pabst, Otaki, Zeri, Hopson, Chitwood: "Systemic Glucose Intolerance Induced by Extracorporeal Circulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass", ACS, 1993.; Lust, Norton, Zeri, Sun, Spence, Chitwood: "Efficacy of Retrograde Cardioplegia in Removing Embolic Debris", AHA, 1993.; Otaki, Lust, Sun, Norton, Rock, Spence, Chitwood: "Experimental Supplemental Vein Grafting and Hypoperfusion Syndrome", Ann Thorac Surg, 1995.
Medical School: "Effects of Myocardial Dopamine Receptors"; "Positive Pressure Ventilation During Cardiac Failure"; "Myocardial Effects of Cocaine"; "Effects of Cartoid Sinus in Septic Shock"
Undergraduate: "Extraction and Isolation of Catharanthus Roseus Alkaloids" (B.S. Thesis).

Southern Surgical Group is comprised of five board-certified physicians and a nurse practitioner specializing in Vascular, Endovascular, Thoracic, Laparoscopic and General Surgery.

The support staff at Southern Surgical is led by an impressive management team; insuring that practice administration runs as smoothly as your surgery.