Rate My Professor Alison Morton

Alison J. Morton serves as Clinical Professor and Medical Director of the Large Animal Hospital in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Ross University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998 and her Master of Specialized Veterinary Medicine (MSpVM) from North Carolina State University in 2001. Morton is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, certified in 2004, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, certified in 2012. Throughout her career at the University of Florida, she has advanced clinical services in large animal surgery, particularly equine care, directing the hospital's operations and contributing to educational programs such as Equine Lameness and Imaging and Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation courses.

Morton's research specializes in minimally invasive surgery techniques, healing and inflammation processes in the equine gastrointestinal tract—including the impact of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and novel treatments for horses suffering from colic—and advanced imaging and therapeutic modalities for diagnosing and managing lameness and performance issues in horses. Her peer-reviewed publications include 'Diagnosis and Treatment of Septic Arthritis' in Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice (2005), 'Response to early repeat celiotomy in horses after a primary surgical treatment of strangulating small intestinal lesions' in Veterinary Surgery (2017), 'Gene Therapy for Osteoarthritis: Pharmacokinetics of Intra-Articular Self-Complementary Adeno-Associated Viral Vector Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Delivery in an Equine Model' in Human Gene Therapy Clinical Development (2018), 'Three-dimensional printed guides for screw placement in equine keratoma removal' in Veterinary Surgery (2021), and 'Kinematics of the equine distal sesamoid (navicular) bone of clinically sound horses at the walk and trot on a treadmill' in American Journal of Veterinary Research (2022). She has secured funding as Principal Investigator for the grant 'PRP Activation with CS-Pro VET f-ESWT' from CURATIVE SOUND (2025–2026) and as Co-Investigator for 'Perineural liposomal bupivacaine in exercised lame horses' from RACING MED AND TESTING CONSORT (2019–2021). In recognition of her contributions, Morton received the University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award for Academic Personnel in 2007.