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Dr. David Morrell is a fellowship-trained general surgeon specializing in complex abdominal wall reconstruction. He provides the full spectrum of routine and complex hernia treatment including robotic and laparoscopic repairs, component separation, non-mesh hernia repairs, diastasis rectus management, and sports hernia management.

In addition to complex hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction, his clinical interests include surgical endoscopy. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in these areas.

A Utah native, he specialized in complex abdominal wall reconstruction at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center fellowship in advanced abdominal wall surgery. Prior to fellowship, he studied physiology and developmental biology at Brigham Young University before earning his medical degree from The Ohio State University. He completed his general surgery residency at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he also earned a Master of Public Health Sciences and received the Resident Humanitarian Award.

Now back in Utah, Dr. Morrell is excited to advance complex hernia care in his home state. He lives with his wife and three children and speaks Spanish and Papiamento.