Dr. Ronald Morton

Professor of Pediatrics
Interim Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology

How long have you worked in Pediatrics?   29 years, 22 years in Louisville

What is your favorite thing about your job?  Enjoy working with medically complex/medically fragile patients and their families.

What is your hometown?
Glenwood/Homewood, Illinois

What is your favorite movie?
Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and Snow White

Tell us about your family:
I am married to Diane (34 years).  We have three children: Ronnie- 31 lawyer in Washington, DC; Caitlin - 29 married to Kory, works as an artist for Weber group, she does art work for major amusement parks, museums, zoos, etc.; and Brittany - 21, at home, works in childcare.

Do you have pets?
We love cats, but our most recent (Sebastian) died about 2 - 3 months ago.

What are you doing, where are you going, for your next vacation?
We are hoping to cruise up the New England coast in October 2020. We have been on 18 cruises in the last 15 years and enjoy everything Royal Caribbean.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A doctor

What is one of your proudest accomplishments?
Adopting our youngest daughter.

What is your favorite quote?
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." - C.S. Lewis

What was your first job?
I worked as a short order chef at a restaurant called "Poppin Fresh" making specialty pies of all kinds.

What is your favorite ice cream?
Mint chocolate chip