Mr. Norton joined the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension at OHSU in January 1993. He works with dialysis patients and is active in the division outreach clinics.

After serving in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman, Mr. Norton received his B.S. degree in Biology with a minor in Spanish and worked for the United States Peace Corps in Honduras, Central America from 1970 to 1973. He then went to the Physician’s Assistant program at Yale University, School of Medicine and graduated in 1975. He has also taught Adult Conversational Spanish classes at Linn-Benton Community College and privately since 1977.

Degrees:

B.S. – Brockport State University Teachers College - Brockport, New York, 1970
P.A. – Yale University School of Medicine - New Haven, Connecticut, 1975

Representative Publications:

• Porter GA, Norton, TL, Bennett, WM. Troponin T, a predictor of death in chronic hemodialysis patients. European Heart Journal 19 [supp N]:N34-N37, 1998.