Glen Morrell, MD

D. Glen Morrell, MD, is a general surgeon at Tanner Clinic. His practice is located on the second floor of the Layton Antelope Building B.

Dr. Morrell has removed uncounted gallbladders, appendixes, and hernias since opening his practice at Tanner Clinic. He also performs breast surgery, endoscopies, and colon cancer surgery.

Dr. Morrell graduated with his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and went on to complete a year of schooling at the University of Utah for an M.B.A. degree. He then turned his career to medicine and earned his M.D. at the U of U School of Medicine. It was in his third year of medical school that he settled on the specialty of surgery; despite the long hours required of a surgeon, he said, “those hours passed more quickly.”

Dr. Morrell’s residency in general surgery was completed at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.

In 2011, Dr. Morrell was named “Davis County Doctor of the Year” by the Utah Medical Association Alliance. That follows a career distinguished with a stint as President of the Utah Medical Association from 2009 to 2012. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery.

In addition to his practice at Tanner Clinic, Dr. Morrell serves as the medical director for the Intermountain Layton Hospital.

Dr. Morrell–along with his brother Stephen Morrell, a family practice physician in the Kaysville Tanner Clinic–hails from Brigham City, Utah. The surgeon, who is married and the father of seven children, hopes to return to his favorite and long-ignored hobby of sketching. He’s also actively involved in hiking, skiing, genealogy, and gardening.

Dr. Morrell is fluent in German.