Dr. Ross Stanton, MD – O'Fallon, IL

Summary

I am a faculty physician in a family medicine residency program with experience in law and public health, dedicated to helping learners grow into their full potential and best serving the people of our community. I remain committed to providing practical advice and guidance to my colleagues regarding medical liability.

SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Residency, Family Medicine, 2023 - 2025
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Internship, Family Medicine, 2022 - 2023
University of Louisville School of MedicineClass of 2022
University of Kentucky College of LawJD, Law, 2014 - 2017
University of Kentucky College of Public HealthMPH, Population Health Management and Policy, 2013 - 2016

Resident Teacher Award Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2025
Franciscan Spirit Award HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 2025
Resident and Student Leadership Development Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, 2025

Journal Articles

Sustained-Release Naltrexone for Opioid Dependence
Stanton RC, Lujan J, Valerio C, Am Fam Physician, 3/2026
Among infants with any degree of positional plagiocephaly, do cranial molding helmets serve as a more effective treatment than conservative therapy?
Stanton RC, Gaillardetz A, Evidence-Based Practice, 11/2025

Books/Book Chapters

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2025
Chapter: Prostatitis
Stanton RC, Creech-Organ JAEditors: Domino FJ, Baldor RA, Barry KA, Golding J, Stephens MB.Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PAEdition 33rd,2024

Lectures

Enough TikTalk—Evidence-Based Recommendations on Parenting Approaches to Pre-K Behavior
Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - 3/10/2026
Shaping our future, one head at a time—the family physician’s role in treating positional plagiocephaly
Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV - 3/20/2025
RSV immunization. Clinical practice guideline lecture
SSM Health/St. Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois) - 8/7/2024

Other

Policy and political motives for Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stanton RC
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cph_etds/126
Public Health Commons - 8/9/2016

Shrooms for Sadness: A MushuscriptFebruary 2024
The Kentucky Legislature and Governor Beshear should resist trends away from furosemide-free horse racingOctober 2015

Associate Investigator, Acupuncture for Neuropsychiatric Trauma (DRAGON), SSM Health/St. Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Provided medical acupuncture according to the study protocol2025 - 2026
Associate Investigator, Auricular Acupuncture for Sleep Disturbances, SSM Health/St. Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Provided medical acupuncture according to the study protocol2025 - 2026
Associate Investigator, Accessible Acupuncture for the Warrior with Acute Low Back Pain, SSM Health/St. Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Provided medical acupuncture according to the study protocol2025 - 2026
Resident Physician Participant & Researcher, Documented Consent for Labor Induction, SSM Health/St. Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois)Designed and implemented a process to increase documented consent for labor inductions, starting at 0% documentation and ending at 90%2023 - 2024
Medical Student Participant & Researcher, Distinction in Medical Education Track, University of Louisville School of MedicineResearched and compiled medical-liability statistics and legal standards applicable in various healthcare settings and situations, as well as approaches to medical education as part of a project to create a guide for Kentucky physicians, residents, and students on medical liability2019 - 2022