Alan H. Morris

Alan H. Morris, MD

Languages spoken: English, French

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine , Adjunct - Biomedical Informatics

Divisions:

Academic Office Information

alan.morris@hsc.utah.edu

Education History

Fellowship Parkland Memorial Hospital
 Fellow
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 Fellow
Residency Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 Resident
Parkland Memorial Hospital
 Resident
Internship Parkland Memorial Hospital
 Intern
University of Paris
 Fellow
Professional Medical Yale University School of Medicine
 MD
Princeton University
 BA

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Alan H Morris, MD, Brian Stagg, MD, MS, Michael Lanspa, MD, James Orme, Jr MD, Terry P Clemmer, MD, Lindell K Weaver, MD, Frank Thomas, MD, MBA, Colin K Grissom, MD, Ellie Hirshberg, MD, MS, Thomas D East, PhD, Carrie Jane Wallace, RN, PhD, Michael P Young, MD, Dean F Sittig, PhD, Antonio Pesenti, MD, Michela Bombino, MD, Eduardo Beck, MD, Katherine A Sward, RN, PhD, Charlene Weir, RN, PhD, Shobha Phansalkar PhD, Gordon R Bernard, MD, B Taylor Thompson, MD, Roy Brower, MD, Jonathon D Truwit, MD, MBA, Jay Steingrub, MD, R Duncan Hite, MD, Douglas F Willson, MD, Jerry J Zimmerman, MD, PhD, Vinay M Nadkarni MD, MS, Adrienne Randolph, MD, MSc, Martha AQ Curley, RN, PhD, Christopher J L Newth, MD, Jacques Lacroix, MD, Michael S D Agus, MD, Kang H Lee, MA, MB BChir, Bennett P deBoisblanc, MD, R Scott Evans, MS, PhD, Dean K Sorenson, PhD, Anthony Wong, PhD, Michael V Boland, MD, PhD, David W Grainger, PhD, Willard H Dere, MD, Alan S Crandall, MD, Julio C Facelli, PhD, Stanley M Huff, MD, Peter J Haug, MD, Ulrike Pielmeier, PhD, Stephen E Rees, PhD, Dr Tech, Dan S Karbing, PhD, Steen Andreassen, PhD, Dr Tech, Eddy Fan, MD, PhD, Roberta M Goldring, MD, Kenneth I Berger, MD, Beno W Oppenheimer, MD, E Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Ognjen Gajic, MD, Brian Pickering, MD, David A Schoenfeld, PhD, Irena Tocino, MD, Russell S Gonnering, MD, MMM, Peter J Pronovost, MD PhD, Lucy A Savitz, PhD, Didier Dreyfuss, MD, Arthur S Slutsky, MD, James D Crapo MD, Derek Angus, MD, MPH, Michael R Pinsky, MD, Brent James MD, MStat, Donald Berwick, MD, MPP (). nabling a Learning Healthcare System with Automated Computer Protocols that Produce Replicable and Personalized Clinician Actions. (Epub ahead of print) J Am Med Inform Assoc.
  2. Khan N, Peterson AC, Aubert B, Morris A, Atkins PR, Lenz AL, Anderson AE, Elhabian SY (2023). Statistical multi-level shape models for scalable modeling of multi-organ anatomies. Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 11, 1089113.
  3. Adams J, Khan N, Morris A, Elhabian S (2023). Learning spatiotemporal statistical shape models for non-linear dynamic anatomies. Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 11, 1086234.
  4. Iyer K, Morris A, Zenger B, Karanth K, Khan N, Orkild BA, Korshak O, Elhabian S (2023). Statistical shape modeling of multi-organ anatomies with shared boundaries. Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 10, 1078800.
  5. Morris AH, Horvat C, Stagg B, Grainger DW, Lanspa M, Orme J, Clemmer TP, Weaver LK, Thomas FO, Grissom CK, Hirshberg E, East TD, Wallace CJ, Young MP, Sittig DF, Suchyta M, Pearl JE, Pesenti A, Bombino M, Beck E, Sward KA, Weir C, Phansalkar S, Bernard GR, Thompson BT, Brower R, Truwit J, Steingrub J, Hiten RD, Willson DF, Zimmerman JJ, Nadkarni V, Randolph AG, Curley MAQ, Newth CJL, Lacroix J, Agus MSD, Lee KH, deBoisblanc BP, Moore FA, Evans RS, Sorenson DK, Wong A, Boland MV, Dere WH, Crandall A, Facelli J, Huff SM, Haug PJ, Pielmeier U, Rees SE, Karbing DS, Andreassen S, Fan E, Goldring RM, Berger KI, Oppenheimer BW, Ely EW, Pickering BW, Schoenfeld DA, Tocino I, Gonnering RS, Pronovost PJ, Savitz LA, Dreyfuss D, Slutsky AS, Crapo JD, Pinsky MR, James B, Berwick DM (2022). Computer clinical decision support that automates personalized clinical care: a challenging but needed healthcare delivery strategy. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 30(1), 178-194.
  6. Iyer K, Morris A, Zenger B, Karanth K, Orkild BA, Korshak O, Elhabian S (2023). Statistical Shape Modeling of Biventricular Anatomy with Shared Boundaries. 13593, 302-316.
  7. Adams J, Khan N, Morris A, Elhabian S (2023). Spatiotemporal Cardiac Statistical Shape Modeling: A Data-Driven Approach. 13593, 143-156.
  8. Terry C, Mehta C, Holloway J, Sheth A, Ofotokun I, Abraham A, Kunisaki KM, Witt M, Mccormack MC, Morris A, Drummond MB, Jensen R, Stosor V, Macatangay B, Cribbs S (2022). Dyspnea and Pulmonary Function Among Participants in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study Using Protease Inhibitors: A Cross-Sectional Study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 38(2), 143-151.
  9. Goparaju A, Iyer K, Bne A, Hu N, Henninger HB, Anderson AE, Durrleman S, Jacxsens M, Morris A, Csecs I, Marrouche N, Elhabian SY (2021). Benchmarking off-the-shelf statistical shape modeling tools in clinical applications. Med Image Anal, 76, 102271.
  10. Morris AH, Stagg B, Lanspa M, Orme J, Clemmer TP, Weaver LK, Thomas F, Grissom CK, Hirshberg E, East TD, Wallace CJ, Young MP, Sittig DF, Pesenti A, Bombino M, Beck E, Sward KA, Weir C, Phansalkar SS, Bernard GR, Taylor Thompson B, Brower R, Truwit JD, Steingrub J, Duncan Hite R, Willson DF, Zimmerman JJ, Nadkarni VM, Randolph A, Curley MAQ, Newth CJL, Lacroix J, Agus MSD, Lee KH, deBoisblanc BP, Scott Evans R, Sorenson DK, Wong A, Boland MV, Grainger DW, Dere WH, Crandall AS, Facelli JC, Huff SM, Haug PJ, Pielmeier U, Rees SE, Karbing DS, Andreassen S, Fan E, Goldring RM, Berger KI, Oppenheimer BW, Wesley Ely E, Gajic O, Pickering B, Schoenfeld DA, Tocino I, Gonnering RS, Pronovost PJ, Savitz LA, Dreyfuss D, Slutsky AS, Crapo JD, Angus D, Pinsky MR, James B, Berwick D (2020). Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols that produce replicable and personalized clinician actions. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 28(6), 1330-1344.
  11. Stagg BC, Stein JD, Medeiros FA, Wirostko B, Crandall A, Hartnett ME, Cummins M, Morris A, Hess R, Kawamoto K (2020). Special Commentary: Using Clinical Decision Support Systems to Bring Predictive Models to the Glaucoma Clinic. Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 4(1), 5-9.
  12. Lanspa MJ, Krinsley JS, Hersh AM, Wilson EL, Holmen JR, Orme JF, Morris AH, Hirshberg EL (2019). Percentage of Time in Range 70 to 139 mg/dL Is Associated With Reduced Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients Receiving IV Insulin Infusion. Chest, 156(5), 878-886.
  13. Lanspa MJ, Fan E, Morris AH (2019). How Should We Apply the Wisdom of the Crowd to Clinical Trials With Exception From Informed Consent? JAMA Netw Open, 2(7), e197569.
  14. Hersh AM, Hirshberg EL, Wilson EL, Orme JF, Morris AH, Lanspa MJ (2018). Lower Glucose Target Is Associated With Improved 30-Day Mortality in Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Patients. Chest, 154(5), 1044-1051.
  15. Hegewald MJ, Collingridge DS, DeCato TW, Jensen RL, Morris AH (2018). Airflow Obstruction Categorization Methods and Mortality. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 15(8), 920-925.
  16. Morris AH (2018). Human Cognitive Limitations. Broad, Consistent, Clinical Application of Physiological Principles Will Require Decision Support. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 15(Suppl 1), S53-S56.
  17. Hirshberg EL, Lanspa MJ, Wilson EL, Sward KA, Jephson A, Larsen GY, Morris AH (2017). A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Bedside Computer Clinical Decision Support Protocol for Hyperglycemia Is Feasible, Safe and Offers Advantages. Diabetes Technol Ther, 19(3), 188-193.
  18. Phansalkar S, Sward KA, Weir CR, Morris AH (2007). Mapping clinicians' perceptions about computerized protocol use to an IT implementation framework. Stud Health Technol Inform, 129(Pt 2), 1098-101.
  19. Morris AH (2004). Iatrogenic illness: a call for decision support tools to reduce unnecessary variation. Qual Saf Health Care, 13(1), 80-1.
  20. Morris AH (2003). Treatment algorithms and protocolized care. Curr Opin Crit Care, 9(3), 236-40.
  21. Satsangi S, Weir CR, Morris AH, Warner HR (2004). Cognitive evaluation of the predictors of use of computerized protocols by clinicians. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 574-8.
  22. Morris AH (2001). Rational use of computerized protocols in the intensive care unit. Crit Care, 5(5), 249-54.
  23. Morris AH (2000). Developing and implementing computerized protocols for standardization of clinical decisions. Ann Intern Med, 132(5), 373-83.
  24. Shioya S, Christman R, Ailion DC, Cutillo AG, Goodrich KC, Morris AH (2000). In vivo Hahn spin-echo decay (Hahn-T2) observation of regional changes in the time course of oleic acid lung injury. J Magn Reson Imaging, 11(2), 215-22.
  25. Morris AH (1999). Computerized protocols and bedside decision support. Crit Care Clin, 15(3), 523-45, vi.
  26. Randolph AG, Clemmer TP, East TD, Kinder AT, Orme JF, Wallace CJ, Morris AH (1998). Evaluation of compliance with a computerized protocol: weaning from mechanical ventilator support using pressure support. Comput Methods Programs Biomed, 57(3), 201-15.
  27. Weaver LK, Morris A (1998). Venous and arterial gas embolism associated with positive pressure ventilation. Chest, 113(4), 1132-4.
  28. Cutillo AG, Chan PH, Ailion DC, Watanabe S, Albertine KH, Durney CH, Hansen CB, Laicher G, Scheel RF, Morris AH (1998). Effects of endotoxin lung injury on NMR T2 relaxation. Magn Reson Med, 39(2), 190-7.
  29. Suchyta MR, Clemmer TP, Elliott CG, Orme JF Jr, Morris AH, Jacobson J, Menlove R (1997). Increased mortality of older patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Chest, 111(5), 1334-9.
  30. Christman RA, Ailion DC, Case TA, Durney CH, Cutillo AG, Shioya S, Goodrich KC, Morris AH (1996). Comparison of calculated and experimental NMR spectral broadening for lung tissue. Magn Reson Med, 35(1), 6-13.
  31. Sailors RM, East TD, Wallace CJ, Carlson DA, Franklin MA, Heermann LK, Kinder AT, Bradshaw RL, Randolph AG, Morris AH (1996). Testing and validation of computerized decision support systems. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 234-8.
  32. Cutillo AG, Goodrich KC, Ganesan K, Watanabe S, Ailion DC, Albertine KH, Morris AH, Durney CH (1995). Lung water measurement by nuclear magnetic resonance: correlation with morphometry. J Appl Physiol (1985), 79(6), 2163-8.
  33. Cutillo AG, Goodrich KC, Ganesan K, Watanabe S, Ailion DC, Morris AH, Durney CH (1995). Alveolar air/tissue interface and nuclear magnetic resonance behavior of normal and edematous lungs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 151(4), 1018-26.
  34. Shioya S, Kolem H, Ailion DC, Goodrich KC, Cutillo AG, Morris AH, Durney CH (1992). Comparison of in vivo and in vitro Hahn T2 measurements in rat lung. Magn Reson Med, 26(1), 1-6.
  35. Cutillo AG, Ganesan K, Ailion DC, Morris AH, Durney CH, Symko SC, Christman RA (1991). Alveolar air-tissue interface and nuclear magnetic resonance behavior of lung. J Appl Physiol (1985), 70(5), 2145-54.
  36. Sittig DF, Gardner RM, Morris AH, Wallace CJ (1990). Clinical evaluation of computer-based respiratory care algorithms. Int J Clin Monit Comput, 7(3), 177-85.
  37. Cutillo AG, Morris AH, Ganesan K, Ailion DC, Case TA, Durney CH, Watanabe F (1989). Regional effects of repetition time on NMR quantitation of water in normal and edematous lungs. Magn Reson Med, 12(1), 137-44.
  38. Sittig DF, Gardner RM, Pace NL, Morris AH, Beck E (1989). Computerized management of patient care in a complex, controlled clinical trial in the intensive care unit. Comput Methods Programs Biomed, 30(2-3), 77-84.
  39. Sittig DF, Pace NL, Gardner RM, Beck E, Morris AH (1989). Implementation of a computerized patient advice system using the HELP clinical information system. Comput Biomed Res, 22(5), 474-87.
  40. Cutillo AG, Morris AH, Ailion DC, Durney CH (1989). Clinical implications of nuclear magnetic resonance lung research. Chest, 96(3), 643-52.
  41. Cutillo AG, Morris AH, Ailion DC, Durney CH, Ganesan K (1988). Quantitative assessment of pulmonary edema by nuclear magnetic resonance methods. J Thorac Imaging, 3(3), 51-8.
  42. Cutillo AG, Morris AH, Ailion DC, Case TA, Durney CH, Ganesan K, Watanabe F, Akhtari M (1988). Assessment of lung water distribution by nuclear magnetic resonance. A new method for quantifying and monitoring experimental lung injury. Am Rev Respir Dis, 137(6), 1371-8.

Editorial

  1. Morris AH, Lanspa M, Fan E (2019). Widespread Adoption of Guidelines Will Require Automated Clinician Decison Support. Crit Care Med, 47(3), 469-471.
  2. Lanspa MJ, Morris AH (2017). The Importance of Clinical Context on Assessing Outcomes in Sepsis. Crit Care Med, 45(10), 1783-1785.