Faculty Biography

Brenda H. Morris, MD

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Education:

M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship- Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Hyperbilirubinemia and phototherapy
2. Follow-up of high risk infants after discharge
3. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants and sick newborns
4. Fluid management of extremely low birth weight infants

Publications (selected):

• Hook B, Kiwi R, Amini SB, Fanaroff A, Hack M. Neonatal morbidity following elective repeat cesarean section and trial of labor. Pediatrics, 100:348-353; 1997.
1. Commentary: Boyers SP and Gilbert WM. Elective repeat caesarean section versus trial of labour: the neonatologist's view. Lancet 351:155, 1998.
2. Commentary: Fanaroff AA, Maisels MJ, Stevenson DK. Neonatal morbidity after elective repeat cesarean section and trial of labor. Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc., 5:109-111, 1998.
• The Impact-RSV Study Group. Palivizumab, a humanized respiratory syncytial virus monoclonal antibody, reduces hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus infection in high-risk infants. Pediatrics 102:3:531-537, 1998.
• Hook Morris B, Miller-Loncar CL, Landry SH, Smith KE, Swank PR, Denson SE. Feeding, medical factors, and developmental outcome in premature infants. Clinical Pediatrics. 38:451-459, 1999.
• Atkins JT, Karimi P, Morris BH, McDavid G, Shim S. Prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus with respiratory syncytial virus-immunoglobulin intravenous among preterm infants of thirty-two weeks gestation and less: reduction in incidence, severity of illness and cost. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 19:138-43, 2000.
• Morris BH, Smith KE, Swank PR, Denson SE, Landry SH. Patterns of physical and neurologic development in preterm children. Journal of Perinatology 22;31-36:2002.
• Texas Neonatal Research Network. Early surfactant for neonates with mild to moderate respiratory distress syndrome: a multi-center, randomized trial. J Pediatr 144;804-808: 2004. (Contributing author)
• Olney CJ, Huseby V, Kennedy K, Morris BH. A Randomized Trial of Sterile Water Gastric Drips (SWGD) in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants. Am J Perinatol. 22:253-258;2005.
• Walsh MC, Morris BH, Wrage LA, Vohr BR, Poole K, Tyson JE, Wright LL, Ehrenkranz RA, Stoll BJ, Fanaroff AA. Extremely low birthweight neonates with protracted ventilation: mortality and 18-month neurodevelopmental outcomes. J Pediatr. 146(6):798-804;2005.
• Morris BH, Gard CC, Kennedy KA. Rehospitalization of extremely low birth weight infants: Are there racial/ethnic disparities? J Perinatol. 25(10):656-63;2005.
• Barreto ED, Morris BH, Philbin KM, Gray LC, Lasky RE. Do former preterm infants remember and respond to neonatal intensive care unit noise? Early Hum Dev 82(11): 703-707; 2006.
• LS Kao, Morris BH, Lally KP, Stewart CD, Huseby V, Kennedy KA. Hyperglycemia and morbidity and mortality in extremely low birth weight infants. J Perinatol 24 August 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7211593.

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Brenda H Morris, MD
  Associate Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; Medical Director of Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.226
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5727
  fax: (713) 500-5794
  e-mail: Brenda.H.Morris@ uth.tmc.edu