Shaine Alaine Morris, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

(832) 826-5662

Email

shainem@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

TCH-Legacy Tower (Clinic): Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5682
shainem@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Stanford University: 06/1998 - Stanford, CA, United States; Biological Sciences-Honors

MD from University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School: 05/2002 - Dallas, Texas, United States

Residency at Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University and Boston Medical Center/Boston University): 06/2006 - Boston, Texas, United States; Pediatrics

Residency at Boston Children's Hospital: 06/2006 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Pediatrics, Chief Residency

Clinical Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2009 - Houston, Texas, United States; Pediatric Cardiology

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital: 06/2010 - Boston, Texas, United States; Pediatric Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging

MPH from Harvard School of Public Health: 11/2012 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Clinical Effectiveness

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty Pediatric Cardiology

Texas License: Texas Medical Board

Professional Interests

Marfan syndrome
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Turner syndrome
Aortic disease
Bicuspid aortic valve
Aortic dissection
Aortic dilation
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Fetal cardiology
Fetal echocardiography
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Cardiovascular Genetics
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Fetal cardiac intervention

Professional Statement

I am a Pediatric Cardiologist with subspecialty training in pediatric cardiovascular imaging and advanced training in public health research. I have special interests in both cardiovascular genetics and fetal cardiology. In addition to my fetal cardiology patients, I really enjoy and am honored to care for patients with Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Turner syndrome, vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and other genetic conditions in the TCH Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic. I also interpret fetal echocardiography, pediatric echocardiography, and cardiac MRI studies. In 2012, we began to perform fetal cardiac intervention at Texas Children's Hospital, and I am fortunate to a be an integral part of this multidisciplinary team that performs fetal aortic valvuloplasty, fetal atrial septal interventions, and maternal hyperoxygenation for fetal left heart hypoplasia.

Clinical research is another large part of my work, and I run and am involved in multiple research projects locally and nationally that try to determine how to identify who is high risk for cardiac events and how to improve outcomes in young patients with congenital heart disease and genetic conditions affecting the heart.

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Professional Development

Advanced Quality Improvement Course: Course (Participant, 2013); Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Moving Up the Educational Ladder - Improving Your Skills and Building Your Career in Medical Education: Conference (Participant, 2014); Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Selected Publications

Morris SA, Orbach DB, Geva T, Singh MN, Gauvreau K, Lacro RV. " Increased vertebral artery tortuosity index is associated with adverse outcomes in children and young adults with connective tissue disorders. " Circulation. 2011 Jul 26; 124 (4) : 388-96.
Pubmed PMID: 21730308.
Morris SA, Bernstein HH. " Immunizations, neonatal jaundice, and animal-induced injuries. " Curr. Opin. Pediatr.. 2004 Aug ; 16 (4) : 450-60.
Pubmed PMID: 15273509.
Villanueva MP, Aiyer AR, Muller S, Pletcher MT, Liu X, Emanuel B, Srivastava D, Reeves RH. " Genetic and comparative mapping of genes dysregulated in mouse hearts lacking the Hand2 transcription factor gene. " Genomics. 2002 Dec ; 80 (6) : 593-600.
Pubmed PMID: 12504851.
Maskatia SA, Spinner JA, Morris SA, Petit CJ, Krishnamurthy R, Nutting AC. " Effect of branch pulmonary artery stenosis on right ventricular volume overload in patients with tetralogy of fallot after initial surgical repair. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 2013 May 1; 111 (9) : 1355-60.
Pubmed PMID: 23411101.
Lawrence EJ, Nguyen K, Morris SA, Hollinger I, Graham DA, Jenkins KJ, Bodian C, Lin HM, Gelb BD, Mittnacht AJ. " Economic and safety implications of introducing fast tracking in congenital heart surgery. " Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Mar 1; 6 (2) : 201-7.
Pubmed PMID: 23443672.
Cody JD, Ghidoni PD, DuPont BR, Hale DE, Hilsenbeck SG, Stratton RF, Hoffman DS, Muller S, Schaub RL, Leach RJ, Kaye CI. " Congenital anomalies and anthropometry of 42 individuals with deletions of chromosome 18q. " Am. J. Med. Genet.. 1999 Aug 27; 85 (5) : 455-62.
Pubmed PMID: 10405442.
Morris, SA. " Arterial Tortuosity in Genetic Arteriopathies " Current Opinion in Cardiology. 2015 Nov ; 30 (6) : 587-93.
Pubmed PMID: 26398550.
Gaies MG, Morris SA, Hafler JP, Graham DA, Capraro AJ, Zhou J, Landrigan CP, Sandora TJ. " Reforming procedural skills training for pediatric residents: a randomized, interventional trial. " Pediatrics. 2009 Aug ; 124 (2) : 610-9.
Pubmed PMID: 19651582.
Lara DA, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, Morris SA. " Prenatal diagnosis, hospital characteristics, and mortality in transposition of the great arteries " Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Jun ;
Pubmed PMID: 27296724.

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

American Society of Echocardiography

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Society for Thoracic Surgeons

Funding

A Biomarker to Predict Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Aortopathy #1 R21 HL121630-01A1: $150,000.00 (07/01/2014 - 07/01/2016); Grant funding from National Institutes of Health-NHLBI; Collaborating with the National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions (GenTAC), we are investigating the relationship between vascular tortuosity as detected by Magnetic Resonance Angiography or Computed Tomography Angiography and outcomes in children and young adults with aortic disease, including Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Turner syndrome, Familial Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections, and bicuspid aortic valve.

Maternal Hyperoxygenation in Fetal Left Heart Hypoplasia: $25,000.00 (10/22/2013); Grant funding from Baylor College of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute; We are investigating the potential role of maternal oxygen delivery to improve fetal left heart hypoplasia.

National Registry Of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms And Cardiovascular Conditions, Phase II (GENTAC II) #HHSN268200648199C and HHSN268210: Grant funding from National Institutes of Health - NHLBI and NIAMS; The purpose of GenTAC is to establish a registry of patients with genetic conditions that may be related to thoracic aortic aneurysms and to collect medical information and biologic samples. The samples and information will be available to researchers to help identify the best medical practices and to advance the clinical management of genetic thoracic aortic aneurysms and other cardiovascular complications. Over 3,750 participants have been enrolled in the registry since 2006.

Evaluation of an imaging biomarker in children and young adults with aortopathy #1K23HL127266: $635,010.00 (04/01/2015 - 03/31/2020); Grant funding from National Institutes of Health-NHLBI

Skills

Pediatric echocardiography

Fetal echocardiography

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Transesophageal echocardiography