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David L.S. Morales, MD

  • Director, Congenital Heart Surgery, Heart Institute
  • Clark-Helmsworth Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  • UC Division of Surgery

About

MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Residency: General and cardiothoracic surgery, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Fellowships: Congenital heart surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor University, Waco, TX.

Board certifications: Surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital heart surgery.

Interests

Congenital heart surgery; heterotaxy syndrome; pediatric heart and lung transplantation; mechanical circulatory support

Services and Specialties

Heart, Heart Failure, Lung Transplant, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiomyopathy, Fetal Heart Program, Fontan Management Clinic

Interests

Clinical and translational research related to mechanical circulatory support and tissue engineering

Research Areas

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart

Location

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Publications

Commentary: Pump exchange: Harmful waste or wise investment?. Woods, RK; Adachi, I; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022; 163:2128-2129.

Effect of ischemic time on pediatric heart transplantation outcomes: is it the same for all allografts?. Dani, A; Vu, Q; Thangappan, K; Huang, B; Wittekind, S; Lorts, A; Chin, C; Morales, DL S; Zafar, F. Pediatric Transplantation. 2022; 26.

Abdominal CT and MRI Findings of Portal Hypertension in Children and Adults with Fontan Circulation. Zafar, F; Lubert, AM; Trout, AT; Katz, DA; Palermo, JJ; Opotowsky, AR; Lorts, A; Chin, C; Powell, AW; Villa, CR; et al. Radiology. 2022; 303:557-565.

External validation and comparison of risk score models in pediatric heart transplants. Dani, A; Heidel, JS; Qiu, T; Zhang, Y; Ni, Y; Hossain, MM; Chin, C; Morales, DL S; Huang, B; Zafar, F. Pediatric Transplantation. 2022; 26.

Special Considerations for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Use in Small Patients. Bourque, K; Fraser, CE; Lorts, A; Molina, EJ; Kormos, RL; Naka, Y; Sheikh, FH; Uriel, NY; Morales, DL S. ASAIO Journal. 2022; 68:619-622.

Lung Transplantation Advanced Prediction Tool: Determining Recipient's Outcome for a Certain Donor. Zafar, F; Hossain, MM; Zhang, Y; Dani, A; Schecter, M; Hayes, D; Macaluso, M; Towe, C; Morales, DL S. Transplantation. 2022.

Commentary: The Vulcan mind MELD-XI. Mah, KE; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022; 163:1477-1478.

MILESTONE: More Than 1,200 Children Bridged to Heart Transplantation with Mechanical Circulatory Support. Thangappan, K; Zafar, F; Lorts, A; Adachi, I; Rosenthal, D; Rossano, J; Maeda, K; Morales, DL S. ASAIO Journal. 2022; 68:577-583.

Successful use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute chest syndrome in a child with sickle cell disease and SARS-CoV-2. Koh, W; Malik, P; Whitehead, J; Morales, DL S; Hayes, D. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2022; 57:1096-1099.

There's More to the Story - Not All Durations of Mechanical Ventilation Are Associated with Worse Post-Transplant Survival in Children. Greenberg, JW; Dani, A; Winlaw, DS; Lehenbauer, DG; Chin, C; Lorts, A; Gist, KM; Zafar, F; Morales, DL. Journal of Heart Transplantation. 2022; 41.

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