Specialty	Internal Medicine
Subspecialty	Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests	Geriatrics
	Internal Medicine
	Palliative Care
Gender	Male
E-mail	sean.morrison@mssm.edu
Education and Training	MD, University of Chicago
	Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Hospital
	Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Hermann Merkin Professor of Palliative Care

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development

Dr. Morrison received his B.Sc. from Brown University and his M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and fellowship training in Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has been on the faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine since 1995 where he established the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Unit and served as its director from 1995-1997. He has received numerous awards for his research in geriatrics and palliative care and has been the recipient of a Brookdale National Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, a Project on Death in America Faculty Scholars Award and currently is the recipient of a Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award and is a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar in Aging Research. Dr. Morrison is currently the principal investigator of a $1.5 million Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant designed to improve the detection and management of pain in acute care hospitals. Dr. Morrison's past research has focused on decision making at the end of life, pain and symptom management in high risk and medically underserved populations, and quality measures in palliative care. Dr. Morrison was featured on the PBS special 'On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying.'

Education and Training	MD, University of Chicago
	Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Hospital
	Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Board Certification	Internal Medicine
	Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine

Specialty	Internal Medicine
Subspecialty	Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests	Geriatrics
	Internal Medicine
	Palliative Care
Board Certification	Internal Medicine
	Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine

Morrison RS, Siu A. Survival in end-stage dementia following acute illness. JAMA 2000 Jul 5; 284(1): 47-52.

Morrison RS, Siu AL. Mortality from pneumonia and hip fractures in patients with advanced Dementia. JAMA 2000 Nov 15; 284(19): 2447-2448.

Meier DE, Back AL, Morrison RS. The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously ill. JAMA 2001 Dec 19; 286(23): 3007-3014.

Nelson JE, Meier DE, Oei EJ, Nierman D, Senzel RS, Manfredi PL, Davis SM, Morrison RS. Self-reported symptom experience of critically ill cancer patients receiving intensive care. Crit Care Med 2001 Feb; 29(2): 277-82.

Meier D, Ahronheim JC, Morris J, Baskin-Lyons S, Morrison R. High short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with advanced dementia: lack of benefit of tube feeding. Arch Intern Med 2001 Feb 26; 161(4): 594-9.

Evers MM, Meier DE, Morrison RS. Assessing differences in care needs and service utilization in geriatric palliative care patients. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002 May; 23(5): 424-432.

Spiegel MJ, Meier DE, Goldhirsch S, Natale D, Morrison RS. Assessing the outcome of a palliative care educational initiative. J Palliat Med 2002 Jun; 5(3): 343-352.

Beach MC, Morrison RS. The effect of do-not-resuscitate orders on physician decision-making. j am geriatr soc 2002 Dec; 50(12): 2057-2061.

Meier DE, Morrison RS. Autonomy reconsidered. N Engl J Med 2002 Apr 4; 346(14): 1087-1089.

Morrison R, Meier DE, editors. Geriatric Palliative Care. New York, Oxford University Press; 2003.