Texas Children's Hospital

Credentials for
David Luis Simon Morales, M.D.

Name: David Luis Simon Morales, M.D.

Texas Children's Position: Associate Surgeon, Congenital Heart Surgery; Surgical Director, TCH ECMO program; Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Other Positions: Associate Professor, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Specialty(ies):

Cardiology (heart)

Cardiovascular (heart)

Heart (cardiology)

Transplant

Board Certifications:

American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

American Board of Surgery

Degrees Held:
Emmett Augustus Jones Fellowship, Congenital Heart Surgery	2004	Baylor College of Medicine
General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency	2003	Columbia University
M.D.	1995	Yale University School of Medicine
B.S.	1991	Duke University

Primary Focus: Congenital heart surgery; pediatric lung and heart transplantation; ventricular assist devices, mechanical support of the heart and lungs (ie. LVAD's), and clinical and translational research

Publications:

Morales DLS, Gunter KS, Fraser Jr. CD. Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support. Int J Artif Organs. 2006 Oct;29(10):920-37

Morales DLS, Braud BE, Curl-Green T, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD. Heterotaxy Patients with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Improving Surgical Results. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov;82(5):1621-7

Morales DLS, Scully PT, Braud BE, DiBardino DJ, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD. Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair: Aortic Arch Advancement without a Patch Minimizes Arch Re-interventions. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov; 82(5):1577-83

Morales DLS, Braud BE, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Price TF, Towbin JA, Cooley DA, Fraser CD. Over Two Decades of Pediatric Heart Transplantation: How Has Survival Changed? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Mar;133(3):632-9

Morales DLS, Carberry KE, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD, Diaz L. Extubation in the Operating Room after Fontan's Procedure: Effect on Practice and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug;86(2):576-81; discussion 581-2.

Professional Organizations:

Member International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Member Association for Academic Surgery

Member American Academy of Pediatrics

Member Michael E. Debakey International Surgical Society

Member Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Member American College of Surgeons

Contact Information:

6621 Fannin

WT 19345H - 19th Floor

Houston TX 77030.

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Phone: 832-826-1929

Fax: 832-825-1905

E-mail: dlmorale@texaschildrenshospital.org