MelanieSandersMorrisMD

Colon & Rectal Surgery • Birmingham, AL

Associate Professor Chief of General Surgery, Birmingham VA Hospital

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Office
700 19th St S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 205-933-8101

Fax+1 205-933-4497
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Education & Training

University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2009 - 2010
Oregon Health & Science UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2009
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 2008 - Present
AL State Medical License 2010 - 2024
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Challenging weekend discharges associated with excess length of stay in surgical patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Charlotte M. Rajasingh, Laura A. Graham, Joshua S. Richman, Matthew W. Mell, Melanie S. Morris, Mary T. Hawn> ;Surgery. 2021 Nov 1
18 citations
The association of health literacy and postoperative complications after colorectal surgery: A cohort study
Lauren M. Theiss, Tara Wood, Marshall C. McLeod, Connie Shao, Isabel C. Dos Santos Marques, Swara Bajpai, Elizabeth Lopez, Anh M Duong, Robert H. Hollis, Melanie S. Mo...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Oct 16
1 citations
Filtering through racial disparities in postoperative venous thromboembolism.
Robert H. Hollis, Melanie S. Morris> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Aug 30
6 citations
Psychosocial Determinants of Readmission After Surgery.
Laura A. Graham, Mary T. Hawn, Elise A. Dasinger, Samantha J. Baker, Brad S. Oriel, Tyler S. Wahl, Joshua S. Richman, Laurel A. Copeland, Kamal M.F. Itani, Edith Burns...> ;Medical Care. 2021 Jun 21
11 citations
NIH Funding of Researchers in Surgery: Decreased Career Development Awards Over Time.
Mary Smithson, M Chandler McLeod, Daniel I. Chu, Greg Kennedy, Melanie S. Morris, Herbert Chen, Karin M. Hardiman> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2021 May 8
10 citations
Visual teaching aids improve patient understanding and reduce anxiety prior to a colectomy.
James A. Stewart, Lauren N. Wood, Jameson Wiener, Gregory D. Kennedy, Daniel I. Chu, Jeffrey R. Lancaster, Melanie S. Morris> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
20 citations
Racial disparities exist in surgical outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Isabel C. Dos Santos Marques, Lauren M. Theiss, Lauren N. Wood, Drew J. Gunnells, Robert H. Hollis, Karin M. Hardiman, Jamie A. Cannon, Melanie S. Morris, Gregory D. K...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
6 citations
The impact of an enhanced recovery program (ERP) on the costs of colorectal surgery.
Anisha N. Khanijow, Lauren N. Wood, Rongbing Xie, Lauren M. Theiss, Robert H. Hollis, Karin M. Hardiman, Drew J. Gunnells, Gregory D. Kennedy, Melanie S. Morris, Jamie...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Jul 1
2 citations
An Implementation Assessment of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders Program From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders.
Courtney J. Balentine, Melanie S. Morris, Sara J. Knight, Janet M. Turan, Kellie L. Flood, Diana Gutierrez-Meza, Cameron L. Macdonald, Cynthia J. Brown> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Nov 16
12 citations
Low Health Literacy Exists in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Population and Is Disproportionately Prevalent in Older African Americans.
Isabel C. Dos Santos Marques, Lauren M. Theiss, Samantha J. Baker, Amandiy Liwo, Lauren N. Wood, Jamie A. Cannon, Melanie S. Morris, Gregory D. Kennedy, Mona N. Fouad,...> ;Crohn's & Colitis 360. 2020 Oct 1
34 citations
The VA MISSION Act and the Future of Veterans’ Access to Quality Health Care
Nader N. Massarweh, Kamal M.F. Itani, Melanie S. Morris> ;JAMA. 2020 Jul 28
15 citations
Patient-reported health literacy scores are associated with readmissions following surgery.
Samantha J. Baker, Emily Malone, Laura A. Graham, Elise A. Dasinger, Tyler S. Wahl, Ashley L. Titan, Joshua S. Richman, Laurel A. Copeland, Edith Burns, Jeff Whittle, ...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Jul 8
2 citations
Perioperative opioid use and pain-related outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration.
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Laura A. Graham, Ian Carroll, Elise A. Dasinger, Ashley L. Titan, Melanie S. Morris, Mary T. Hawn> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Jun 1
4 citations
Early removal of catheters in an Enhanced Recovery Pathway (ERP) with intrathecal opioid injection does not affect postoperative urinary outcomes.
Jameson Wiener, Drew J. Gunnells, Lauren N. Wood, Daniel I. Chu, Jamie A. Cannon, Gregory D. Kennedy, Melanie S. Morris> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Jun 1
31 citations
Pre-operative COVID-19 testing and decolonization.
Melanie S. Morris, Albert Pierce, Brenda Carlisle, Brooke Vining, Jeffrey B. Dobyns> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 May 22
9 citations
Patient expectations for recovery after elective surgery: a common-sense model approach.
Michael B Gehring, Stacee M. Lerret, Jonette Johnson, Julie Rieder, David Nelson, Laurel A. Copeland, Ashley L. Titan, Mary T. Hawn, Melanie S. Morris, Jeff Whittle, E...> ;Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2020 Apr 1
6 citations
Views of primary care physicians and rheumatologists regarding screening and treatment of hyperlipidemia among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Iris Navarro-Millán, Anna Cornelius-Schecter, Ronan O’Beirne, Melanie S. Morris, Susan M. Goodman, Andrea Cherrington, Liana Fraenkel, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Monika M. Saf...> ;BMC Rheumatology. 2020 Mar 5
13 citations
The Association of Enhanced Recovery Pathway and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery.
Jameson Wiener, Lauren Goss, Tyler S. Wahl, Morgan A Terry, Kaitlin G Burge, Daniel I. Chu, Joshua S. Richman, Jamie A. Cannon, Gregory D. Kennedy, Melanie S. Morris> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2020 Feb 1
1 citations
Impact of Gastrointestinal Surgical Site Wound Complications on Long-term Healthcare Utilization
Tanmaya D. Sambare, Laura A. Graham, Kamal M.F. Itani, Melanie S. Morris, Shawn Moshrefi, Mary T. Hawn> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
16 citations
Preoperative opioid use and postoperative pain associated with surgical readmissions.
Elise A. Dasinger, Laura A. Graham, Tyler S. Wahl, Joshua S. Richman, Samantha J. Baker, Mary T. Hawn, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Amy K. Rosen, Hillary J. Mull, Laurel A...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2019 Nov 1
18 citations
Comparison of a Potential Hospital Quality Metric With Existing Metrics for Surgical Quality–Associated Readmission
Laura A. Graham, Hillary J. Mull, Todd H. Wagner, Melanie S. Morris, Amy K. Rosen, Joshua S. Richman, Jeffery Whittle, Edith Burns, Laurel A. Copeland, Kamal M.F. Itan...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2019 Apr 5
12 citations
Virtual Postoperative Visits for New Ostomates.
Tracie White, Penni Watts, Melanie S. Morris, Jacqueline Moss> ;Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 2019 Feb 1
2 citations
SSAT State-of-the-Art Conference: Advances in the Management of Rectal Cancer.
Evie Carchman, Daniel I. Chu, Gregory D. Kennedy, Melanie S. Morris, Marc Dakermandji, John R. T. Monson, Laura M. Fernandez, Rodrigo Oliva Perez, Alessandro Fichera, ...> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2019 Feb 1
5 citations
Which patient reported outcome domains are important to the rheumatologists while assessing patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Aprajita Jagpal, Ronan O’Beirne, Melanie S. Morris, Bernadette Johnson, James H. Willig, Huifeng Yun, Andrea Cherrington, Liana Fraenkel, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Monika M. ...> ;BMC Rheumatology. 2019 Jan 1
9 citations
Exploring Trajectories of Health Care Utilization Before and After Surgery.
Laura A. Graham, Todd H. Wagner, Joshua S. Richman, Melanie S. Morris, Laurel A. Copeland, Alex H. S. Harris, Kamal M.F. Itani, Mary T. Hawn> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019 Jan 1
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Journal Articles

Association Between Preoperative Proteinuria and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury and Readmission
Melanie S Morris, Caroline E Jones, Kamal M Itani, Mary T Hawn, Tyler S Wahl, Robert H Hollis, Gordon L Telford, Edith A Burns, JAMA
Association of Postoperative Readmissions with Surgical Quality Using a Delphi Consensus Process to Identify Relevant Diagnosis Codes
Robert H Hollis, Tyler Wahl, Caroline Jones, Mary T Hawn, Melanie S Morris, JAMA