Michael Craig Morriss, MD Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Biography

Michael Craig Morriss, MD., graduated from UT Southwestern Medical School in 1990 and completed a one year internship in Pediatrics at Children’s Health℠ in Dallas.   Following his internship, Dr. Morriss completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at UT Southwestern.  In 1995-1997, he completed fellowships in Neuroradiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  Previously, he has served on Staff at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and also as Chief of Neuroradiology at Texas Children’s Hospital before rejoining the Radiology faculty at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health. 

Currently, at UT Southwestern, Dr. Morriss serves as the Program Director for the Radiology Residency; and on the Graduate Medical Education Committee for the University.  Additionally, Dr. Morriss serves as a Clinical Neuroradiologist and as the MRI Safety Officer for Children’s Health.

Education and Training

Medical School

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1990)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1991), Pediatrics

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1995), Radiology, General

Fellowship

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Psychiatry (1997), Neuroradiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1996), Pediatric Neuroradiology

Departments & Programs

Conditions & Treatments

Conditions

Treatments

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• American Society of Head and Neck Radiology
• American Society of Neuroradiology
• Children’s Oncology Group
• Texas Medical Association

Awards & Honors

• Radiological Society of North America
  Certificate of Merit, Scientific Poster Presentation, "Lumps and Bumps on the Head in Childhood: a Diagnostic Dilemma," Chicago, Illinois (2004)
• American Society of Neuroradiology
  The Derek Harwood-Nash Award for Best Pediatric Neuroradiology Paper (1997)
• The Society for Pediatric Radiology
  Certificate of Merit Award for a Scientific Paper, Comprehensive Mapping of Normal Developmental Changes in Brain Water Diffusion, St. Louis, MO (1997)
• American Roentgen Ray Society
  Executive Council Resident Research Award, "Cerebral Blood Flow in Eclampsia and Severe Preeclampsia: A Prospective Study Utilizing Phase-Contrast MR Flow Quantification and Correlation with Conventional Parenchymal Spin-Echo MR Brain Imag (1995)
• Southwestern Medical Foundation
  R.L. Taylor Scholarship, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas (1986)

Appointments & Locations

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Locations

Children's Health℠ Imaging Center Addison ,

Children’s Health℠ Specialty Center 1 Plano ,

Children’s Health℠ Specialty Center Dallas Campus ,

Children’s Medical Center Dallas ,

Children’s Medical Center Plano