Curriculum Vitae
David S. Morrison, M.D.
Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group
and
Southern California Center For Sports
Medicine
2760 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, California 90806
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID SCOTT MORRISON, M.D.
PRESENT ADDRESS:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR SPORTS MEDICINE
And
MEMORIAL ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL GROUP
2760 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, California 90806
562- 424-6666
WEB ADDRESS: shoulders-r-us.com
memorialorthopaedic.com
EDUCATION
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1975
-1979, M.D. Degree
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1971 - 1975, B.A. Degree, Physics
La Salle Academy, Providence, Rhode Island, 1967 - 1971
MEDICAL TRAINING
Senior Annie C. Kane Fellow - Charles S. Neer Visiting Clinical Fellow in Shoulder and
Elbow Surgery, The New York Orthopaedic Hospital at the Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center, New York, New York, July 1984 - June 1985
Junior Annie C. Kane Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery, The New York Orthopaedic
Hospital at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, July 1983 June 1984
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Helen Hayes Hospital, New York State Rehabilitation
Hospital, West Haverstraw, New York, New York, January 1982 - March 1982
Assistant Resident and Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, The New York Orthopaedic
Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, July 1981 - June
1983
Resident, General Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, July
1980 - June 1981
Surgical Internship, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City Utah, July 1979 June 1980
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Clinical Fellow in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Columbia University, College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, 1984
Visiting Clinical Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, July
1982
Program Director and Chief of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Southern California Center for Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
An ACGME certified Medical Educational Program
Long Beach, California, 1985 - Present
Clinical Instructor Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, 1985 - 1997
Clinical Instructor Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Veterans
Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California, 1985 – 1991
Clinical Instructor Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine,
Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, California, 1999 - Present
MEDICAL LICENSES
State of California, 1985
State of New York, 1981
State of Utah, 1979
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - July 1987, 1997
National Board of Medical Examiners - 1979
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Active Member, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Member, California Orthopaedic Association
HONORS
College of the Holy Cross
-National Physics Honor Society
-Captain Track and Field Team 1974-1975
-National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I All-American
Track and Field 1974 (one event), 1975 (two events)
-Candidate United States Olympic Team, 1972, 1976, 1984
College of Physicians and Surgeons
-President, Physicians and Surgeons Club and Director of
Student Activities
-Alumni Association Bronze Medal for Service to the University
Southern California Center For Sports Medicine
-Charles S. Neer III Award for Clinical Research, 1993. Presented by the American
Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Editor, ASES News, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 1993 - 95.
Consultant Reviewer, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 1993 - present.
Consultant Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1991 - present
Consultant Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1993 - present.
PUBLICATIONS
Morrison, DS, Wolfe,I, Gibson,RD, Narcessian, Bigliani,L, Cochran,GVB: Biomechanical
Analysis of the Modified Squat as a Knee Rehabilitation Exercises. Proceedings of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, 1983.
Goergen, SK, Morrison, DS, et al: Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of MR in the
Detection of Infraspinatus Tendon Injuries. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.
20(5):829-833, 1986
Bigliani,LU, Morrison,DS, April,EW: The Morphology of the Acromion and Its
Relationship to Rotator Cuff Tears. Orthopaedic Transactions, 1986; 10:216.
Bigliani,LU, Singson,R, Feldman,F, Morrison,DS, Flatow,EL: Double Contrast CT
Arthrography in Shoulder Instability. Proceedings of
the Third International Conference on Surgery of the Shoulder, 1987.
Morrison,DS, Bigliani,LU: Subacromial Impingement Syndrome and Glenohumeral
Instability. Principles of Orthopaedic Practice, Dee, Mango and Hurst, Editors, 1988, pp.
575-584.
Bigliani, LU, Morrison, DS: Impingement Syndrome. Principles of Orthpaedic Practice,
Dee, Mango and Hurst, Editors, 1988, pp. 627-633.
Neer,CS, Morrison, DS: Glenoid Bone Grafting in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal
of Bone and Joint Surgery. September 1988, Vol.70A, No.8, pp 1154-1162.
Berger,PE, Ofstein,RA, Jackson,DW, Morrison,DS, Silvino, N, Amador,R:
MRI Demonstration of Radiographically Occult Fractures: What have we been missing?
Radiographics, May, 1989.
Morrison, DS: Rotator Cuff Injuries in Young and Not-So-Young Athletes. International
Journal of Sports Medicine. Supplement 2, Vol. 10, July 1989.
Morrison,DS, Rosen,MA: Correlation of Acromial Morphology and the Results of
Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression. Surgery of the Shoulder, Post, Morey and
Hawkins, Editors, 1990, pp. 196-199.
Morrison,DS, Rosen,MA: Correlation of Acromial Morphology and the Results of
Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression. Surgery of the Shoulder. Melvin Post, Editor,
Mosby, Yearbook Medical Publications, 1990
Morrison,DS, Ofstein, R: The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of
Rotator Cuff Tears. Orthopedics, June 1990, pp. 633-637.
Morrison,DS, Seeger,LL, Totty,WG: MRI's Current Role in Joint Imaging.
Patient Care, September, 1990.
Jackson,DW, Cohn,BT, Morrison,DS: A New Technique for Harvesting the Patella Tendon
in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Orthopedics,
February 1990
Morrison, DS: Arthrotomography of the Shoulder. Surgical Disorders of the Shoulder,
Michael Watson, Editor, 1991, pp. 129-134.
Morrison,DS: Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder. Operative Orthopaedics, Chapman
and Madison Editors, 2nd Edition, 1993,
pp. 2361-2374.
Morrison, DS: Glenoid Deficiency in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Complications of
Shoulder Surgery. L. Bigliani, Editor, 1993, pp.73-80.
Lowery,WD, Kurzweil,PR, Forman,SK, Morrison,DS: Persistance of the Olecranon
Physis: A Cause of "Little League Elbow". Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery,
March/April 1995, pp. 143-147.
Friedman,RL, Morrison, DS: Recurrent Acromial Bone Spur After Open Subacromial
Decompression. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, VOL 4, Number 6,
November/December 1995, pp. 468-471..
Morrison, DS: Arthroscopic Distal Clavicle Excision. Master Techniques in Orthopaedic
Surgery: The Shoulder. E. Craig, Editor, 1995, pp.417-428
Morrison, DS, Port, J: Basics of Shoulder Arthroscopy. Shoulder Injuries in the Athlete.
Hawkins and Misamore, Editors, 1995, pp.87-101.
Morrison, DS, Schaefer, R, Friedman, RL: The Relationship Between Subacromial Space
Pressure, Blood Pressure, and Visual Clarity During Arthroscopic Subacromial
Decompression. Arthroscopy Vol 11 #5:557-560 October 1995.
Burkhead, WZ, Burkhart, SS, Gerber, C, Harryman II, DT, Morrison, DS, Uhthoff, HK,
Williams Jr., GR: Symposium: The Rotator Cuff: Debridement versus Repair, Part 1.
Contemporary Orthopaedics, Vol. 31, No. 4:262-272. October 1995. Part II:
Contemporary Orthopaedics, Vol. 31, No. 5, November 1995
Morrison, DS, Lemos, MJ: Acromioclavicular Separation: Reconstruction Utilizing
Synthetic Lopp Augmentation. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. January, 1995,
Vol. 23, No.1, pp. 105-110.
Morrison, DS: Conservative Mamagement of Partial Thickness Rotator Cuff Lesions.
Rotator Cuff Disorders. Wayce Z. Burkhead, Jr., Editor, 1996, pp.249-257.
Morrison,DS, Frogameni,A, Woodworth, P: Conservative Management for Subacromial
Impingement of the Shoulder. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, May 1997, 732-737.
Morrison, DS, Jacobson, S: Arthroscopic Assisted Rotator Cuff Repair, An Atlas of
Shoulder Surgery. F. Fu, J.D.Ticker, AB Imhoff, Editors, 1997.
Morrison, DS, Greenbaum, BS, Einhorn, A: Shoulder Impingement, Orthopedic Clinics of
North America. Vol 31, Number 2, April 2000.
Auge, WK, Morrison, DS: Assessment of the Infraspinatus Spinal Stretch Reflex in the
Normal, Athletic, and Multidirectionally Unstable Shoulder. The American Journal of
Sports Medicine. Vol 26, No. 2, pp 206-213, 2001
Morrison, DS, Scheer, MJ: Acromioclavicular Seperations: Modified Weaver-Dunn
Technique. Surgical Techniques for the Shoulder and Elbow. Barber and Fischer, Editors,
Thieme, 2003.
Morrison, DS, Woodworth, PH: Arthroscopic Distal Clavicle Excision. Master
Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Shoulder. Second Edition, E. Craig, Editor,
2004, pp. 21-34.
Morrison,DS: Impingement Syndrome in Athletes. Upper Extremity Sports Injuries,
Dobyns and Cooney, Editors. In publication.
Morrison, DS: Rehabilation of Impingement Syndrome. Shoulder Rehabiliation. W.
Seitz, Editor, In publication.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Wolfe,IN, Morrison,DS, Bigliani,LU: Application of Olympic Training Techniques in
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. New York Orthopaedic Hospital Alumni Association,
Fifty-seventh Annual Meeting, New York, New York, April, 1982.
Morrison,DS, Kiernan,HA, Bigliani,LU, Cochran,GVB: The Modified Squat for Knee
Rehabiliation: Analysis and Application. New York Orthopaedic Hospital Alumni
Association, Fifth-eighth Annual Meeting, New York, New York, April, 1983
Morrison,DS, Denton,JR: Dysplasia Epiphysialis Hemimelica: A Review and Case
Presentations. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of New York, New York, New York, March,
1984.
Morrison,DS, Bigliani, LU: Doping in Sports, Anabolic Steroids Use in Athletes. New
York Orthopaedic Hospital Alumni Association, Fifty- Ninth Annual Meeting, New York,
New York, April, 1984.
Morrison,DS: Enhancement of Athletic Performance Through the Use of Androgens;
Structure, Function and History. The New York Academy of Medicine, Orthopaedic
Section, New York, New York, May, 1984.
Bigliani,LU, Morrison,DS: The Use of the Arthro-CAT Scan in Diagnosis and
Management of Shoulder Instability. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Meeting,
November, 1985.
Bigliani,LU, Morrison,DS: The Morphology of the Acromion and Its Relationship to
Rotator Cuff Tears. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Meeting, November, 1985.
Morrison,DS, Bigliani,LU, April,EW: Variations in Acromial Shape and Their
Relationship to Subacromial Impingement. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons,
53rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1986.
Bigliani,LU, Morrison,DS, April,EW: The Morphology of the Acromion and Its
Relationship to Rotator Cuff Tears. The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Second
Open Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1986.
Morrison,DS, Neer,CS: Glenoid Bone Grafting in Non-Constrained Shoulder
Arthroplasty, The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Second Open Meeting, New
Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1986
Morrison,DS, Bigliani,LU: Roentgenographic Analysis of Acromial Morphology and Its
Relationship to Rotator Cuff Tears. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 54th
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January, 1987.
Morrison, DS: The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff
Tears, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1989.
Morrison,DS, Jackson,DW: Correlation of Acromial Morphology and the Results of
Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. February, 1988.
Morrison,DS, Berger, P: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff
Tears. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February,
1988.
Morrison,DS, Schaefer,RK: The Relationship Between Subacromial Space Pressure, Blood
Pressure and Visual Clarity During Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression. American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1990.
Morrison,DS, Atwell,EA: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Determination of the
Extent of Rotator Cuff Injury and the Size of Rotator Cuff Tears. American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1990.
Morrison,DS, Frogameni,AD, Woodworth,P: Conservative Management of Subacromial
Impingement Syndrome. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Specialty Day,
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, 1993. Presented
the Neer Award for Clinical Research.
Morrison,DS, Lemos,MJ: Acromioclavicular Separation: Reconstruction Using Synthetic
Loop Augmentation. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco,
California, 1993.
Grafe, MW, Morrison, DS, Myer,JW, Ghamsary,M: A Comparison of Expectations of
Shoulder Surgery Between Surgeon and Patient. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
2005 Open Meeting, Washington, DC.
Morrison,DS, Grafe,MW, Thomas,BM, Tifford, CD: Uncemented Glenoid Component in
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Long Term Follow-Up. American Shoulder and Elbow
Surgeons Closed Meeting, NY, New York, September 2004.
Grafe, MW, Morrison, DS, Thomas,BM, Tifford,CD: Uncemented Glenoid Component in
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Long-Term Follow-Up. American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons, Annual Meeting, February 2005.
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS
Bigliani,LU, Morrison,DS, Rosenberg,ZA: Double Contrast Arthrocat Scanning in
Evaluating Patients with Shoulder Instability. American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons, 53rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1986. Also presented
at the 3rd International Conference of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Fukuda, Japan,
October, 1986.
Berger,PE, Ofstein,RA, Jackson,DW, Morrison,DS, Silvino,N, Amador, R:
MRI Demonstration of Radiographically Occult Fractures: What have we been missing.
Radiological Society of North America, 73rd Scientific Meeting, Chicago, Illinois,
November, 1988.
Morrison, DS, Grafe,MW, Thomas,BM, Tifford, CD: Poster: Uncemented Glenoid
Component in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Long Term Follow-Up. American Shoulder
and Elbow Surgeons Closed Meeting, NY, New Yor, September 2004.
Grafe, MW, Morrison,DS, Thomas,BM, Tifford,CD: Poster: Uncemented Glenoid
Component in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Long Term Follow-Up. American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting, February, 2005.