Newcastle Adult &
Paediatric Heart Centre
16 Grainger Street
Lambton NSW 2299
PhD, MA, BA, BMBCh(oxon), FCSANZ, FRCP (UK), FRACP
Biography
Dr Morris has over 15 years of experience working as a cardiologist specialised in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders (a cardiac electrophysiologist). He performs a large number of cardiac ablations each year and is committed to ongoing research programs and adoption of new technologies to improve the success and safety of cardiac ablation for heart rhythm problems, especially atrial fibrillation. He was one of the first in Australia to use pulsed field ablation systems for the treatment of AF, as well as one of the first in the world to use this integrated with a specialised advanced mapping system.
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He trained in medicine at the University of Oxford where he won prizes for academic achievement and research. After completing an intercalated degree in Physiology he was awarded a Wellcome Trust scholarship to fund a period of research before commencement of undergraduate clinical training. His postgraduate medical and further cardiology training was undertaken in Manchester, UK. He advanced his skills in cardiac ablation and pacing through a prestigious clinical fellowship in pacing and cardiac electrophysiology at the world-leading cardiology department of the Royal Melbourne Hospital led by Professor Jonathan Kalman.
During this time he received intensive training in advanced arrhythmia management and ablation, and performed research into mechanisms of atrial fibrillation. He is registered as a heart rhythm specialist performing ablations with the Heart Rhythm Society and Heart Rhythm Specialists.
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He has a research interest in heart rhythm disorders. His PhD, funded by the British Heart Foundation, was awarded in 2009 for work investigating the cause of ‘sick sinus syndrome’ and the development of gene therapy for this disease. This research was awarded the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award and the Turnberg Cup. Dr Morris has an ongoing research interest in atrial fibrillation, sinus node disease and arrhythmias in athletes. His expertise and innovation was recognised with a grant award of over £800,000 from the British Heart Foundation for research to improve ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation. He is widely published and has been invited to speak at meetings across the world on these topics. He remains part of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Group at the University of Manchester who are world leaders in the science of heart rhythm disorders, and is working with the team at the John Hunter Hospital to expand the cardiac arrhythmia clinical and research programs.
Education & Training
1995-2001
University of Oxford, Medicine, BMBCh
1998
University of Oxford, Physiology, BA
2005
University of Oxford, MA
2010
University of Manchester, PhD
2001-2006
Medical Internship and Residency, Manchester
2009-2013
Cardiology & Cardiac Electrophysiology Advanced Training, Manchester
2013-2014
Fellowship, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Research Publications
Dr Morris has published widely on cardiac arrhythmia in many of the best medical journals. The links below provide access to a constantly updated list of his publications.
