Ronald L Morton, MD

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Fan LL, Dishop MK, Galambos C, Askin FB, White FV, Langston C, Liptzin DR, Kroehl ME, Deutsch GH, Young LR, Kurland G, Hagood J, Dell S, Trapnell BC, Deterding RR. Members of the child Research Co-operative who participated in the current study. Diffuse Lung Disease in Biopsied Children 2 to 18 Years of Age. Ann Am Thorac Soc Vol 12, No 10, Oct 2015 pp 1498–1505. Morton R was member of the chILD Research Co-operative who participated in the current study.

Suresh S., Huxol H, Morton R. Decreasing Mechanical Ventilator Support in Medically Fragile Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Step-By-Step Weaning Protocol at a Pediatric Long Term Extended Care Facility. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach 8 (2015):147-156.

DeMastes-Crabtree C, Kim E, Morton R. Unilateral Pulmonary Vein Atresia: A Rare Case of Hemoptysis. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 15 (2015):83-84.

Rebekah J Nevel, Errine T Garnett, John A Worrell, Ronald L Morton, Lawrence M Nogee, Timothy S. Blackwell, and Lisa R Young. Author information; Corresponding Author: Lisa R Young. Persistent Lung Disease in Adults with NKX2. 1Mutation and Familial Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy {NEHI) Annals ATS. First published online I7 May 2016 Annals ATS (2016)03-155BC.

Eid, N., O’Hagan, A., Bickel, S., Morton, R., Jacobson, S., Myers, J. Anti-inflammatory Dosing of Theophylline in the Treatment of Status Asthmaticus in Children. Journal of Asthma and Allergy. 2016:9, 183-189.

Scott Bickel1, Bethany Carnes2, Matthew Thompson3, Sheldon Bond4 and Ronald Morton5 Type I Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Originating from an Extralobar Sequestration. European Respiratory & Pulmonology Diseases, 2016,2(1):23-5.

Trapping on Discharge in Children Hospitalized with Asthma. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews", Vol. 14, No. 2, 2018.

Kaslow, J., Bickel, S., Wiesenauer, C., Eid, N., and Morton, R. "Pediatric Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Our Experience and a Review of the Literature." Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology. Volume: 31 Issue 4: December 12, 2018.

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical/Research Interests:

Dr. Morton enjoys working with patients and families with medically complex children, including patients requiring home mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy care. He also collaborates with the chILD (childhood interstitial lung disease) and rare lung disease consortium. His other clinical interests include severe asthma, infantile wheezing and premature lung disease. Dr. Morton participates in many clinical research trials in cystic fibrosis (CF) and recently received recognition as a TDN (therapeutic development network) research site in CF.