Emily Morell, MD

Dr. Morell is a pediatric cardiologist and critical care specialist who cares for infants and children with critical congenital and acquired heart disease. This includes preoperative and postoperative surgical management as well as care for children with medical cardiac conditions.

Dr. Morell’s research focuses on quality of life, prognostication, and parent-physician communication for children with advanced heart disease. She also investigates clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary hypertension and cardiac intensive care.
Education
06/2021 - Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
06/2019 - Pediatric Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco
06/2016 - Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 05/2013 - , Harvard University
BA, 05/2009 - , Yale University

  1. Blume ED, Kirsch R, Cousino MK, Walter JK, Steiner JM, Miller TA, Machado D, Peyton C, Bacha E, Morell E, American Heart Association Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on L. Palliative Care Across the Life Span for Children With Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2023. PMID: 36633003


  2. Balkin DM, Tranah GJ, Wang F, O'Donoghue C, Morell EA, Porubsky C, Nosrati M, Vaquero EM, Kim H, Carr MJ, Montilla-Soler JL, Wu MC, Torre DM, Kashani-Sabet M, Zager JS, Leong SP. Lymphoscintigraphy Using Tilmanocept Detects Multiple Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Melanoma Patients. Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 2023. PMID: 36705261


  3. Miller MK, Blume ED, Samsel C, Elia E, Brown DW, Morell E. Parent-Provider Communication in Hospitalized Children with Advanced Heart Disease. 2022. PMID: 35538320


  4. Alizadeh F, Morell E, Hummel K, Wu Y, Wypij D, Matthew D, Esteso P, Moynihan K, Blume ED. The Surprise Question as a Trigger for Primary Palliative Care Interventions for Children with Advanced Heart Disease. 2022. PMID: 35503117


  5. Moynihan KM, Ziniel SI, Johnston E, Morell E, Pituch K, Blume ED. A "Good Death" for Children with Cardiac Disease. 2021. PMID: 34854941


  6. Morell E, Gaies M, Fineman JR, Charpie J, Rao R, Sasaki J, Zhang W, Reichle G, Banerjee M, Tabbutt S. Mortality from Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2021. PMID: 33798036


  7. Molloy MA, DeWitt ES, Morell E, Reichman JR, Brown DW, Kobayashi R, Sleeper LA, Elia EG, Samsel C, Blume ED. Parent-Reported Symptoms and Perceived Effectiveness of Treatment in Children Hospitalized with Advanced Heart Disease. 2021. PMID: 34217766


  8. Moynihan KM, Heith CS, Snaman JM, Smith-Parrish M, Bakas A, Ge S, Cerqueira AV, Bailey V, Beke D, Wolfe J, Morell E, Gauvreau K, Blume ED. Palliative Care Referrals in Cardiac Disease. 2021. PMID: 33579811


  9. Morell E, Miller MK, Lu M, Friedman KG, Breitbart RE, Reichman JR, McDermott J, Sleeper LA, Blume ED. Parent and Physician Understanding of Prognosis in Hospitalized Children With Advanced Heart Disease. 2021. PMID: 33442989


  10. Morell E, Rajagopal SK, Oishi P, Thiagarajan RR, Fineman JR, Steurer MA. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2020. PMID: 31577693


  11. Morell E, Thompson J, Rajagopal S, Blume ED, May R. Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Palliative Care: A National Survey Study. Journal of palliative care 2019. PMID: 31597507


  12. Morell E, Moynihan K, Wolfe J, Blume ED. Palliative care and paediatric cardiology: current evidence and future directions. 2019. PMID: 31126897


  13. Balkin EM, Zinter MS, Rajagopal SK, Keller RL, Fineman JR, Steurer MA. Intensive Care Mortality Prognostic Model for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018. PMID: 29923941


  14. Balkin EM, Sleeper LA, Kirkpatrick JN, Swetz KM, Coggins MK, Wolfe J, Blume ED. Physician Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children with Advanced Heart Disease: A Comparison between Pediatric Cardiology and Palliative Care Physicians. 2018. PMID: 29412772


  15. Balkin EM, Steurer MA, Delagnes EA, Zinter MS, Rajagopal S, Keller RL, Fineman JR. Multicenter mortality and morbidity associated with pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pulmonary circulation 2017. PMID: 29251545


  16. DeCourcey DD, Silverman M, Oladunjoye A, Balkin EM, Wolfe J. Patterns of Care at the End of Life for Children and Young Adults with Life-Threatening Complex Chronic Conditions. 2017. PMID: 29174080


  17. Marcus KL, Balkin EM, Al-Sayegh H, Guslits E, Blume ED, Ma C, Wolfe J. Patterns and Outcomes of Care in Children With Advanced Heart Disease Receiving Palliative Care Consultation. 2017. PMID: 28887267


  18. Balkin EM, Kirkpatrick JN, Kaufman B, Swetz KM, Sleeper LA, Wolfe J, Blume ED. Pediatric Cardiology Provider Attitudes About Palliative Care: A Multicenter Survey Study. 2017. PMID: 28664445


  19. Balkin EM, Ort K, Goldsby R, Duvall J, Kim CD. Pocket Reference Card Improves Pediatric Resident Comfort in Caring for Children at End of Life. Journal of palliative medicine 2016. PMID: 27792463


  20. Balkin EM, Olson ED, Robertson L, Adatia I, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Change in Pediatric Functional Classification During Treatment and Morbidity and Mortality in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric cardiology 2016. PMID: 26843461


  21. Balkin EM, Thompson D, Colson KE, Lam CG, Matthay KK. Physician Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children With Neuroblastoma: An International Context. Pediatric blood & cancer 2016. PMID: 26784890


  22. Balkin EM, Wolfe J, Ziniel SI, Lang P, Thiagarajan R, Dillis S, Fynn-Thompson F, Blume ED. Physician and parent perceptions of prognosis and end-of-life experience in children with advanced heart disease. 2014. PMID: 25493354


  23. Blume ED, Balkin EM, Aiyagari R, Ziniel S, Beke DM, Thiagarajan R, Taylor L, Kulik T, Pituch K, Wolfe J. Parental perspectives on suffering and quality of life at end-of-life in children with advanced heart disease: an exploratory study*. 2014. PMID: 24583501


  24. Morell E, Wolfe J, Scheurer M, Thiagarajan R, Morin C, Beke DM, Smoot L, Cheng H, Gauvreau K, Blume ED. Patterns of care at end of life in children with advanced heart disease. 2012. PMID: 22473887


  25. Morell EA. Learning that a death can be a good death. 2012. PMID: 22339333


  26. Morell EA, Balkin DM. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a pervasive pathogen highlights the need for new antimicrobial development. 2010. PMID: 21165342