Emily Morell, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

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.

• The Surprise Question as a Trigger for Primary Palliative Care Interventions for Children with Advanced Heart Disease.
  Pediatric cardiology 2022 Alizadeh F, Morell E, Hummel K, Wu Y, Wypij D, Matthew D, Esteso P, Moynihan K, Blume ED
• A "Good Death" for Children with Cardiac Disease.
  Pediatric cardiology 2021 Moynihan KM, Ziniel SI, Johnston E, Morell E, Pituch K, Blume ED
• Mortality from Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2021 Morell E, Gaies M, Fineman JR, Charpie J, Rao R, Sasaki J, Zhang W, Reichle G, Banerjee M, Tabbutt S
• Parent-Reported Symptoms and Perceived Effectiveness of Treatment in Children Hospitalized with Advanced Heart Disease.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Molloy MA, DeWitt ES, Morell E, Reichman JR, Brown DW, Kobayashi R, Sleeper LA, Elia EG, Samsel C, Blume ED
• Palliative Care Referrals in Cardiac Disease.
  Pediatrics 2021 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
• Parent and Physician Understanding of Prognosis in Hospitalized Children With Advanced Heart Disease.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2021 Morell E, Miller MK, Lu M, Friedman KG, Breitbart RE, Reichman JR, McDermott J, Sleeper LA, Blume ED
• 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 Morell E, Rajagopal SK, Oishi P, Thiagarajan RR, Fineman JR, Steurer MA
• Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Palliative Care: A National Survey Study.
  Journal of palliative care 2019 Morell E, Thompson J, Rajagopal S, Blume ED, May R
• Palliative care and paediatric cardiology: current evidence and future directions.
  The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2019 Morell E, Moynihan K, Wolfe J, Blume ED
• 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 Balkin EM, Zinter MS, Rajagopal SK, Keller RL, Fineman JR, Steurer MA
• Physician Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children with Advanced Heart Disease: A Comparison between Pediatric Cardiology and Palliative Care Physicians.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2018 Balkin EM, Sleeper LA, Kirkpatrick JN, Swetz KM, Coggins MK, Wolfe J, Blume ED
• Multicenter mortality and morbidity associated with pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric intensive care unit.
  Pulmonary circulation 2017 Balkin EM, Steurer MA, Delagnes EA, Zinter MS, Rajagopal S, Keller RL, Fineman JR
• Patterns of Care at the End of Life for Children and Young Adults with Life-Threatening Complex Chronic Conditions.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2017 DeCourcey DD, Silverman M, Oladunjoye A, Balkin EM, Wolfe J
• Patterns and Outcomes of Care in Children With Advanced Heart Disease Receiving Palliative Care Consultation.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Marcus KL, Balkin EM, Al-Sayegh H, Guslits E, Blume ED, Ma C, Wolfe J
• Pediatric Cardiology Provider Attitudes About Palliative Care: A Multicenter Survey Study.
  Pediatric cardiology 2017 Balkin EM, Kirkpatrick JN, Kaufman B, Swetz KM, Sleeper LA, Wolfe J, Blume ED
• Pocket Reference Card Improves Pediatric Resident Comfort in Caring for Children at End of Life.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Balkin EM, Ort K, Goldsby R, Duvall J, Kim CD
• Change in Pediatric Functional Classification During Treatment and Morbidity and Mortality in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension.
  Pediatric cardiology 2016 Balkin EM, Olson ED, Robertson L, Adatia I, Fineman JR, Keller RL
• Physician Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children With Neuroblastoma: An International Context.
  Pediatric blood & cancer 2016 Balkin EM, Thompson D, Colson KE, Lam CG, Matthay KK
• Physician and parent perceptions of prognosis and end-of-life experience in children with advanced heart disease.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Balkin EM, Wolfe J, Ziniel SI, Lang P, Thiagarajan R, Dillis S, Fynn-Thompson F, Blume ED
• Parental perspectives on suffering and quality of life at end-of-life in children with advanced heart disease: an exploratory study*.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2014 Blume ED, Balkin EM, Aiyagari R, Ziniel S, Beke DM, Thiagarajan R, Taylor L, Kulik T, Pituch K, Wolfe J
• Patterns of care at end of life in children with advanced heart disease.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2012 Morell E, Wolfe J, Scheurer M, Thiagarajan R, Morin C, Beke DM, Smoot L, Cheng H, Gauvreau K, Blume ED
• Learning that a death can be a good death.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Morell EA
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a pervasive pathogen highlights the need for new antimicrobial development.
  The Yale journal of biology and medicine 2010 Morell EA, Balkin DM