Brian M. Morrissey, M.D.
Specialties
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Department
Title
- Associate Professor
- Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
Reviews
UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
2825 J St., Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95816
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-734-8230
Additional Phone Numbers
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
Dr. Morrissey has extensive experience managing patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. He is skilled at performing a wide range of technically difficult procedures, including double-lumen intubation, whole-lung lavage and brachyradiation catheter placement. Dr. Morrissey's research focuses on airway disease and cystic fibrosis. He is studying the influence of oxidation on the pulmonary pathology of patients with cystic fibrosis.
Division
Education
M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993
B.S., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986
Internship: UC Davis Medical Center , Sacramento, California, 1993-1994
Residency
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1994-1996
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1996-1997
Fellowships
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, 1997-2000
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 2000
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 2009
Professional Memberships
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Honors and Awards
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Third Year Fellowship Grant, 1999
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Second Year Fellowship Grant, 1998
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1996
Select Recent Publications
2008 K. Yoneda and B.M. Morrissey. The technique of adult flexible bronchoscopy: Part 1. 29(11):423-428.
2007 Morrissey BM. Pathogenesis of bronchiectasis. Clin Chest Med, 28(2):289-96.
2006 Kenyon NJ, Last MS, Eiserich JP, Morrissey BM, Temple LM, Last JA Differentiation of the roles of NO from airway epithelium and inflammatory cells in ozone-induced lung inflammation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 215(3):250-9.
2005 Bilton, D., N. Henig, B. Morrissey, and M. Gotfried. Addition of inhaled tobramycin to ciprofloxacin for acute exacerbations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in adult bronchiectasis.* Chest, 130:1503-1510.
2005 Harper, RW., B.M. Morrissey, S. Kwack, and K.Y. Yoneda. A case of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. The Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 26:304-307.
2005 Mansoor JK, Morrissey BM, Walby WF, Yoneda KY, Juarez M, Kajekar R, Severinghaus JW, Eldridge MW, Schelegle ES. L-arginine supplementation enhances exhaled NO, breath condensate VEGF, and headache at 4,342 m. High Alt Med Biol, 6(4):289-300.
2005 Morrissey BM, Eiserich JP. Nebulized nitric oxide/nucleophile adduct: Donating nitric oxide to the lung. Crit Care Med, 33(3):691-2.
2004 Mendoza, MD., B.M. Morrissey and AL. Chan. The Case of the Coughing Cowgirl. The Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 25:479-487.
2004 Morrissey, B.M. and RW. Harper. Bronchiectasis: sex and gender considerations. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 25:361-372.
2004 Schupp C, Olano-Martin E, Gerth C, Morrissey BM, Cross CE, Werner JS. Lutein, zeaxanthin, macular pigment, and visual function in adult cystic fibrosis patients. Am J Clin Nutr, 79(6):1045-52.
2004 Ziboh VA, Naguwa S, Vang K, Wineinger J, Morrissey BM, Watnik M, Gershwin ME. Suppression of leukotriene B4 generation by ex-vivo neutrophils isolated from asthma patients on dietary supplementation with gammalinolenic acid-containing borage oil: possible implication in asthma. Clin Dev Immunol, 11(1):13-21.