- Yale Cancer CenterYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
Laura Morrison, MD, FAAHPM, FACP
Internal Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Care, Geriatrics
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Board Certified in
Geriatric Medicine
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
- Director of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education and Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Education & Training
- FellowshipBaylor College of Medicine (2004)
- ResidencyMetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University (2001)
- InternshipMetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University (1998)
- MDCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1997)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine (2003, recertified: 2013)
Publications
- Annadurai V, Smith CB, Bickell N, Berns SH, Kelley AS, Lindenberger E, Morrison LJ, Yuen JK, Egorova N, Franco R, Back AL, Gelfman LP. Impact of a Novel Goals-of-Care Communication Skills Coaching Intervention for Practicing Oncologists. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2021, 24: 838-845. PMID: 33155862, PMCID: PMC8147509, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0207.
- Talwalkar JS, Fortin AH, Morrison LJ, Kliger A, Rosenthal DI, Murtha T, Ellman MS. An Advanced Communication Skills Workshop Using Standardized Patients for Senior Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL : The Journal Of Teaching And Learning Resources 2021, 17: 11163. PMID: 34124349, PMCID: PMC8155077, DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11163.
- Moyer KM, Ellman MS, Encandela J, Morrison LJ. Are Internal Medicine Residents Meeting the Bar? Comparing Resident Knowledge and Self-Efficacy to Published Palliative Care Competencies. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2021, 38: 326-331. PMID: 32878472, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120954807.
- Morrison LJ, Periyakoil VS, Arnold RM, Tucker R, Chittenden E, Sanchez-Reilly S, Carey EC. Launching the Next Steps to Improve Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow Performance Assessment: A Look Back to the Initial Toolkit of Assessment Methods. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 61: 613-627. PMID: 33091584, PMCID: PMC7569474, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.10.014.
- Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Sanft T, Dembry LM, Morrison LJ, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative Medicine 2021, 35: 236-241. PMID: 32928066, DOI: 10.1177/0269216320956811.
- Zarrabi AJ, Morrison LJ, Reville BA, Hauser JM, DeSandre P, Joselow M, deLima Thomas J, Wood G. Museum-Based Education: A Novel Educational Approach for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Training Programs. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2020, 23: 1510-1514. PMID: 32023145, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0476.
- Barnett MD, Buckholz G, Christensen A, Hwang J, Johnston CB, Landzaat L, Lupu D, Morrison LJ, Okon T, Radwany S, Yang H, Edgar L, Gustin J. Development of Subspecialty-Specific Reporting Milestones for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the U.S. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 60: 151-157. PMID: 31988020, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.01.008.
- Talwalkar JS, Murtha TD, Prozora S, Fortin AH, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Assessing Advanced Communication Skills via Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Comparison of Faculty Versus Self, Peer, and Standardized Patient Assessors. Teaching And Learning In Medicine 2020, 32: 294-307. PMID: 32141335, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2019.1704763.
- Moyer KM, Morrison LJ, Encandela J, Kennedy C, Ellman MS. A New Competency-Based Instrument to Assess Resident Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Primary Palliative Care. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2020, 37: 117-122. PMID: 31213089, DOI: 10.1177/1049909119855612.
- Gustin JL, Yang HB, Radwany SM, Okon TR, Morrison LJ, Levine SK, Hwang JM, Buckholz GT, Barnett MD, Verbeck N, Landzaat LH. Development of Curricular Milestones for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the U.S. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2019, 57: 1009-1017.e6. PMID: 30790721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.02.013.
- Carey EC, Paniagua M, Morrison LJ, Levine SK, Klick JC, Buckholz GT, Rotella J, Bruno J, Liao S, Arnold RM. Palliative Care Competencies and Readiness for Independent Practice: A Report on the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Review of the U.S. Medical Licensing Step Examinations. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2018, 56: 371-378. PMID: 29935969, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.06.006.
- deLima Thomas J, Sanchez-Reilly S, Bernacki R, O'Neill L, Morrison LJ, Kapo J, Periyakoil VS, Carey EC. Advance Care Planning in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 1469-1474. PMID: 30277566, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15471.
- Kozhevnikov D, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Simulation training in palliative care: state of the art and future directions. Advances In Medical Education And Practice 2018, 9: 915-924. PMID: 30574008, PMCID: PMC6292390, DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S153630.
- Landzaat LH, Barnett MD, Buckholz GT, Gustin JL, Hwang JM, Levine SK, Okon TR, Radwany SM, Yang HB, Encandela J, Morrison LJ. Development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the United States. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2017, 54: 609-616.e1. PMID: 28729009, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.003.
- Tse CS, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Preclinical Medical Students' Diverse Educational and Emotional Responses to a Required Hospice Experience. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2017, 34: 704-712. PMID: 27235456, DOI: 10.1177/1049909116652574.
- Stabenau HF, Morrison LJ, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Allore HG, Gill TM. Functional trajectories in the year before hospice. Annals Of Family Medicine 2015, 13: 33-40. PMID: 25583890, PMCID: PMC4291263, DOI: 10.1370/afm.1720.
- Klick JC, Friebert S, Hutton N, Osenga K, Pituch KJ, Vesel T, Weidner N, Block SD, Morrison LJ. Developing competencies for pediatric hospice and palliative medicine. Pediatrics 2014, 134: e1670-7. PMID: 25404726, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0748.
- Singh MK, Ogrinc G, Cox KR, Dolansky M, Brandt J, Morrison LJ, Harwood B, Petroski G, West A, Headrick LA. The Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool Revised (QIKAT-R). Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2014, 89: 1386-91. PMID: 25119555, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000456.
- Waldman L, Morrison LJ. Sleep disorders and fatigue: special issues in the older adult with cancer. Cancer Journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2014, 20: 352-7. PMID: 25299145, DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000072.
- Schaefer KG, Chittenden EH, Sullivan AM, Periyakoil VS, Morrison LJ, Carey EC, Sanchez-Reilly S, Block SD. Raising the bar for the care of seriously ill patients: results of a national survey to define essential palliative care competencies for medical students and residents. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2014, 89: 1024-31. PMID: 24979171, PMCID: PMC4077186, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000271.
- Braun UK, Gill AC, Teal CR, Morrison LJ. The utility of reflective writing after a palliative care experience: can we assess medical students' professionalism? Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2013, 16: 1342-9. PMID: 23937062, PMCID: PMC3822362, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0462.
- Sanchez-Reilly S, Morrison LJ, Carey E, Bernacki R, O'Neill L, Kapo J, Periyakoil VS, Thomas Jde L. Caring for oneself to care for others: physicians and their self-care. The Journal Of Supportive Oncology 2013, 11: 75-81. PMID: 23967495, PMCID: PMC3974630, DOI: 10.12788/j.suponc.0003.
- Morrison LJ, Thompson BM, Gill AC. A required third-year medical student palliative care curriculum impacts knowledge and attitudes. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2012, 15: 784-9. PMID: 22686121, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0482.
- Morrison LJ, Portenoy R. Giving a grand rounds presentation. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2010, 13: 1477-84. PMID: 21155643, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0133.
- Morrison LJ, Calvin AO, Nora H, Porter Storey C. Managing cardiac devices near the end of life: a survey of hospice and palliative care providers. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2010, 27: 545-51. PMID: 20713422, DOI: 10.1177/1049909110373363.
- Morrison LJ, Headrick LA. Teaching residents about practice-based learning and improvement. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety / Joint Commission Resources 2008, 34: 453-9. PMID: 18714746, DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34056-2.
- Morrison LJ, Liao S. Dementia medications in palliative care #174. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2008, 11: 634-5. PMID: 18454618, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.9921.
- Morrison LJ, Scott JO, Block SD. Developing Initial Competency-based Outcomes for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Subspecialist: phase I of the hospice and palliative medicine competencies project. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2007, 10: 313-30. PMID: 17472502, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9980.
- Kapo J, Morrison LJ, Liao S. Palliative care for the older adult. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2007, 10: 185-209. PMID: 17298269, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9989.
- Morrison LJ, Morrison RS. Palliative care and pain management. The Medical Clinics Of North America 2006, 90: 983-1004. PMID: 16962853, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.05.016.
- Ogrinc G, Headrick LA, Morrison LJ, Foster T. Teaching and assessing resident competence in practice-based learning and improvement. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2004, 19: 496-500. PMID: 15109311, PMCID: PMC1492328, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30102.x.
Patient Care Organizations
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
- Director of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education and Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Education & Training
- FellowshipBaylor College of Medicine (2004)
- ResidencyMetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University (2001)
- InternshipMetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University (1998)
- MDCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1997)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine (2003, recertified: 2013)
Publications
- Annadurai V, Smith CB, Bickell N, Berns SH, Kelley AS, Lindenberger E, Morrison LJ, Yuen JK, Egorova N, Franco R, Back AL, Gelfman LP. Impact of a Novel Goals-of-Care Communication Skills Coaching Intervention for Practicing Oncologists. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2021, 24: 838-845. PMID: 33155862, PMCID: PMC8147509, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0207.
- Talwalkar JS, Fortin AH, Morrison LJ, Kliger A, Rosenthal DI, Murtha T, Ellman MS. An Advanced Communication Skills Workshop Using Standardized Patients for Senior Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL : The Journal Of Teaching And Learning Resources 2021, 17: 11163. PMID: 34124349, PMCID: PMC8155077, DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11163.
- Moyer KM, Ellman MS, Encandela J, Morrison LJ. Are Internal Medicine Residents Meeting the Bar? Comparing Resident Knowledge and Self-Efficacy to Published Palliative Care Competencies. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2021, 38: 326-331. PMID: 32878472, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120954807.
- Morrison LJ, Periyakoil VS, Arnold RM, Tucker R, Chittenden E, Sanchez-Reilly S, Carey EC. Launching the Next Steps to Improve Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow Performance Assessment: A Look Back to the Initial Toolkit of Assessment Methods. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 61: 613-627. PMID: 33091584, PMCID: PMC7569474, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.10.014.
- Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Sanft T, Dembry LM, Morrison LJ, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative Medicine 2021, 35: 236-241. PMID: 32928066, DOI: 10.1177/0269216320956811.
- Zarrabi AJ, Morrison LJ, Reville BA, Hauser JM, DeSandre P, Joselow M, deLima Thomas J, Wood G. Museum-Based Education: A Novel Educational Approach for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Training Programs. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2020, 23: 1510-1514. PMID: 32023145, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0476.
- Barnett MD, Buckholz G, Christensen A, Hwang J, Johnston CB, Landzaat L, Lupu D, Morrison LJ, Okon T, Radwany S, Yang H, Edgar L, Gustin J. Development of Subspecialty-Specific Reporting Milestones for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the U.S. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 60: 151-157. PMID: 31988020, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.01.008.
- Talwalkar JS, Murtha TD, Prozora S, Fortin AH, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Assessing Advanced Communication Skills via Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Comparison of Faculty Versus Self, Peer, and Standardized Patient Assessors. Teaching And Learning In Medicine 2020, 32: 294-307. PMID: 32141335, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2019.1704763.
- Moyer KM, Morrison LJ, Encandela J, Kennedy C, Ellman MS. A New Competency-Based Instrument to Assess Resident Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Primary Palliative Care. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2020, 37: 117-122. PMID: 31213089, DOI: 10.1177/1049909119855612.
- Gustin JL, Yang HB, Radwany SM, Okon TR, Morrison LJ, Levine SK, Hwang JM, Buckholz GT, Barnett MD, Verbeck N, Landzaat LH. Development of Curricular Milestones for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the U.S. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2019, 57: 1009-1017.e6. PMID: 30790721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.02.013.
- Carey EC, Paniagua M, Morrison LJ, Levine SK, Klick JC, Buckholz GT, Rotella J, Bruno J, Liao S, Arnold RM. Palliative Care Competencies and Readiness for Independent Practice: A Report on the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Review of the U.S. Medical Licensing Step Examinations. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2018, 56: 371-378. PMID: 29935969, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.06.006.
- deLima Thomas J, Sanchez-Reilly S, Bernacki R, O'Neill L, Morrison LJ, Kapo J, Periyakoil VS, Carey EC. Advance Care Planning in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 1469-1474. PMID: 30277566, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15471.
- Kozhevnikov D, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Simulation training in palliative care: state of the art and future directions. Advances In Medical Education And Practice 2018, 9: 915-924. PMID: 30574008, PMCID: PMC6292390, DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S153630.
- Landzaat LH, Barnett MD, Buckholz GT, Gustin JL, Hwang JM, Levine SK, Okon TR, Radwany SM, Yang HB, Encandela J, Morrison LJ. Development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the United States. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2017, 54: 609-616.e1. PMID: 28729009, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.003.
- Tse CS, Morrison LJ, Ellman MS. Preclinical Medical Students' Diverse Educational and Emotional Responses to a Required Hospice Experience. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2017, 34: 704-712. PMID: 27235456, DOI: 10.1177/1049909116652574.
- Stabenau HF, Morrison LJ, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Allore HG, Gill TM. Functional trajectories in the year before hospice. Annals Of Family Medicine 2015, 13: 33-40. PMID: 25583890, PMCID: PMC4291263, DOI: 10.1370/afm.1720.
- Klick JC, Friebert S, Hutton N, Osenga K, Pituch KJ, Vesel T, Weidner N, Block SD, Morrison LJ. Developing competencies for pediatric hospice and palliative medicine. Pediatrics 2014, 134: e1670-7. PMID: 25404726, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0748.
- Singh MK, Ogrinc G, Cox KR, Dolansky M, Brandt J, Morrison LJ, Harwood B, Petroski G, West A, Headrick LA. The Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool Revised (QIKAT-R). Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2014, 89: 1386-91. PMID: 25119555, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000456.
- Waldman L, Morrison LJ. Sleep disorders and fatigue: special issues in the older adult with cancer. Cancer Journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2014, 20: 352-7. PMID: 25299145, DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000072.
- Schaefer KG, Chittenden EH, Sullivan AM, Periyakoil VS, Morrison LJ, Carey EC, Sanchez-Reilly S, Block SD. Raising the bar for the care of seriously ill patients: results of a national survey to define essential palliative care competencies for medical students and residents. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2014, 89: 1024-31. PMID: 24979171, PMCID: PMC4077186, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000271.
- Braun UK, Gill AC, Teal CR, Morrison LJ. The utility of reflective writing after a palliative care experience: can we assess medical students' professionalism? Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2013, 16: 1342-9. PMID: 23937062, PMCID: PMC3822362, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0462.
- Sanchez-Reilly S, Morrison LJ, Carey E, Bernacki R, O'Neill L, Kapo J, Periyakoil VS, Thomas Jde L. Caring for oneself to care for others: physicians and their self-care. The Journal Of Supportive Oncology 2013, 11: 75-81. PMID: 23967495, PMCID: PMC3974630, DOI: 10.12788/j.suponc.0003.
- Morrison LJ, Thompson BM, Gill AC. A required third-year medical student palliative care curriculum impacts knowledge and attitudes. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2012, 15: 784-9. PMID: 22686121, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0482.
- Morrison LJ, Portenoy R. Giving a grand rounds presentation. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2010, 13: 1477-84. PMID: 21155643, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0133.
- Morrison LJ, Calvin AO, Nora H, Porter Storey C. Managing cardiac devices near the end of life: a survey of hospice and palliative care providers. The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care 2010, 27: 545-51. PMID: 20713422, DOI: 10.1177/1049909110373363.
- Morrison LJ, Headrick LA. Teaching residents about practice-based learning and improvement. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety / Joint Commission Resources 2008, 34: 453-9. PMID: 18714746, DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34056-2.
- Morrison LJ, Liao S. Dementia medications in palliative care #174. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2008, 11: 634-5. PMID: 18454618, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.9921.
- Morrison LJ, Scott JO, Block SD. Developing Initial Competency-based Outcomes for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Subspecialist: phase I of the hospice and palliative medicine competencies project. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2007, 10: 313-30. PMID: 17472502, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9980.
- Kapo J, Morrison LJ, Liao S. Palliative care for the older adult. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2007, 10: 185-209. PMID: 17298269, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9989.
- Morrison LJ, Morrison RS. Palliative care and pain management. The Medical Clinics Of North America 2006, 90: 983-1004. PMID: 16962853, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.05.016.
- Ogrinc G, Headrick LA, Morrison LJ, Foster T. Teaching and assessing resident competence in practice-based learning and improvement. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2004, 19: 496-500. PMID: 15109311, PMCID: PMC1492328, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30102.x.
Patient Care Organizations
- Yale Cancer CenterYale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510