Stephen Morris, PT, PhD, FACSM
Dr. Morris is
currently an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Physical Therapy at
Wingate University, Wingate, NC. Prior to coming to Wingate, he served
as Director of Rehabilitation Services at St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital for 2 yrs. (2011-2013) and as a staff physical therapist and
supervisor of clinical research in the Dept. of Rehabilitation Services
at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (2006-2011). While at UT MD Anderson
Cancer Center he developed an interest in the use of outcome measures in
the oncology setting, the rehabilitation of stem cell transplant
recipients and pulmonary rehabilitation which continues at Wingate
University.
He earned a PhD (1984) in exercise physiology from UT
Austin and completed an NIH funded postdoctoral research fellowship in
muscle biochemistry at UC, Irvine. He has taught in the PT programs at
Texas Woman’s University and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Since
earning his PT degree he has published 31 journal articles, contributed
to two book chapters on oncology, and made both educational (7) and
research presentations (5) at Combined Sections Meeting. He has
presented his research at geriatric, sports medicine, clinical oncology
and regional physical therapy meetings. He is past Treasure of the
Oncology section and currently serves as Chairman of the Oncology
Section’s research committee. Additionally he is on the editorial board
of the Section’s journal and teaches continuing education classes
dealing with exercise for the cancer survivor for the Section.
