Katherine T. Morris, MD
About Katherine Morris
After completing a mathematics degree at the University of Washington, Dr. Morris studied medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), where her interest was drawn to surgery. During her training she was particularly affected by her rotations in cancer surgery, where her patients’ stories, concerns, triumphs, and heartbreak inspired her. During her seven years of general surgery residency at OHSU Dr. Morris completed two years of research in Surgical Oncology (cancer surgery).
After completing her general surgery residency, Dr. Morris completed a two-year Surgical Oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the world's leading cancer centers. Here she worked with masters in the field while helping patients with complex pancreas, liver, and metastatic colon cancers. This training emphasized multidisciplinary treatment of cancer, where close coordination between sub-specialists produces the best possible outcomes.
She then practiced in Portland, Oregon, for five years before taking a position at the University of New Mexico in 2010. There she expanded her efforts in laboratory based cancer research and was awarded an American Cancer Society grant to further her work. She joined the University of Oklahoma and Stephenson Cancer Center as an Associate Professor of Surgery and the G. Rainey Williams Chair for Surgical Research in the Fall of 2016.
Dr. Morris greatly enjoys her time caring for her patients, and considers it an honor to develop patient relationships that often last years. In addition, she continues to seek new treatments for cancer in the lab and finds great satisfaction in teaching the next generation of medical students and residents.
Affiliations
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center – Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinic,
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center
Awards
Educational Excellence Award for Faculty, UNM
2015
Portland Business Journal Forty Under Forty
2009
UNM Department of Surgery Surgical Research Investigator Award
2013
UNM Department of Surgery Surgical Research Investigator Award
2013
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
2015
Teaching Award from Residents and Medical Students, University of New Mexico-School of Medicine
G. Rainey Williams Chair for Surgical Research, OU College of Medicine
2018
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Gold Humanism Award in Medicine
2012
Top Doctors, Albuquerque The Magazine
2012
Top Doctors, Albuquerque The Magazine
2013
Top Doctors, Albuquerque The Magazine
2014
Top Doctors, Albuquerque The Magazine
2015
Top Doctors, Albuquerque The Magazine
2016
Portland Monthly Magazine Top Doctors, Surgical Oncology
2009
Health Education
Medical School
Doctor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Fellowship
Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Focus
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Research Fellow - Section of Surgical Oncology
Oregon Health & Science University
Residency
General Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
2005
Medical Interests
Areas of Interest:
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries including: Pancreatic and liver resections Gastrectomies Small bowel resections Intra-abdominal sarcoma resections Research Interests:
Tumor Immune Microenvironment - Colorectal Cancer Mechanisms and Predictors of Metastasis - Colorectal Cancer Sex Differences in Gastrointestinal Cancer Progression and Response to Therapy Special Clinical Interests:
Pancreatic Cancer Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Biliary Cancer
