Robert Morlend, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Robert Morlend, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Cardiology. He specializes in the care of patients with advanced heart failure, including comprehensive medical management before and after heart transplantation or implantation of a mechanical assist device. Originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. Morlend holds a bachelor's degree with high honors in neuroscience and biology with a minor in Spanish language and literature from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He earned his medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. He then completed advanced training through a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Emory University and a fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure, and cardiac transplant, Dr. Morlend joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015. Dr. Morlend’s research interests include hypercoagulability in the setting of ventricular assist devices, advanced heart failure, and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Morlend is a member of several professional societies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Heart Failure Society of America, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Texas Medical Association, and the Dallas County Medical Society. Personal Note Outside of medicine, Dr. Morlend enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. Education Medical School Emory University School of Medicine (2006) Internship University of California, San Francisco (2007), Internal Medicine Residency University of California, San Francisco (2009), Internal Medicine Fellowship Emory University School of Medicine (2012), Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2013), Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Research Interest Application of advanced heart failure therapies to patients with congenital heart disease Cardiomyopathy and advanced heart failure Diagnosis and management of secondary hypertension in patients with advanced heart failure and heart transplantation Heart transplantation Hypercoagulability in patients with advanced heart failure, ventricular assist devices and cardiac transplantation Ventricular assist devices Publications Featured Publications Identifying Discordance of Right- and Left-Ventricular Filling Pressures in Patients with Heart Failure by the Clinical Examination. Pham D, Drazner MH, Ayers CR, Grodin JL, Hardin EA, Garg S, Mammen PPA, Amin A, Araj FG, Morlend RM, Thibodeau JT, Circ Heart Fail 2021 Sep Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure. Keeton J, Gonzalez PE, Cox J, Morlend RM, Amin AA, Mammen PPA, Huffman LC, Araj FG, Case Rep Cardiol 2020 2020 7579262 Leadless Pacemaker Implant After Heart Transplant. Araj FG, Morlend RM, Daniels JD, Am J Cardiol 2019 08 124 3 455-456 Delayed febrile response with bloodstream infections in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. Wrobel CA, Drazner MH, Ayers CR, Pham DD, La Hoz RM, Grodin JL, Garg S, Mammen PPA, Morlend RM, Araj F, Amin AA, Cornwell WK, Thibodeau JT J. Investig. Med. 2019 Mar 67 3 653-658 Bendopnea and risk of adverse clinical outcomes in ambulatory patients with systolic heart failure. Thibodeau JT, Jenny BE, Maduka JO, Divanji PH, Ayers CR, Araj F, Amin AA, Morlend RM, Mammen PP, Drazner MH Am. Heart J. 2017 Jan 183 102-107 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Books Featured Books Malignancy After Transplant. In Contemporary Heart Transplantation Cheeran, D., Morlend, Robert M., and Justin L Grodin (2020). Honors & Awards LEAD Program GraduateUT Southwestern Medical Center (2016) "Attending of the Year" Department of Medicine Residency Teaching AwardNewark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (2014) Alpha Omega AlphaNational Medical Honor Society (2005) Gaston Service AwardEmory University School of Medicine (2004) High Departmental Honors in NeuroscienceBrandeis University (2002) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research FellowshipBrandeis University (2001) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Cardiology (2009) Dallas County Medical Association (2015) Heart Failure Society of America (2017) Texas Medical Society (2015)
