Shaping the Future of Eye Surgery
Research and Teaching have always been a part of Dan’s professional life leading to over 60 peer-reviewed publications, many book chapters and awards.
Dan with his Surgical Fellow in Cardiff
Dan teaches at every level from medical students through to postgraduate surgeons. He also runs a prestigious surgical fellowship in Cardiff which is highly regarded internationally.
Dan teaching basic oculoplastic skills to trainees during a wet lab course
Dan is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Cardiff, he is on the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Sustainability Committee, is an Executive Committee Member of the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit and the European Group on Graves Orbitopathy, is a Council member of the British Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine and is a Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgical Society
Members of the European Group on Graves Orbitopathy meet in Cardiff for a scientific meeting
Dan is also on the prestigious Council of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress helping to organise and chair the Annual Meeting.
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress Council
Collaboration is vital, here a complex orbital reconstruction is discussed with colleagues using state of the art materials and design technology
Dan is involved in many different research areas. Click on the icons below to see some of the papers he has published in these areas.
Cataract and Oculoplastic surgery
- Peel S, Bhatia S, Eggbeer D, Morris DS, Hayhurst C. Evolution of design considerations in complex craniofacial reconstruction using patient-specific implants. Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2017 Jun;231(6):509-524 Epub 2016 Dec 25
- Asad S, Shone G, Morris DS, Johnston A. Painless and progressive, think compressive. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 88(Suppl 1):A13.4-A14
- Walijee HZ, Berry S, Quine S, Lane C, Morris DS and Bowman B. Inverted papilloma originating primarily from the nasolacrimal duct: a case report and review of the pertinent literature. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. Epub 29 Oct 2015.
- Skippen B, Lane C, Hourihan M and Morris DS. Pitfalls of lacrimal gland pleomorphic adenoma clinico-radiologic diagnosis: Case report and review of 31 lacrimal gland lesions. OPRS. In press
- Lewis G, Morris DS and Lane CM. A standardised technique for locating periocular lesions and biopsy sites. Eye. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.172
- Fayers T, Morris DS, Dolman PJ. Vibration-assisted anesthesia in eyelid surgery. Ophthalmology. 2010 Jul;117(7):1453-7. Epub 2010 Mar 19.
- Morris DS, Fayers T, Dolman PJ. Orbital teratoma: case report and management review. J AAPOS. 2009 Dec;13(6):605-7.
- Morris DS, Dolman PJ. Reminder of important clinical lesson: Lost contact lens masquerading as an orbital mass. BMJ Case Reports 2009: published online 22 Dec 2009
- Morris DS, Elzaridi E, Clarke LC, Dickinson AJ and Lawrence CM. Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma: Five Year Outcome following Slow Mohs’ Surgery with Paraffin Fixed Sections and Delayed Closure. Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:474-476
Winner of the British Oculoplastic Surgical Society Publication Prize 2009
- Morris DS and Francombe J. The ‘ngisipet’ and trachoma prevention: solving the latrine problem in nomadic tribes. Community Eye Health J 2007;20(64): 70
- Morris DS, Fraser S, Wormald R. Masking is better than blinding. BMJ 2007; 334: 799
- Girgis R, Morris DS, Kotagiri A, Ramaesh K. Bilateral corneal scarring after LASIK and PRK in a patient with propensity to keloid scar formation. Eye 2007 21(1) 96-7
- Osborne SA, Montgomery DM, Morris DS, McKay IC. Alphagan allergy may increase the propensity for multiple eye-drop allergy. Eye 2005;19(2):129-37
- Morris DS, Fraser SG and Gray C. Cataract surgery and quality of life implications. Age and Aging 2007; 2(1), 105-108
- Hammam T, Montgomery D, Morris DS and Imrie F. Prevalence of serum autoantibodies and paraproteins in patients with glaucoma. Eye 2008; 22: 349-353
- Morris DS, Fraser S, Wormald R. Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Update. Eye News 2007-2008;14 (3): 13-14, 14 (4): 13-14, 14 (5): 35-36, 14 (6): 38-40, 15 (1): 34 and 15 (2): 50-51.
- Morris DS, Gavin MP and Sturrock RD. The effect of anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (infliximab) on sight-threatening panuveitis in a patient with Behcet’s disease. Adv Exp Biol Med 2003; 528: 557-559
- Morris DS, Stock SJE and McLachlan JC. Embryonic chick muscle produces an FGF-like activity. Experientia 1996; 52: 757-767
Graves Orbitopathy/Thyroid Eye Disease
- Graves’ Orbitopathy: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Editor(s): Wiersinga W.M. (Amsterdam) & Kahaly G.J. (Mainz). Chapter on Orbital decompression by L. Baldeschi and DS Morris: Karger 2017
Highly commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards (surgery section)
- Draman MS, Morris DS et al. Prostaglandin F2-Alpha Eye Drops (Bimatoprost) in Graves’ Orbitopathy: A Randomized Controlled Double-Masked Crossover Trial (BIMA Trial). Thyroid. 2019 Apr;29(4):563-572
- Kahaly GJ, Riedl M, König J…Morris DS et al; European Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy (EUGOGO). Mycophenolate plus methylprednisolone versus methylprednisolone alone in active, moderate-to-severe Graves’ orbitopathy (MINGO): a randomised, observer-masked, multicentre trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2018 Apr;6(4):287-298
- Wong Y, Dickinson J, Perros P, Dayan C, Veeramani P, Morris DS, Foot B, Clarke L. A British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) study into dysthyroid optic neuropathy in the United Kingdom. Eye (Lond). 2018 Oct;32(10):1555-1562.
- Wiersinga W, Žarković M, Bartalena L, Morris DS et al; EUGOGO (European Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy). Predictive score for the development or progression of Graves’ orbitopathy in patients with newly diagnosed Graves’ hyperthyroidism. Eur J Endocrinol. 2018 Jun;178(6):635-643.
- Rajendram R, …Morris DS et al. Combined immunosuppression and radiotherapy in thyroid eye disease (CIRTED): a multicentre, 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2018 Apr;6(4):299-309
- L Bartalena et al. The 2016 European Thyroid Association/European
Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy Guidelines for the Management of Graves’ Orbitopathy. Eur Thyroid J 2016;5:9-26
- Zhang L, Ji QH, Ruge F, Lane C, Morris DS, Tee AR, Dayan CM, Ludgate M. Reversal of pathological features of Graves’ Orbitopathy by activation of Forkhead transcription factors, FOXOs. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Oct 26:jc20152932. [Epub ahead of print]
- Perros P, Žarković M, Azzolini C, Ayvaz G, Baldeschi L, Bartalena L, Boschi A, Bournaud C, Brix TH, Covelli D, Ćirić S, Daumerie C, Eckstein A, Fichter N, Führer D, Hegedüs L, Kahaly GJ, Konuk O, Lareida J, Lazarus J, Leo M, Mathiopoulou L, Menconi F, Morris DS, Okosieme O, Orgiazzi J, Pitz S, Salvi M, Vardanian-Vartin C, Wiersinga W, Bernard M, Clarke L, Currò N, Dayan C, Dickinson J, Knežević M, Lane C, Marcocci C, Marinò M, Möller L, Nardi M, Neoh C, Pearce S, von Arx G, Törüner FB. PREGO (presentation of Graves’ orbitopathy) study: changes in referral patterns to European Group On Graves’ Orbitopathy (EUGOGO) centres over the period from 2000 to 2012. Br J Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov;99(11):1531-5.
- Perros P, Dayan CM, Dickinson AJ, Ezra DG, Hickey JL, Hintschisch C, Kahaly G, Lazarus JH, Ludgate M, Bartès B, MacEwen CJ, Mitchell AL, Morris DS, O’Connor N, Pearce SH, Rose GE, Salvi M, Wiersinga WM, Williamson A. Future Research in Graves’ Orbitopathy: From Priority Setting to Trial Design Through Patient and Public Involvement. Thyroid. 2015 Nov;25(11):1181-4. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0222. Epub 2015 Oct 14.
- Draman MS, Grennan-Jones F, Zhang L, Taylor PN, Kyaw Tun T, McDermott J, Moriarty P, Morris D, Lane C, Sreenan S, Dayan C, Ludgate M.Effects of Prostaglandin F2α on Adipocyte Biology Relevant to Graves’ Orbitopathy. Thyroid. 2013 Nov 4.
High Altitude Medicine
- Morris DS. The eye at altitude. In: Hypoxia and Exercise: Proceedings of the International Hypoxia Symposia. Edited by Roach R, Wagner P and Hackett P. Springer, New York, 2006
- Morris DS. Eye problems on Expeditions. Commissioned chapter in Oxford Handbook of Wilderness Medicine. OUP, Oxford 2008 and 2015
- Morris DS. The Eyes. In: Travel at High Altitude. Edited by Broadhurst D and Smith C. Medex, London, 2007
- Rehan S, Pynn HJ, Williams I, Morris DS. Pulmonary embolism, frostbite and high-altitude retinopathy – a combination of life- and sight-threatening vascular complications at high altitude. Scott Med J. 2019 Feb;64(1):30-34
- Morris DS et al. Eye problems on expeditions. Vol 20. The Official standards of the UIAA Medical Commission. 2012. http://www.theuiaa.org/upload_area/files/1/Engl_UIAA_MedCom_Rec_No_20_Eye_problems_2010_V1-5.pdf
- Morris DS, Mella S, Depla D. Eye problems on expeditions. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2013 May-Jun;11(3):152-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 Apr 9.
- MacCormick IJ, Somner J, Morris DS, MacGillivray TJ, Bourne RR, Huang SS, MacCormick A, Aspinall PA, Baillie JK, Thompson AA, Dhillon B. Retinal vessel tortuosity in response to hypobaric hypoxia. High Alt Med Biol. 2012 Dec;13(4):263-8. doi: 10.1089/ham.2011.1097.
- Lawley JS, Oliver SJ, Mullins P, Morris DS, Junglee NA, Jelleyman C, Macdonald JH. Optic nerve sheath diameter is not related to high altitude headache: a randomized controlled trial. High Altitude Medicine & Biology 09/2012; 13(3):193-9. DOI:10.1089/ham.2012.1019
- Morris DS, Somner JEA, Scott KM, McCormick IJC, Aspinall P and Dhillon B. Corneal thickness at high altitude. Cornea 2007; 26(3): 308-11
- Somner JEA, Morris DS, Scott KM, MacCormick IJC, Aspinall P, Dhilllon B. What happens to intraocular pressure at high altitude? IOVS 2007; 48(4): 1622-6
- Sutherland AI, Morris DS, Owen CG, Bron AJ, and Roach RC. Optic nerve sheath diameter, intracranial pressure and acute mountain sickness on Mount Everest: A longitudinal cohort study. Br J Sports Med 2008;42:183-188
- Morris DS, Somner JEA, Donald MJ, McCormick IJC, Bourne RRA, Huang SS, Aspinall P and Dhillon B. The eye at altitude. Adv Exp Biol Med 2006;588:249-70
- Morris DS, Somner JEA, Scott KM, McCormick IJC, Dhillon B, Huang SS. Retinal vascular features at high altitude. High Alt Med Biol 2006; 7(4): 337-8.
- Sutherland AI, Morris DS, Owen CG, Bron AJ, Roach RC. Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure at high altitude on Mount Everest. High Alt Med Biol 2006; 7(4): 347-8
- Somner JEA, Scott KM, McCormick IJC, Dhillon, B and Morris DS. Measuring intraocular pressure at high altitude. High Alt Med Biol 2006; 7(4): 346
- Morris DS. How to set up an eye project in Africa. Student BMJ 2005.13:196-197
- Morris DS, Severn PS, Smith J, Somner JEA, Stannard KP, Cottrell DG. High altitude and retinal detachment. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2007, 8(4): 337-339.
- Morris DS and Richards P. Ophthalmological effects of high altitude. BMJ 2003; 327:149
Ocular Trauma
- Rehan SM, Morris DS, Pedlar L, Sheen N, Shirodkar AL. Ophthalmic emergencies presenting to the emergency department at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Clin Exp Optom. 2020 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print]
- Edmunds M, Haridas A, Morris DS, Jamalapuram K. Management of Acute Retrobulbar Haemorrhage: A Survey of Non-Ophthalmic Emergency Department Physicians. Emerg Med J. 2019 Apr;36(4):245-247
- Low L, Hodson J, Morris DS, Desai P, MacEwen CJ. Socioeconomic deprivation & serious ocular trauma in Scotland: a prospective national study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct;101(10):1395-1398.
- Desai P, Morris DS, Minassian DC and MacEwen CJ. Trends in serious ocular trauma in Scotland. Eye(Lond) 2015 May;29(5):611-8.
- Morris DS, Desai P, MacEwen CJ. Response to ‘Preventable eye injuries while fly fishing’. Eye (Lond). 2014 Jun;28(6):775-6. doi: 10.1038/eye.2014.58. Epub 2014 Mar 14.
- Morris DS, Desai P, MacEwen CJ. Response to Fu et al. Eye (Lond). 2015 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/eye.2014.303. [Epub ahead of print]
- Morris DS, Willis S, Minassian D, Foot B, Desai P, MacEwen CJ. The incidence of serious eye injury in Scotland: a prospective study. Eye (Lond). 2014 Jan;28(1):34-40. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.213. Epub 2013 Oct 4.
- Morris DS. Reminder of important clinical lesson. Ocular blunt trauma: loss of sight from an ice hockey injury. BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0543]
Sports Medicine
- Morris DS. The eye in extreme sports. In: Extreme Sports medicine. Edited by F Feletti. Nova. Springer 2017.
- Parmar T, Martin JL, Davies GF, Morris DS. A Case of Visual Loss following Concussion in an Elite Athlete. Ann Sports Med Res 2020 7(1): 1141.
- Morris DS. Ocular blunt trauma: loss of sight from an ice hockey injury. Br J Sports Med 2006; 40: e5
Sustainable Healthcare
- Sherman J, Thiel C, MacNeill A… Morris DS et al. The Green Print: Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020 in press
- We must continue testing delivery models to create more efficient surgical care. Thiel C, Morris DS, Somner JE, Cassels-Brown A and Thomas PBM. Br J Ophthalmol 6 March 2018
- Samia-Aly E, Cassels-Brown A, Morris DS, Stancliffe R, Somner JE. A survey of UK practice patterns in the delivery of intravitreal injections. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2015 Jul;35(4):450-4.
- Morris DS, Wright T, Somner JE, Connor A. The carbon footprint of cataract surgery. Eye (Lond). 2013 Apr;27(4):495-501. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.9. Epub 2013 Feb 22.
- Morris DS et al. Sustainability in Ophthalmology- a position paper by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (2013). www.rcophth.ac.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=1698
- Somner J, Scott K, Morris DS, Gaskell A, Shepherd I. Ophthalmology carbon footprint: something to be considered? J Cataract Refract Surg. 2009 Jan;35(1):202-3.
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