In this position, Morgan will work to encourage greater physician involvement in the care of patients at home by increasing physicians' availability to home care nurses and teaching more physicians and medical students about hospice and home care options. His plans include initiating physician house calls and expanding existing home care programs.
Patients prefer to be at home, and home care is a far less costly alternative to hospital care.
Morgan joined Loyola as a faculty member in July 1997, after completing his residency training in internal medicine at Loyola's Foster G. McGaw Hospital in 1994. He spent two years as an attending physician in the emergency medicine department of St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City before returning to Loyola. He earned his M.D. from Creighton University, Omaha, Neb., in 1991. In addition to his new appointment, Morgan remains actively involved in the physician residency program at the Edward Hines VA Hospital and continues his patient care responsibilities at both Loyola and Hines. Morgan is a member of the American College of Physicians and is a Robert E. Carlson Award recipient.