Melvin L. Morse, MD, FAAP

Pediatrics

26282 Lewes Georgetown Highway

Georgetown, Delaware 19947

Telephone: 302-682-1549 (cell) 302-329-9234

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Curriculum Vitae

 

Date and Place of Birth:

 

            December 11, 1953

            Sandy Springs, Maryland

 

Education:

 

            1971-75         B.A. Natural Science, Johns Hopkins University.

                                    Baltimore, Maryland

 

            1975-76         Creative Writing, University of Maryland

                                    College Park, Maryland

 

            1976-80         M.D. George Washington University School of Medicine

                                    Washington D.C.

 

Post-Graduate Training:

 

            1980-81         Internship in Pediatrics.  University of California at San Francisco

 

            1981-82         Second year Resident in Pediatrics.  Children’s Hospital, Seattle.

 

            1982-83         Neuro-oncology Research Fellow.  Children’s Hospital, Seattle.

 

            1983-84         Third year resident in Pediatrics.  Children’s Hospital, Seattle.

 

            1984-85         Neuro-oncology Research Fellow.  Children’s Hospital, Seattle.

                                 Behavioral Pediatrics Research Fellow

 

           1987-Present: Board Certified Pediatrician, Fellow American Academy Pediatrics

                                 With Continuing Medical Education and Re-Certification

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

 

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Honors and Awards

 

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Recipient: 1977-80

 

Alpha Omega Alpha: Medical School Honor Society: 1980

 

Huron W. Larson Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement: George Washington University School of Medicine 1980

 

Kane-King Obstetrical Honor Society (Best Obstetrical Student): George Washington University School of Medicine 1980

 

National Service Research Award: 1982, 1984 (For research on near death experiences

 in children at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital)

 

Outstanding Professor Award: Valley Family Practice Residency 1988-2002

 

Best Doctors: (Bestdoctors.com) Voted by his peers as one of the Nations top

 Pediatricians from 1997-2007

 

Seattle’s Best Physicians (Seattle Magazine) Selected as one of Seattle’s Best

 Physicians from 1995-2007.

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Professional Experience:

 

            1982-83         Indian Health Service.  Fort Hall, Idaho. General Pediatrics

 

            1983-84         Emergency Room Night Attending Physician.  Children’s Hospital

 

            1982-85         Flight Physician for AirLift North West.  Children’s Hospital, Seattle

                                 Resuscitating and transporting critically children from the Norwest

                                 to Seattle Children’s Hospital.     

 

            1984-85         Medical Director.  Pediatric Therapy Center.  A therapy center for

                                children with neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental handicaps.

 

            1985-2007    Private Practice of Pediatrics. Dr. Morse was in solo private practice

                                                     

            1985-2007:    Medical Director:  Pediatric Interim Care Facility.  A therapeutic

                                foster home for medically fragile infants, especially those prenatally

                                exposed to cocaine and other drugs.

       

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           1985-2007:  Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Washington, Seattle

 

            1985-2005: Associate Professor of Pediatrics: John Bastyr Naturopathic University, Seattle, Washington

 

            2005-2007: Medical Director: Autism Spectrum Research and Diagnostic

                               Center.  In Association with Valley Medical Center, Renton,

                               Washington, Nationally recognized for diagnostic evaluation of

                               autism spectrum and disorders of attention.

 

            2000-2007: Medical Director: Ashley House of Southern King County (Hospice

                               Care for infants and Children)

 

              2007-2008    Dr. Morse took two years off to enjoy the birth of his first biological

                                    child, Melody Grace Morse, and relocated to Lower Slower

                                   Delaware (and the beach)

 

              2007-Present: Dr. Morse and his wife Pauline founded Spiritualscientific.com                                          

                                     dedicated to research, lecturing, and workshops on near death

                                     experiences, autism, and post traumatic stress syndrome.

 

 

 

Professional Certifications

 

          2007:  Delaware State License (Physician) C1-0008267 Exp 3-31-09

 

            1988   Board Certified.  American Academy of Pediatrics

 

            1988   Advanced Trauma Life Support

 

            1989   Advanced Cardiac Life Support

 

            1990   Instructor: Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation.  America Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association.

 

Publications

 

Leggiadro RJ, Dover GJ, Morse ML, et al: Lung Abscess in Sickle Cell Disease. American Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  Vol 4(2): 215-217,  1982

 

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Morse ML: A Near Death Experience in a Seven-Year-Old Child.  American Journal of Diseases of Children.  Vol 127: 951-961,  1983

 

Morse ML, Savitch J, Bleyer A, et al: Altered Central Nervous System Pharmacology of Methotrexate in Childhood Leukemia.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  Vol 3(1): 19-25,  1985

 

Morse ML, Conner D, Tyler D: Near Death Experiences in a Pediatric Population: A Preliminary Report.  American Journal of Diseases in Children.  Vol 139(6): 595-600,  1985

 

Morse ML, Milstein JM, Haas JE, et al: The Effect of Hydration on Experimentally Induced Cerebral Edema.  Critical Care Medicine Vol 13(7): 563-565,  1985

 

Morse ML, Castillo P, Venecia D, et al: Childhood Near Death Experiences.  American Journal of Diseases in Children.  Vol 140: 1110-1114,  1996

 

Morse ML, Carr D, Mendelman P, et al: Ocular Tuberculosis in a Five-Month-Old.  Pediatric Infectious Disease.  Vol 7(7): 514-516, 1988

 

Morse ML, Venecia D, Milstein JM, et al: Near Death Experiences: A Neurophysiological Explanation.  Journal of Near Death Studies.  Vol 7(4): 223-228 Summer 1989

 

Morse ML, Perry P: Closer to the Light: Learning from the Near Death Experiences of Children.  Villard Books, (Random House) New York.  1990.

 

Morse ML, Perry P: Transformed by the Light: The Powerful Effects of Near Death Experiences on Children and Adults. Harper Collins, New York 1996

 

Morse ML, Perry P: Parting Visions: Uses and Meanings of Premonitions and After Death Communications (End of Life Events) Harper Collins, New York 1998

 

Morse ML, Perry P: Where God Lives: Paranormal Science and How Our Brains are Connected to the Universe. Harper Collins, New York 2002 (Winner of the European Book Sellers Award for Best Non Fiction for 2004)

 

Abstracts

 

Bleyer A, Reaman G, Poplack D, Morse ML, et al: Central Nervous System Pharmacology of High Dose Intravenous Methotrexate in infants with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 3: C722, 1984

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Morse ML, Poplack D, Bleyer A: Altered Central Nervous System Pharmacology of Methotrexate in Childhood Leukemia: Another Sign of Meningeal Relapse.  Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 3: C-144.  1993.  Reprinted in Methotrexate Update, December 1984.

 

Professional Organizations

 

Member:        American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington State Medical Association

 

            Clinical Faculty in Pediatrics: Children’s Hospital and University of Washington

 

            Northwest Coordinator:       American Academy of Pediatrics Research in the Office Setting.

 

            Attending Privileges:           Children Hospital, Seattle; Valley General Hospital, Renton, Washington

 

           Delaware State Medical Association: (Applied December 9, 2008)

 

           Spiritualscientific.com Academic organization “without walls” consisting of

                                              neuroscientists, physicians, psychologists, consciousness

                                              researchers, and other academics located in Bejing,

                                              England, Europe, Brazil and the United States.

                                              1) Dedicated to understanding consciousness and its

                                              ability to heal the human brain and body, with a particular

                                              emphasis on autism and post-traumatic stress syndrome

                                              and diseases of the human spirit. 2) Understanding death

                                              and dying, and grief resolution is our particular specialty.

 

                                              This is a not for profit organization with no overhead

                                              expenses, dedicated to work with grieving parents,

                                              hospice, physicians, death and dying, and understanding

                                              how spirituality can invigorate the human spirit.