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Dr. Morse is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who graduated Summa Cum Laude from Duke University and at the top of his class from the Duke University School of Medicine. He completed an Internship and Junior Residency in General Surgery at Barnes Hospital/Washington University and his Senior Residency and Chief General Surgery training at the University of Rochester. Completing Research Fellowships in Pediatric Transplant Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, he authored numerous peer reviewed basic science and clinical papers and has a patent from MIT. Dr. Morse was trained in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Florida and is uniquely trained as a Plastic Surgeon having also completed an Orthopedic Hand & Upper Extremity Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Morse strives to bring a strong sense of caring and commitment to each patient and believes that trust and understanding are key factors in the patient-surgeon relationship. He has been voted a Top Doctor for over 20 years both nationally by U.S. News & World Report and in the Washington DC metro area in both Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. Dr. Morse has also served his country during a distinguished 23 year career in the US Navy including Desert Storm, the War on Terrorism and Iraqi Freedom, retiring at the rank of CAPTAIN and receiving 4 Navy Commendation Medals and the Meritorious Service Medal awarded by the President of the United States. He also trained and served as a NASA flight surgeon for a number of Shuttle Missions in the 1990s and 2000s.
Morse Hand and Plastic Surgery
The Great Falls Plastic Surgery Center
Martin A. Morse, MD., F.A.C.S
10132 Colvin Run Road, Suite F
Great Falls, VA 22066
Tel: 703-757-6190/Fax: 703-757-6195
mamorsemd@gmail.com
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Marital Status:
June 25, 1957
Louisville, Kentucky; U.S.A.
Married; Jennifer E. Morse
Private Practice:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery including Specialization in
Head and Neck and Body Contouring Cosmetic Surgery and
Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
Morse Hand and Plastic Surgery
The Great Falls Plastic Surgery Center
Great Falls, Virginia
(January 1999 - present)
1985-1987
Research Fellow in Pediatric Surgery, Laboratory of Surgical
Research, Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital,
Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts
1984-1985
Assistant Resident in General Surgery, Department of
Surgery, Barnes Hospital/Washington University Medical
Center; St. Louis, Missouri
1983-1984
Intern in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Barnes
Hospital/Washington University Medical Center; St. Louis,
Missouri
2016 - Present
HCA Stone Springs Hospital; Dulles, Virginia
Active Medical Staff
1997-Present
Loudoun Hospital Center; Leesburg, Virginia
Active/Courtesy Medical Staff
1995- Present
INOV A Fair Oaks Hospital: Fairfax, Virginia
Active Medical Staff
1995-Present
INOVA Fairfax Hospital; Falls Church, Virginia
Active/Courtesy Medical Staff
1995-Present
HCA Reston Hospital Center; Reston, Virginia
Active Medical Staff
1995-2011
National Naval Medical Center; Bethesda, Maryland
Active Medical Staff
1993-1995
Naval Hospital Jacksonville; NAS/ Jacksonville, Florida
2002-2005
Active Medical Staff (1993-1995; 2002-2005)
2005-Present
Clinical Faculty, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Medicine; Richmond, Virginia
1995- Present
Clinical Faculty, Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown
University School of Medicine; Washington, D.C.
1993-1995
Teaching Resident in Plastic Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, University of Florida College of
Medicine; Gainesville, Florida
1992-1993
Teaching Fellow in Hand and Upper Extremity surgery,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1985-1987
Research Fellow in Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery,
The Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Boston,
Massachusetts
1983-1985
Teaching Resident in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Barnes
Hospital/ Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis,
Missouri
2011
Re-certified (2009 Maintenance of Certification for
2011 to 2021), American Board of Plastic Surgery
2001
Certifying Examination, American Board of Plastic Surgery
[Certificate #6249)
1996
Qualifying Examination, American Board of Plastic Surgery
1992
Qualifying Examination, American Board of Surgery
1984
National Board of Medical Examiners
[Certificate# 272205)
2011
Cynosure Rev Lite Q-Switched Nd: Yag Laser for Tattoo
Removal & Facial Rejuvenation
2010
ACLS Instructor; AHA and U.S. Navy, National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2010
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Re-certification; AHA and
U.S. Navy, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Maryland
2010
Basic Life Support Re-Certification; National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2008
ACLS Instructor; AHA and U.S. Navy, National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2008
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Re-certification; AHA and
U.S. Navy, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Maryland
2008
Basic Life Support Re-Certification; National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2006
Advanced Trauma Life Support Re-certification, Committee
on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, U.S. Navy,
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2006
ACLS Instructor; AHA and U.S. Navy, National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2006
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Re-certification; AHA and
U.S. Navy, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Maryland
2006
Basic Life Support Re-Certification; National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2005
Basic Life Support Re-certification; AHA and U.S. Navy,
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2004
ACLS Instructor; AHA and U.S. Navy, National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
1998
Basic Life Support Re-Certification, Reston Hospital; Reston,
Virginia
1997
CO2 Laser Resurfacing, Luxor Corp; Baltimore, Maryland
1998
Erbium Laser Resurfacing, HMG Inc; Springfield, Virginia
1997
LPIR Laser Hair Removal, Cynosure, Inc. and Innovative
Laser Inc; Reston, Virginia
1996
LV, V and Alexandrite Pulse Dye Laser Surgery, Cynosure,
Inc and Innovative Laser, Inc; Reston, Virginia
1996
Advanced Trauma Life Support, Committee on Trauma,
American College of Surgeons, U.S. Navy, National Naval
Medical Center; Bethesda, Maryland
1996
PhotoGenica T-10 Q-Switched Alexandrite, PhotoGenica V
and PhotoGenica LV Laser Surgery, Cynosure Inc; Virginia
Beach, Virginia
1996
Strategic Medical Readiness and Contingency Course, Naval
School of Health Sciences; Bethesda, Maryland
1996
Basic Life Support Re-Certification, Reston Hospital; Restoo,
Virginia
1995
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel, the 3M Corporation, Reston
Hospital; Reston, Virginia
1994
Basic Life Support Re-Certification, University of Florida
Medical Center; Gainesville, Florida
1994
Astronaut Flight Surgeon, NASA, Johnson Space Center:
Houston, Texas
1992
Advance Trauma Life Support, Committee on Trauma,
American College of Surgeons, C-4 (Combat Casualty Course,
U.S. Army) Fort Sam Houston; Sao Antonio, Texas
1992
C-4, Combat Casualty Care Course, U.S. Army, Fort Sam
Houston; San Antonio, Texas
2015
"10 Best" Plastic Surgeons, State of Virginia, by the American
Institute of Plastic Surgeons
2015
Who's Who Top Doctors "Honors Edition"
2015
Top Doctors Award, Plastic Surgery, Northern Virginia
Magazine
2015
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2015
Top Doctors Award, Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2014
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2014
Top Doctors Award, Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2014
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(US News & World Report Magazine)
2014
SuperDoctors.com
2013
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2013
SuperDoctors.com
2013
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(US News & World Report Magazine)
2013
Top Doctors Award, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery,
U.S. (Castle Connelly)
2012
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2012
SuperDoctors.com
2012
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(US News & World Report Magazine2012
Top Doctors Award, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, U.S.
2011
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Gold Star in
Lieu of Fourth Award), for administrative and clinical service
to NNMC Bethesda Reserve Detachment, Naval Air Station,
Andrews Air Force Base (2004 -2010)
2011
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2011
SuperDoctors.com
2011
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S
(US News & World Report Magazine)
2011
AMA Physician's Recognition Award
2010
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2010
Top Doctors Award, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery,
U.S. (Castle Connelly)
2006
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2006
Top Doctors Award, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery,
U.S. (Castle Connelly)
2006
Top Doctors, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, The
Washingtonian Magazine
2006
American Society of Plastic Surgeon's CME Award
2005
Top Doctors Award, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, U.S.
(Castle Connelly)
2005
Top Doctors Award, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery,
U.S. (Castle Connelly)
2005
Top Doctors, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, The
Washingtonian Magazine
2005
Who's Who in the World
2005
Reappointed for second consecutive three year term, Duke
University School of Medicine Medical Alumni Council
2005
AMA Physician's Recognition Award
2005
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT),
Department of Defense and U.S. Navy, awarded for continuous
active and reserve duty following September 11, 2001
2004
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, awarded
during mobilization to active duty in support of Operations
Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, MarchJune
2003
2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation, U.S. Navy for Service during
Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi
Freedom; NR NNMC Bethesda HQ 106
2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation, U.S. Navy for service
immediately after September 11, 2001 terrorist attack; NR
NNMC Bethesda HQ 106
2003
Appointed to FY-03 USN Review Board, Armed Forces Health
Professions Scholarship Program [HPSP]; subsequently renominated
for FY-04 & FY-05
2002
AMA Physician's Recognition Award
2002
National Defense Medal, Department of Defense
Commendation for Active Duty Service after September 11,
2001 [Bronze Star in lieu of Second Award]
2002
Appointed to Duke University School of Medicine Medical
Alumni Council
2001
Recognition for Participation as Regional Interviewer,
Admissions Committee, Duke University School of Medicine
2002
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons CME
award
1974
National Honor Society, Winston Churchill High School,
Potomac, MD
2007 - Present
Pathways To Leadership (ASPS)
2007 - Present
Physician Leadership Institute (Medical Society of VA)
2007 - 2010
Coding Committee, American Society of Plastic
Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Educational Fund (ASPS/PSEF)
2005 - 2010
Annual Meeting Instructional Course
Committee/Reconstruction Subcommittee, ASPS/PSEF
2005 - 2007
Government Affairs Council/Federal Affairs Committee, ASPS
2005 - 2006
Annual Giving Committee, PSEF
2003 - 2005
Scientific Program Committee, ASPS
2003 - 2005
E-Learning Committee, PSEF
1998 - 2001
Young Plastic Surgeons Committee, ASPS
2019
Member, Alexandria Valley Knights of St. Andrews
2019
Member, Alexandria Valley Scottish Rite (32nd degree)
2018
Member, Kena Shriners (Loudoun County, VA); Shriners
International
2017
Master Mason (3rd Degree), A.F. & A.M. of Virginia (USA)
2014
Co-Founding Member, Elysium Ventures, L.L.C.
2013
Co-Founding Member, Paradise Ranch Parrots and Exotics,
L.L.C.
2013
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
2012
Co-Founding Member, The Ari David Moses Morse
Foundation Providing Pre-Natal Care to African Mothers and
Medical and Surgical Care to Orphaned African Children
(5013C)
2011
Friends of the National Zoo (Smithsonian National Zoological
Park), Washington, DC
2015 -
Member, International Society of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgeons for Regenerative Medicine and
Surgery
2006 -
Member, International Society of Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgeons
2000 - 2005
Candidate Member, International Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgeons
1991- 2003
Associate Member, International Federation of Surgical
Colleges
2016 -
Member, Wilderness Medical Society
2011 -
Member, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
2008 -
Member, American Association of Plastic Surgeons
2006 -
Member, American Association for Hand Surgery
2005 -
Member, American College of Physician Executives
2005 -
Active Member, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
2003 -
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
2003 -
Active Member, Southeastern Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgeons
2003 - 2005
Candidate Member, American Society of Maxillofacial
Surgeons
2003 -
Candidate Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery
2002 -
Active Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2001 - 2003
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1997 - 2003
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1996 - 2002
Candidate Member, American Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgeons
1995 - 2000
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1995 -
Surgical Infection Society
1995 - 1999
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery
1994 - 1999
Society of In Vitro Biology (Formerly The Tissue Culture
Association)
1992 - 1995
Candidate Group, American Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgeons
1993 - 1995
Candidate Group, American College of Surgeons
1993 - 1999
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
1992 - 1999
American Trauma Society
a. Dore, D.; Petrera,P.; Morse,M.A.; Sotereanos,D.G. and Rubash, H.
"Free Vascularized Fibular Graft for Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral
Head : Surgical Technique," presented at the American Academy of
Orthopedic Surgeons; New Orleans, Louisiana; February 1994
b. Morse, M.A and Vacanti, J.P." Time-Lapse Photography : A Novel
Tool To Study Normal Morphogenesis and The Diseased
Hepatobiliary System In Children," presented at the American
Pediatric Surgical Association; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina;
May 6-9,1987.
1. Morse, .M.A.; Yu, Leonard T.; LaTorre, Guy; Marotta, J.; Batich, C.,
and Hardt, N. Sisson " In Vitro Measurement of Silicone Bleed in
Explanted Barriered and Unbarriered Breast Prostheses," presented at
the 1995 Plastic Surgery Senior Resident's Meeting; Ann Arbor,
Michigan; April 19-23, 1995.
2. Sotereanos, D.G.; Morse, M.A. and Herndon, J.H. " The Darrach
Hemiresection Arthroplasty: A Modification of Both the Darrach and
Bower's Procedures," presented at the Annual American Society
For Surgery of the Hand Meeting; Kansas City, Missouri; September 25 -
27, 1993.
3. Morse, M.A.; Andruss, R.J.; Rubash, H.E and Sotereanos , D.G. "
Aseptic Necrosis of the Femoral Head: Early Treatment with the
Vascularized Fibular Graft," presented at the Annual American Society
of Reconstructive Microsurgery; Kansas City, Missouri; September
25-27, 1993.
4. Morse, M.A.; Andruss, R.J.; Rubash, H.E. and Sotereanos, D.G. "
Aseptic Necrosis of the Femoral Head: Early Treatment with the
Vascularized Fibular Graft, " presented at the Combined
American/European Microsurgery Meeting; San Tropez, France; May
1993.
12. Vacanti, J.P.; Morse, M.A.; Domb, A.; Saltzman, W.M.; Perez-Atayde, A.
and Langer, R. "Chimeric Neomorphogenesis of Organs: A Proposal for
Organ Replacement using Controlled Cellular Implantation on
Bioasorbable Artificial Matrices," presented at the American Pediatric
Surgical Association Meeting; Hilton Head Island South Carolina; May
6-9, 1987.
13. Morse, M.A. and Vacanti, J.P. "Timed-Lapse Photography: A Novel Tool
to Study Normal Morphogenesis and the Diseased Hepatobilary System
in Children," presented at the American Pediatric Surgical Association
Meeting; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina' may 6-9, 1987.
14. Morse, M.A. and Vacanti, J.P. "Biliary Epithelial Cell for In Vitro
Characterization of Biliary Atresia and Other Cholangiopathies,"
presented at the Seventh Annual Pediatric Surgical Residents'
Conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November 8-9, 1986.
15. Vacanti, J.P.; Perez-Atayde, A.; Ryan, D.P. and Morse, M.A. "Serum
Antibodies to Biliary Epithelium in Children with Biliary Atresia,"
presented at the American Pediatric Surgical Association Meetingl
Toronto, Ontario, Canada; May 14-17, 1986.
16. Morse, M.A.; Ryan, D.P. and Vacanti, J.P., "Biliary Epithelial Cells for
In Vitro Studies of Biliary Atresia and Other Cholangiopathies,"
presented at the Society of University Surgeons Residents' Conference;
Richmond, Virginia; February 12, 1986.
17. Morse, M.A.; Farb, R.M.; Thomas, C. and Lazarus, G. A.,
"lmmunocytochemical Localization of Chemoattractant Proteinase In
Whole Human Skin, Fibroblasts, Lymphocytes, and Granulocytes,"
presented at the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative
Dermatology; Washington, D.C. May 7-9, 1979.
8. Morse, M.A.; Farb, R.M.; Thomas, C. and Lazarus, G.S.
"lmmunocytochemical Localization of Chemoattractant Proteinase in
Whole Human Skin, Fibroblasts, Lymphocytes, and Granulocytes" in
The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 28 (7): 677-682, 1980.
9. Yuspa, S.H.; Elgjo, K.; Morse, M.A. and Weibel, F.J. "Retinyl Acetate
Modulation of Cell Growth Kinetics and Carcinogens-Cellular
Interactions in Mouse Epidermal Cell Cultures," in Chem-Biol.
Interactions. 16: 251-264, 1977.
1. Andruss, R.J.; Morse, M.A.; Rubash, H.E. and Sotereanos, D.G. "Aseptic
Necrosis of the Femoral Head: Early Treatment with the Vascularized
Fibular Grafts," presented at the Annual American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana; February 1994.
2. Sotereanos, D.G.; Morse, M.A., and Herndon, J.H. "The Darrach
Hemiresection Arthroplasty: A Modification of Both the Darrach and
Bower's Procedures," presented at the Annual American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana; February 1994.
3. Morse, M.A.; Boyce, S.T.; Daugherty, C.C. and Ziegler, M.M. "Human
Biliary Epithelial Cells for In Vitro Studies of Biliary Atresia and Other
Cholangiopathies," presented at the 1992 World Congress of Cell Tissue
Culture Meeting; Crystal City, Virginia (Washington, D.C.); June 20-25,
1992.
2005
"The War in Iraq 2003 - 2005: Role of Reconstructive Surgery in our
returning Sailors & Marines," presented to the Department of
Nursing & the Operating Room Staff, Reston Hospital Center,
Reston, Virginia [October 18, 2005].
2005
"The Reconstructive Ladder: Role of Reconstructive Microsurgery
and the Reserve Military Plastic Surgeon during the War in Iraq,
2003 - 2005," presented to the U.S. Navy Command Staff, MidAtlantic
Region, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
[September 22, 2005).
2003
"The War in Iraq 2003: Role of Reconstructive Surgery in our
returning Sailors & Marines," presented to the Department of
Surgery, National Naval Medical Center [June 19, 2003].
2003
Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery," presented to the Department of
Surgery, National Naval Medical Center [June 19, 2003].
2003
"Burn Wound Care in the 21st Century," presented to the Department
of Surgery, National Naval Medical Center (June 12, 2003].
2003
"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the 21st Century," presented to
the Department of Surgery, National Naval Medical Center (June 5,
2003].
2003
"Burn Wound Care in the 21st Century," presented to Division of
Plastic Surgery, Fairfax Hospital [January 7, 2003].
2002
"Burn Wound Care in the 21st Century," presented to the NR NNMC
Bethesda HQ unit [November 17, 2002].
2000-07
"Cosmetic surgery in the 2151 Century," presented to diverse
community groups.
2000 - 07
"Treatment of Hand & Upper Extremity Trauma [including Replantation]
in the 21st Century;" presented to Georgetown University
School of Medicine students, residents & faculty; hand therapists;
nursing organizations; and hospital personnel.
Patents:
1990
Controlled Cellular Implantation Using Artificial Matrices,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts
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