Thomas Q. Morris, M.D. spent nearly 50 years at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, beginning with his enrollment at the College of Physicians & Surgeons as a first-year medical student in 1954. Since then, he has held nearly every important position at the medical center. A Westchester native, Dr. Morris graduated from the University of Notre Dame before starting medical school. He received his M.D. in 1958, and completed his residency at the Columbia Division of Bellevue Hospital. After a tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to Columbia for a fellowship, joining the P&S faculty in 1964. Throughout the years, he served as acting chairman of the Department of Medicine, associate dean for academic affairs, vice dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and interim dean for clinical and educational affairs. More recently, he was vice president for health sciences and vice dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine and Alumni Professor of Clinical Medicine. He was also president and chief executive officer of Presbyterian Hospital from 1985 to 1990.

Dr. Morris treated patients, taught medical students, and collaborated with physicians and scientists. Through his diverse activities, one commitment remained constant: his dedication to medical education. His influence on medical education reached beyond the campus boundaries, through his service to the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., American University of Beirut, and numerous non-profit foundations. He was also a visiting physician at Bellevue Hospital and Harlem Hospital and a visiting professor in Iran.

An endowment was established to support an annual symposium in Tom Morris's name to explore the future of medical education. The symposium features participants who have promoted quality medical education in significant ways.

The 2012 Thomas Q. Morris Symposium Lectures

“Interprofessional Education: Moving from a Good Feeling to a Vital Strategy for Success” Leslie W. Hall, MD, FACP Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine University of Missouri - Columbia < br/> Chief Medical Officer, University of Missouri Health Care September 10, 2012 4:30pm Alumni Auditorium 650 West 168th Street, First Floor

Dr. Leslie Hall is the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and the Chief Medical Officer for University of Missouri Health Care. From 2002 to 2008, he served as the Director of the Office of Clinical Effectiveness, overseeing quality improvement and patient safety initiatives throughout the University of Missouri Health Care system. In his educational work at the University of Missouri, he has led several interprofessional curricular innovations in the areas of quality improvement, patient safety and teamwork in health care. In his role as health system leader, he works closely with nursing and administrative leaders, co-leading initiatives such as computerized provider order entry and establishment of the first Women's and Children's Hospital in Missouri. When performing his clinical work as a hospitalist, he regularly participates in interprofessional team rounds with his patients.

At a national level, he served as a national physician advisor to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses program from 2005 to 2008 and served on the Steering Committee of the IHI Health Professions Education Collaborative. Dr. Hall serves as co-chair of the Academy for Healthcare Improvement Professional Education Resource Committee. In 2011, he served as a member of the board of the Interprofessional Partners in Action, an HRSA-led initiative on interprofessional education and care. He serves as a member of the board of the American Interprofessional Healthcare Collaborative. He is currently co-PI of a Josiah Macy Foundation grant to develop faculty to facilitate the teaching of interprofessional team-based care.

2009 “Whistling Vivaldi: And Oter Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us”
Claude M. Steele, Ph.D.

2008 “Self-assessment, self-direction, self-regulation and other myths: Deconstructing the fallacy of the adult learner”
Glenn Regehr, Ph.D.

2006 “Clinical Education for the 21st Century – Insights from the Carnegie Foundation National Study”
Molly Cooke, M.D., FACP

2005 “The Route to Patient Safety through Simulation in Medical Education”
David M, Gaba, M.D.

2004 “The Academy Movement: Restructuring of Medical Schools to Advance the Mission of Education”
Haile T. Debas, M.D. and Daniel Lowenstein, M.D.

2003 “What is the Future of Medical Education?”
Daniel D. Federman, M.D., and Ponald A. Arky, M.D., Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D., June E. Osborn, M.D., Michael E. Whitcomb, M.D.