Brian Morse, MD

Dr. Morse is an Associate Member in the Diagnostic Imaging section of Moffitt Cancer Center and holds a co-appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncologic Sciences at the University of South Florida.  He received a BA in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  He completed his radiology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas where he served as radiology chief-resident during his final year.  After residency, Dr. Morse completed fellowship training in cross-sectional imaging with an emphasis in body MRI at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Dr. Morse is a reviewer for several journals and has published multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals.  His clinical expertise includes the use of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiographs and fluoroscopy to diagnose cancer and assess treatment response, particularly of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary organs.  His research interests focus on imaging of neuroendocrine tumors.  

 

Education & Training

Fellowship:

• Mayo Clinic Arizona - Cross-Sectional Imaging

Residency:

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Radiology

Medical School:

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - MD

• Morse B, Jeong D, Ahmed A, Kim J, Spiess P, Chahoud J. Preoperative prediction of high-risk lymph nodes in penile cancer: Graafland criteria vs radiomics. BJU Int. 2025 Jul.136(1):45-46. Pubmedid: 40130666.
• Pelle E, Al-Toubah T, El-Haddad G, Morse B, Konda B, Sukrithan V, Strosberg J. Risk of bowel ischemia in patients with mesenteric neuroendocrine tumors after treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE. Endocr Oncol. 2025 Jul.5(1):e250033. Pubmedid: 40641634. Pmcid: PMC12243096.
• Jeong D, Morse B, Polk SL, Chen DT, Li J, Hodul P, Centeno BA, Costello J, Jiang K, Machado S, El Naqa I, Farah PT, Huynh T, Raghunand N, Mok S, Dam A, Malafa M, Qayyum A, Fleming JB, Permuth JB. Pancreatic Cyst Size Measurement on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compared to Pathology. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jan.16(1). Pubmedid: 38201633. Pmcid: PMC10778543.
• Morse B, McGettigan M, Kis B. Percutaneous liver-directed therapies of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2024 Dec.49(12):4257-4263. Pubmedid: 38900318.
• Al-Toubah T, Schell MJ, Morse B, Haider M, Valone T, Strosberg J. Phase II study of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in advanced well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. ESMO Open. 2024 Apr.9(4):102386. Pubmedid: 38507897. Pmcid: PMC10966166.
• Morse B, Strosberg J. Multiple Tumors in a Young Patient. Gastroenterology. 2022 Sep.163(3):e13-e15. Pubmedid: 35248537.
• Al-Toubah T, Morse B, Strosberg J. Efficacy of Capecitabine and Temozolomide in Small Bowel (Midgut) Neuroendocrine Tumors. Curr Oncol. 2022 Jan.29(2):510-515. Pubmedid: 35200546. Pmcid: PMC8870244.
• Al-Toubah T, Halfdanarson T, Gile J, Morse B, Sommerer K, Strosberg J. Efficacy of ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms. ESMO Open. 2022 Feb.7(1):100364. Pubmedid: 34973511. Pmcid: PMC8728436.
• Pelle E, Al-Toubah T, Morse B, Strosberg J. Belzutifan in a Patient With VHL-Associated Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. J Natl Compr Canc Ne. 2022 Dec.20(12):1285-1287. Pubmedid: 36509068.
• Pelle E, Al-Toubah T, Morse B, El-Haddad G, Strosberg J. Desmoplastic mesenteric lesions do not respond radiographically to peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. J Neuroendocrinol. 2021 Feb.33(2):e12936. Pubmedid: 33474756.
• Al-Toubah T, Morse B, Pelle E, Strosberg J. Efficacy of FOLFOX in Patients with Aggressive Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors After Prior Capecitabine/Temozolomide. Oncologist. 2021 Feb.26(2):115-119. Pubmedid: 33225478. Pmcid: PMC7873336.
• Krzyston H, Morse B, Deperalta D, Rishi A, Kayaleh R, El-Haddad G, Smith J, Druta M, Kis B. Liver-directed treatments of liver-dominant metastatic leiomyosarcoma. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2020 Sep.26(5):449-455. Pubmedid: 32673206. Pmcid: PMC7490031.
• Ahmed A, Morse BJ, Makanji RJ, Caracciolo JT, Parsee A. Retropubic parasymphyseal cyst: A rare entity. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Sep.15(9):1669-1672. Pubmedid: 32714480. Pmcid: PMC7369357.
• Morse B, Klapman J. Imaging of Pancreatic Tumors. Monogr Clin Cytol. 2020 Sep.26:21-33. Pubmedid: 32987388.
• Morse B, Al-Toubah T, Montilla-Soler J. Anatomic and Functional Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors. CURR TREAT OPTION ON. 2020 Jul.21(9):75. Pubmedid: 32728967.
• Al-Toubah T, Morse B, Strosberg J. Capecitabine and Temozolomide in Advanced Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Oncologist. 2020 Jan.25(1):e48-e52. Pubmedid: 31455747. Pmcid: PMC6964126.
• Morse B, Jeong D, Ihnat G, Silva AC. Pearls and pitfalls of response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1 non-target lesion assessment. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Feb.44(2):766-774. Pubmedid: 30196362. Pmcid: PMC7771310.
• Barnebee D, Morse B, Strosberg JR, Pejic M, Jeong D. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Diagnosis of Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastases to the Right and Left Ventricles with Carcinoid Heart Disease. Case Rep Cardiol. 2019 Dec.2019:8746413. Pubmedid: 31885933. Pmcid: PMC6915124.
• Morse B, Jeong D, Thomas K, Diallo D, Strosberg JR. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumor Hepatic Metastases: Does Hepatobiliary Phase Imaging Improve Lesion Conspicuity and Interobserver Agreement of Lesion Measurements?. Pancreas. 2017 Oct.46(9):1219-1224. Pubmedid: 28902795.
• Howe JR, Cardona K, Fraker DL, Kebebew E, Untch BR, Wang YZ, Law CH, Liu EH, Kim MK, Menda Y, Morse BG, Bergsland EK, Strosberg JR, Nakakura EK, Pommier RF. The Surgical Management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors: Consensus Guidelines of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society. Pancreas. 2017 Jul.46(6):715-731. Pubmedid: 28609357. Pmcid: PMC5502737.
• Cives M, Ghayouri M, Morse B, Brelsford M, Black M, Rizzo A, Meeker A, Strosberg J. Analysis of potential response predictors to capecitabine/temozolomide in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 Sep.23(9):759-767. Pubmedid: 27552969.
• Strosberg J, Cives M, Hwang J, Weber T, Nickerson M, Atreya C, Venook A, Kelley K, Valone T, Morse B, Coppola D, Bergsland E. A phase II study of axitinib in advanced neuroendocrine tumors. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2016 May.23(5):411-418. Pubmedid: 27080472. Pmcid: PMC4963225.
• Ahdallah R, Morse B, Hakam A, Shahzad MM. Pelvic squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary: a case report and review of the literature. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2016 Jul.37(3):430-433. Pubmedid: 27352581.
• Sewda K, Coppola D, Enkemann S, Yue B, Kim J, Lopez AS, Wojtkowiak JW, Stark VE, Morse B, Shibata D, Vignesh S, Morse DL. Cell-surface markers for colon adenoma and adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016 Apr.7(14):17773-17789. Pubmedid: 26894861. Pmcid: PMC4951249.
• Kim R, Prithviraj G, Kothari N, Springett G, Malafa M, Hodul P, Kim J, Yue B, Morse B, Mahipal A. PET/CT Fusion Scan Prevents Futile Laparotomy in Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Nov.40(11):e501-e505. Pubmedid: 26053713. Pmcid: PMC4813735.
• Morse B, Strosberg J. Congenital Anomaly Detected During Work-up of Cystic Pancreatic Lesion. Gastroenterology. 2015 Jul.149(1):33-34. Pubmedid: 26025308.
• Cives M, Kunz P, Morse B, Schell MJ, Campos T, Nguyen PT, Nandoskar P, Khandelwal V, Strosberg J. Phase II clinical trial of pasireotide long-acting repeatable in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2015 Feb.22(1):1-9. Pubmedid: 25376618. Pmcid: PMC4643672.
• Morse B, Centeno B, Vignesh S. Autoimmune pancreatitis: updated concepts of a challenging diagnosis. Am J Med. 2014 Oct.127(10):1010.e1-1010.e9. Pubmedid: 24835039.
• Saranga-Perry V, Morse B, Centeno B, Kvols L, Strosberg J. Treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus with capecitabine and temozolomide: a case series. Neuroendocrinology. 2014 Feb.97(4):318-321. Pubmedid: 23296364.
• Silva AC, Morse BG, Hara AK, Paden RG, Hongo N, Pavlicek W. Dual-energy (spectral) CT: applications in abdominal imaging. Radiographics. 2011 Jul.31(4):1031-1046. Pubmedid: 21768237.
• Nuss GR, Morey AF, Jenkins AC, Pruitt JH, Dugi DD, Morse B, Shariat SF. Radiographic predictors of need for angiographic embolization after traumatic renal injury. J Trauma. 2009 Sep.67(3):578-582. Pubmedid: 19741403.
• Charton J, Witherspoon SR, Itani K, Jones FR, Marple B, Morse B. Natural killer/T-cell lymphoma masquerading as orbital cellulitis. Ophthal Plast Recons. 2008 Mar.24(2):143-145. Pubmedid: 18356722.
• Polan JL, Morse B, Wetherold S, Villanueva-Vedia RE, Phelix C, Barera-Roderiquiz E, Waggoner D, Goswami N, Munoz O, Agrawal CM, Bailey SR. VEGF analysis induced by endothelialized gas-plasma treated D,L-PLA scaffolds. Cardiovasc Radiat Med. 2002 Jul.3(3-4):176-182. Pubmedid: 12974370.
• Bailey SR, Polan JL, Morse B, Wetherold S, Villanueva-Vedia RE, Waggoner D, Phelix C, Barera-Roderiquiz E, Goswami N, Munoz O, Agrawal CM. Angiogenic bFGF expression from gas-plasma treated scaffolds. Cardiovasc Radiat Med. 2002 Jul.3(3-4):183-189. Pubmedid: 12974371.