Concierge Doctor in Santa Barbara

A Southern California native, Dr. Morris obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. While obtaining his bachelors, he conducted research using bedside ultrasonography at the UC Irvine Medical Center and attended community college where he obtained his certification as an Emergency Medical Technician.  He then worked full-time as an EMT where he provided 9-1-1 ambulance transport for 34 cities within Los Angeles and Orange Counties. While preparing for medical school, he shifted towards pharmaceutical research, where he conducted phase III clinical trials for the only over the counter inhaler approved for asthma. 

Dr. Morris later attended the Medical College of Wisconsin where he received his Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.). Upon completing medical school, Dr. Morris returned home where he completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center with an emphasis on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Following training, he moved to Santa Barbara where he worked as an emergency physician for the local hospital system and participated on the local hospital committees. A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, he ventured out of the emergency department becoming the lead physician of two local hybrid primary care / urgency care centers. He later returned to emergency medicine while also doing urgent care and even gained experience as a hospitalist. In 2023, Dr. Morris took over the concierge primary care practice of local internist Dr. Dennis Baker. Today, Dr. Morris has his independent concierge medical practice located in Santa Barbara. 

Dr. Morris has professionally taken care of patients in nearly every clinical setting ranging from pre-hospital (including helicopter), hospital, primary care, urgent care, in addition to the emergency department. He completed his medical training at two very large, highly specialized institutions that included their own organ transplant centers, cancer and chemotherapy centers, as well as their own Children's Hospitals, familiarizing himself with a vast array of complex medicine. His professional interest lies in the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), where Dr. Morris received an additional formal certification in "emergency ultrasound" while at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Today he uses his own personal ultrasound in nearly every patient encounter as he believes it provides him with more accurate, real-time data aiding him in making an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. He also has a profound interest in technology, including AI, as well as staying up to date on emerging new therapies. Schedule a free 30-minute meet and greet below to see if Dr. Morris is the right physician for you.