Linda Morris is a certified clinical nurse specialist in critical care, who provides consultation and expert testimony in medical-legal cases.

  • Over 30 years' experience in health care, including positions in the clinical environment, education, academia, and research.
  • Advanced practice nurse for respiratory care and tracheostomy specialist.
  • Faculty with the departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Tracheostomy specialist and co-editor / author of Tracheostomies: The Complete Guide, first and second editions.
  • Speaker who has developed and presented hundreds of formal and informal programs to numerous professional, civic, and community groups.
  • Clinical consulting for tracheostomy patients (improving care; developing policies, protocols, teaching, etc.)

View Dr. Morris's presentation at the 2025 NADONA National Conference: "Preventing Tracheostomy Catastrophe in a Long-Term Setting: Knowledge is Power."

VIDEO: Preventing Trach Catastrophe

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Tracheostomies: The Complete Buide (book cover image)

Dr. Morris is pleased to announce the publication of her book, Tracheostomies: The Complete Guide (2nd ed), 2021.

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