Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. José Morales

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José M. Morales, MD, MSc, is a vascular neurologist and neurointerventional surgeon, who specializes in minimally invasive endovascular procedures to treat conditions and diseases of the brain and spine.

Dr. Morales completed his Master’s degree in Integrative Neuroscience at Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he served as the President of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Student Interest Group in Neurology and participated in an extended curriculum program under the Scholarship and Discovery track to conduct research in Computational Neuroscience, which was funded by the AAN Medical Student Research Scholarship.

Dr. Morales completed his Neurology Residency at Northwestern University, and Vascular Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowships at the University of California Los Angeles.

As a clinician-scientist and innovator, Dr. Morales has several medical device patents and has been awarded multiple grants for his innovative concepts, and is co-founder of the medical device company, Vonova, Inc.. He has published in prestigious journals, such as Neuron, Nature, and Stroke. Dr. Morales is dedicated to serving patients afflicted by neurologic disease and conditions with skill, expertise, and compassion.