Joseph F. Morales, D.D.S., FACD, FNYAD, has 40 years of professional experience, including more than 35 years dedicated to academic and community-based dental medicine. Dr. Morales currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Dental Medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan and New York Medical College, as well as NYMC Dental Medicine Residency Program Liaison to the residency program's clinical training sites. He is the lead faculty member for the didactic curriculum of the NYMC General Dental Practice Residency Program and has been a principal investigator on several HRSA grants and has served as chief of service at multiple New York City hospitals. He also chairs and is a member of multiple university and hospital committees, including the NYMC Admissions and IRB Committees, as well as the chair of the Credentials and Infection Prevention/Control Committees at Metropolitan. In addition to his academic and clinical commitments at the college and its clinical affiliates, Dr. Morales is a member of the Medical Division in the New York City Police Department and treasurer of New York Dental Affiliates, the professional services affiliation group at Metropolitan Hospital.

Areas of Expertise

• Restorative implantology

Education

• D.D.S., Columbia University School of Dentistry and Oral Surgery
• Residency, University Hospital at SUNY Stony Brook

Publications

• Morales JMN, Alcaraz MR, Loto A, et. al. "Chemometric modeling of spectroscopic data for characterizing the visible-light-driven photocatalytic N-dealkylation of rhodamine B on a TiO(2) film." Photochemistry and photobiology, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1111/php.14043
• González MJ, Navarro N, Cruz E, et. al. "First report on the physicochemical and proteomic characterization of Proteus mirabilis outer membrane vesicles under urine-mimicking growth conditions: comparative analysis with Escherichia coli." Frontiers in microbiology, 15(), (2024) 1493859. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1493859
• Arif HA, Morales JA, Howard R, et. al. "Evaluation of Online Shoulder Instability-Related Patient Education Materials." HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, (), (2024) 15563316241254056. doi: 10.1177/15563316241254056
• Trejo E, García P, Ortega DA, et. al. "Frontal Sinus Fractures and Traumatic Brain Injury: Predictors of Mortality in Surgical Management." Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction, (), (2024) 19433875241229882. doi: 10.1177/19433875241229882
• Marquina HIC, Bustillos JRG, Morales JEP, et. al. "Incidental diagnosis of Mazabraud syndrome presenting as a lower extremity soft tissue mass: A case report and literature review." International journal of surgery case reports, 125(), (2024) 110559. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2024.110559
• García-Campa J, González-Braojos S, Morales J, et. al. "Nest secondary plants and their associations with haemosporidian blood parasites in blue tit females." Parasitology, (), (2024) 1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0031182024000775
• Cerezo M, Sollis E, Ji Y, et. al. "The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog: standards for reusability, sustainability and diversity." Nucleic acids research, (), (2024) . pii: gkae1070. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae1070

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Memberships and Affiliations

• Fellow, New York Academy of Dentistry
• Fellow, American College of Dentists

Teaching Responsibilities

• Lead faculty in the NYMC SOM General Dental Medicine Residency Program’s didactic curriculum