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

• Lund-Ricard Y, Calloch J, Glippa V, et. al. "Postembryonic Maintenance of Nephron Progenitor Cells with Low Translational Activity in the Chondrichthyan Scyliorhinus canicula." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000558
• Michel M, Morales J, Block N, et. al. "Aphantasia as imagery blindsight." Trends in cognitive sciences, (), (2024) . pii: S1364-6613(24)00293-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.11.002
• Panameño OA, Morales J. "The Treatment of Indirect Carotid Cavernous Fistula in a Pediatric Patient With Deep Recurrent Ophthalmic Artery and Hemophilia." Cureus, 16(11), (2024) e73803. doi: 10.7759/cureus.73803
• Kim J, Morales JM, Friedman EM, et. al. "Inspiring Professionalism in Medicine: A Review of Incentives to Promote Positive Behaviors in Training and Practice." Pediatric annals, 53(12), (2024) e446-e451. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20241003-05
• Lagares A, de la Cruz J, Terrisse H, et. al. "An automated blood test for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) to predict the absence of intracranial lesions on head CT in adult patients with mild traumatic brain injury: BRAINI, a multicentre observational study in Europe." EBioMedicine, 110(), (2024) 105477. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105477
• Fernandez-Gamez B, Pulido-Muñoz Á, Olvera-Rojas M, et. al. "Examining Elastic Band Properties for Exercise Prescription: AGUEDA Equations." Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy, 30(1), (2025) e70010. doi: 10.1002/pri.70010
• Wilk J, Aggarwal V, Pauley M, et. al. "A computational tool to optimize clinical trial parameter selection in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A practical guide and case studies." CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1002/psp4.13281

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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