Short biography of Dr. Morales Borges

1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME POSITION TITLE
Morales-Borges Raul H Medical Director
American Red Cross, Biomedical Services
San Juan, PR
Chief Medical Officer
Ashford Institute of Hematology & Oncology
San Juan, PR
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE MM/YY FIELD OF STUDY
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, PR MD 06/1990 Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI Residency 06/1993 Internal Medicine
Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI Fellowship 06/1995 Medical Oncology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Special Rotation 06/1995 Hematology/Oncology
Personal Statement
Raul Morales is Medical Director of the American Red Cross (ARC) in San Juan, P.R. since December
2010 where he oversees donor and patient safety issues related to blood collection and transfusion. He serves
as Director of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), Director of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program (HCT/P), and Immunohematology Reference laboratory (IRL) at
the ARC in PR since then. He is Chief Medical Officer of Ashford Institute of Hematology & Oncology since
1995 with privileges as attending/consultant at the Medicine Department of the Ashford Presbyterian
Community Hospital since then. He recently served as the Medical representative on the Board of Directors of
Gurabo Community Health Care Center which administers three ambulatory community centers at Gurabo,
San Lorenzo and Trujillo Alto.
Dr Morales Borges has a broad experience of basic & clinical research as well as healthcare administrative
issues, palliative/supportive care, and education of medical students and physicians. He served as investigator
and collaborator at clinical trials in Stem Cell Cryopreservation and Dengue Follow-Up Study in Blood Donors
with ARC and in Hematology/Oncology/HIV studies in his private practice. He has particular interest in clinical
services, therapeutic aphaeresis, immunohematology, and transfusion-transmitted diseases (infectious
diseases, TRALI & iron overload) with ARC and hematologic diseases in pregnancy, anemia in the elderly,
bleeding & clotting disorders, GI/GU/Breast Oncology in his private practice. He has knowledge about the 21
CFR Part 1271, cGMP, GTP’s, FDA, AABB regulations about cellular therapy & blood transfusions.

2. Selected posters and abstracts (from 52 publications)
1. Santos G, Santos R, Suarez S, Jimenez R, Perez H, Morales R: Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with
Hepatitis C Receiving Therapy with Interferon-alpha. CHEST Meeting Abstracts, October 25th of 2004,
126: 954S-955S.
2. Chelladurai M, Morales-Borges RH, Nayak B, Pillai R, Terebelo H, Remer S, Narang S, Lobocki C,
Williams F, Drelichman A: Adoptive Immunotherapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma: The
Experimental Phase at Providence Hospital Part II. Providence Hospital Medical Bulletin, Fall/Winter
1996; 9(1):12-18.
3. Batah F, Morales R, Terebelo HR: Human T-Cell Lymphothropic Virus (HTLV-1) Related Lymphoma:
Third report of Colonic Involvement. (Poster) American College of Physicians (ACP) 41st Annual
Michigan Regional Meeting; September, 1995.
4. Singhi O, Morales R, Drelichman A: Report of two cases of Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to Metastatic
Renal Cell Carcinoma. (Poster). American College of Physicians, 17thAnnual Associates Meeting on
May 16, 1995. 41st Annual Michigan Regional Meeting on September 1995.
5. Rivera A, Madhavan R, Shah A, Urbanes A, Sobilo M, Shah-Reddy I, Morales R: Protein S Deficiency,
Bilateral Renal Vein and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Secondary to Membranous Nephropathy.
(Poster) American College of Physicians - 40th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting; September 22-25,
1994.
6. Morales R, Terebelo H, Remer S: Successful Management of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Immunoadsorption of Plasma with Staphylococcal Protein A &
Vincristine. (Poster & Oral Presentation). ACP - 16th Annual Michigan Associates Meeting on May 6,
1994 and 40th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting on September 22-25, 1994.
7. Morales R, Terebelo H, Malone J, Smietana S: Ovarian Carcinoma and Turner’s syndrome (45, X0):
Case Report. (Poster). ACP - 16th Annual Michigan Associates Meeting on May 1994 and 40th Annual
Michigan Regional Meeting on Sept. 1994.
8. Singhi O, Sharma M, Sharma L, Morales R, Illuminati L, Ho K, Terebelo HR: Successful Management of
Disseminated Nocardiosis in Evan=s Syndrome. (Poster). ACP - 16th Annual Michigan Associates
Meeting on May 1994 and 40th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting on September 1994.
9. Ali H, Morales R, Drelichman A, Liu H: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy and Polycythemia Vera.
(Poster). ACP - 16th Annual Michigan Associates Meeting on May 1994 and 40th Annual Michigan
Regional Meeting on September 1994.
10. Morales RH, Rao Sudhaker: Late onset Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism presenting With Severe
Hypocalcemia and Atypical Symptoms. (Poster). ACP - 39th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting, Sept.30
- Oct.3, 1993.
11. Morales RH, Magno M, Shurafa M: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a male with Diabetes and
Rheumatoid Arthritis. (Poster). ACP - 38th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting, Oct. 1 - 4, 1992.
12. Morales RH, Orfanou P, Pascal A, Raman BKS: Renal Artery Stenosis associated with Procainamide-
Induced Lupus Anticoagulant: Case Report. (Poster). ACP - 38th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting,
Oct. 1 - 4, 1992.
13. Morales RH, Goldman J, Guy G, Talpos G, Honasoge M, Kulkarni S: Effective localization of Pancreatic
Insulinoma using Trans-Hepatic Portal Venous Sampling (THPVS). (Poster). ACP - 38th Annual Michigan
Regional Meeting, Oct. 1 - 4, 1992.
14. Orfanou P, Morales RH, Al-Khaled N, Rosman H, Doyle T: Pericardial Effusion with Evidence of Great
Vessel Compression as the initial presentation of Mediastinal Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Case Report.
(Poster). ACP - 38th Annual Michigan Regional Meeting, Oct. 1 - 4, 1992.
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