Edwin E Morales, MD, FACS

Dr. Morales is a native Texan. He joined the Army after high school and is a distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his medical degree from The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his internship in General Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, followed by a deployment overseas. He then completed his residency in Urological Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. During his residency, he was the recipient of the Academic Excellence Award and was honored as the Willet F. Whitmore Memorial Scholar of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He furthered his training at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where he did his fellowship in Urologic Oncology before returning to UT Health Science Center in San Antonio to complete his training. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine and served as a staff urologic oncologist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio before completing his military service. After leaving the military, he spent several years in rural South Texas taking care of patients of all ages, specializing in both general urology and urologic oncology. Dr. Morales is honored to have the privilege of caring for the community of Laredo and surrounding areas.

Dr. Morales’s research has focused on the role of the androgen axis in the pathogenesis of bladder cancer as well as the role of novel immunobiologics in treating those cancers. His work has been published in such prestigious journals as the European Journal of Urology, Oncoimmunology, and Urologic Oncology.

His wife, Lacy, is a Registered Nurse; they have five wonderful children. In his spare time he enjoys traveling with his family, weightlifting, protein shakes (he will always have one nearby if you look hard enough), and anything to do with red meat.