Dr. Morales completed his undergraduate training at the Universidad Javeriana in Columbia, his surgical training in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts and his urological training at Queen's University.
He has had a very productive and impactful research program with a broad range of interests including bladder cancer, the immunology of malignant disease, male sexual function and dysfunction, andrology and the hormonal changes in aging males. He engaged in numerous clinical trials both multi-centred and innovative single-centred. Dr. Morales has over 300 papers published. His 1976 paper on the use of BCG for the prophylaxis and treatment of superficial bladder cancer has been recognized as one of the most important papers published in the last 100 years by the Journal of Urology. He has had numerous invitations as visiting professor.
He was founding Director of the Centre of Applied Urological Research, for the Department of Urology, a facility that he spearheaded and saw through from concept to reality when it opened in 2005 at 62 Barrie St., Kingston.
His contributions have been recognized internationally by the AUA with the Distinguished Contribution Award in 1991 and the AUA Hugh Hampton Young Award in 2007, by the SIU with the Yamanouchi Award in 2002 and by his nation with the CUA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and the Order of Canada in 2011.