Pablo A. Morales

Dr. Pablo A. Morales, renowned Urologist and a loving head-of-family, peacefully left this earth on August 12, 2016, at the age of 97. He was surrounded by his children, grand-children and loved ones, who both grieved yet rejoiced in their faith that Dr. Morales would now be re-united in heaven with his wife of 68 years, Dr. Soledad Morales.

Pablo Morales started his medical career and family in the Philippines. He received an M.D. in 1941 from the University of the Philippines, and then trained as an intern and surgery resident. While teaching at the University of Philippines, Dr. Morales was smitten by one of his talented and beautiful students, and was fortunate enough to land the hand of Soledad Manalac in 1945. In 1948, Pablo, Soledad, and their daughter Marilyn, emigrated to the United States. Pablo went on to train as a resident at the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center in Urology, while Soledad trained as a pediatrician and a pediatric psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Pablo went on to be become a full Professor of Urology in 1970 and was appointed as the Chairman of Urology at NYU Medical Center in 1972, serving in this post until 1993.

Dr. Pablo Morales was a member of 17 medical societies, including the American Urology Association, the Urodynamics Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, the Society of University Urologists, the American College of Surgeons, and the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was president of the New York Section of the American Urological Association and chairman of the Section of Urology in the New York Academy of Medicine.

He received numerous honors, including the William Burpeau Award from the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, the Outstanding Filipinos Overseas Award, the Apolinario Mabini Teaching Award, and the Incentive Award from the New York County Medical Society.

He was editor of “Urology,” a journal on that field of specialization, and is a Diplomate of American Board of Urology. He is also the author, or co-author of 89 scientific papers and books on Urology.

Pablo and Soledad are survived by a loving family of four children, six grand-children, and one great-grand-daughter. In his spare time, Pablo loved gardening, singing love songs to his wife, and was an avid sportsman, actively participating in disciplines that included water skiing, snow skiing, tennis, judo and kung-fu.