José M. Morales, MD, MSc
Vascular Neurologist and Neurointerventional Surgeon
José M. Morales, MD, MSc, is a vascular neurologist and neurointerventional surgeon, who specializes in minimally invasive endovascular procedures to treat conditions and diseases of the brain and spine.
Dr. Morales completed his Master’s degree in Integrative Neuroscience at Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he served as the President of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Student Interest Group in Neurology and participated in an extended curriculum program under the Scholarship and Discovery track to conduct research in Computational Neuroscience, which was funded by the AAN Medical Student Research Scholarship.
Dr. Morales completed his Neurology Residency at Northwestern University, and Vascular Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowships at the University of California Los Angeles.
As a clinician-scientist and innovator, Dr. Morales has several medical device patents and has been awarded multiple grants for his innovative concepts, and is co-founder of the medical device company, Vonova, Inc.. He has published in prestigious journals, such as Neuron, Nature, and Stroke. Dr. Morales is dedicated to serving patients afflicted by neurologic disease and conditions with skill, expertise, and compassion.
Procedures
- Adult & pediatric cerebral angiography/venography
- Adult & pediatric spinal angiography/venography
- Adult & pediatric mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke (arterial/venous)
- Balloon test occlusion
- Baclofen pump tapping
- Brain & spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) embolization
- Cisternography
- Coil embolization & flow diversion for intracranial aneurysms
- Dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) embolization
- Embolization for epistaxis/oropharyngeal bleeding/trauma
- Extracranial carotid artery angioplasty/stenting
- Fluoroscopy-guided C1-2 puncture
- Fluoroscopy-guided epidural blood patch
- Inferior petrosal sinus sampling
- Intra-arterial chemotherapy for tumors
- Intracranial arterial angioplasty/stenting
- Intraoperative angiography
- Intrathecal chemotherapy
- Lumbar puncture (bedside & fluoroscopy-guided)
- Middle meningeal artery embolization
- Myelography
- Parent vessel occlusion
- Percutaneous sclerotherapy
- Pre-operative tumor embolization
- Shuntogram
- Vasospasm treatment
- Venous sinus pressure measurements and venous sinus stenting
- Vertebral/subclavian artery angioplasty/stenting
- WADA testing
Conditions Treated
- Arterial ischemic stroke (adult)
- Arterial ischemic stroke (pediatric)
- Brain & spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Carotid/vertebral artery dissection
- Carotid/vertebral/basilar artery stenosis/occlusion
- Cerebral venous thrombosis
- Dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)
- Fibromuscular dysplasia
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Intracranial/extracranial carotid/vertebral artery aneurysm
- Intracranial hypotension
- Moyamoya disease
- Pulsatile tinnitus
- Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS)
- Subclavian artery steal
- Transient ischemic attack
- Traumatic arteriovenous fistulas of head/neck
- Venous malformations
- Venous sinus stenosis
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
Areas of Interest
- Ischemic stroke
- Carotid/vertebral/basilar artery stenosis
- Intracranial aneurysms
- Brain & spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs)
- Vascular malformations of head/neck/spine
- Vascular tumors of head/neck/spine
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Moyamoya disease
- Chronic subdural hemorrhage (middle meningeal artery embolization)
- Pediatric neurointervention
Accepted Insurance
Medicare, medicaid and most insurance plans are accepted. Please contact us to confirm coverage.
Clinic Locations
Providence Saint John’s Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-829-8319
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S. Buena Vista Ave., Burbank, CA 90505
818-847-6049