Dr. Louis Morales, Jr.

  • American Cleft Palate Association
  • American Society of Craiofacial Surgeons
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
  • Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
  • Chairman of Plastic Surgery at Primary Children's Medical Center Since 1994
  • Associate Clinical Professor at University of Utah Medical School in Division of Plastic Surgery

Nominated by Peers

  • The Best Doctors in America Since 1992
  • The Best Doctors in the West
  • America's Top-Rated Physicians®  
  • Named to Top 500 Doctors in America
  • Only Plastic Surgeon invited to the Utah Centennial Celebration - 100 top Professionals

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Texas - 1971
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas - 1975
  • Residency, General Surgery, Emory University - 1975 - 1980
  • Residency, Plastic Surgery, Emory University - 1980 - 1983
  • Fellowship, Craniofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania - 1982 - 1983

 

Board Certification

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1984
  • American Board of General Surgery, 1981

    Hospital Affiliation:
  • LDS Hospital
  • Intermountain Surgery Center
  • Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
  • Salt Lake Surgery Center (Health South)
  • Primary Children's Medical Center
  • University of Utah Medical Center

Rodney E. Schmelzer, MD

  • AMA
  • American Society of Craniofacial Surgeons (ASCFS)
  • The Plastic Surgery Research Council
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • American Cleft Plate Craniofacial Association (ACPA)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
  • American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS)
  • Utah Medical Society
  • Utah Society of Plastic Surgeons

Awards & Positions

  • Ethics committee ACPA 2007

  • Co-chair panel “New Technologies in Cleft Care” ACPA 2007

  • Snowbird Symposium course director for Facial Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 2006

  • Instructor/speaker CME accredited suture workshop PCMC, 2006

  • Washington University School of Medicine Resident of the Year Award, 2004

  • Senior resident plastic surgery teaching award, 2004

  • Junior Investigator Award, The Cleft Palate Foundation, 2001

  • Second place award for resident presentations, Saint Louis Society of Plastics Surgeons, 2001

Education

  • 2004-2005 Craniofacial Fellowship Medical City Hospital, Dallas, Texas
    (Mentored under Jeffrey Fearon, MD)

  • 2002-2004 Resident in Plastic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

  • 2001-2002 Research Fellow in Plastic Surgery, Washington University School of
    Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

  • 1997-2000 Resident in General Surgery, Washington University School of
    Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

  • 1993-1997 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, MD

  • 1989-1991 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Post–Baccalaureate Microbiology

  • 1985-1989 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, BA in English

 

Licensures & Certifications

  • Utah
  • Arizona
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery (2007)

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