Philip Morales, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Philip Morales, M.D., joined Legacy Heart Center in 2002. He is one of five interventional cardiologists at Legacy who specialize in percutaneous coronary revascularization, which reestablishes blood flow to the heart when its vessels have been damaged or blocked.

He is particularly interested in chronic total coronary occlusion— the complete obstruction of a coronary artery—and the advances that have been made in treating this condition using new, catheter-based technologies.

Dr. Morales also has extensive experience in treating patients using the new drug-eluting stents, which have been shown to drastically reduce the problem of arteries becoming blocked again because of reaction to regular metal stents. The stent slowly releases a drug coating that helps prevent scar tissue growth, which leads to reblockage.

He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Bexar County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas and his MD degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York. He completed both his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in cardiology at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.

He completed his fellowship in interventional cardiology at St. Luke's Medical Center in Phoenix.

Board Certifications
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology

Academic Background
St. Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix, Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, 2002
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Fellowship in Cardiology, 2000
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Residency in Internal Medicine, 1997
Cornell University Medical College, New York, MD Degree, 1994
University of Texas, Austin, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1989

Medical Interests
Aortic Aneurysms
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Chronic Total Occlusions

Professional Associations
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
Bexar County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association

Hospital Privileges
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Texas Health Presbyterian-Plano
Medical Center of McKinney