Raul Morales-Borges, MD

Biography

Raul H. Morales-Borges completed his bachelor’s degree in general sciences with a major in premedical sciences and minor in biology & sociology at the University of Puerto Rico on 1985 and his Medical Doctor degree in San Juan Bautista School of Medicine on 1990.  He moved then to Michigan, USA where he performed his residence in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in 1993 and Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Providence Hospital & University of Michigan Medical Center in 1995.  He got certifications in cGMP, Clinical Research, Theology, and Biblical Hebrew. He obtained a Diploma in Business Management from International Business Management Institute on July 2018.  He was the Medical Director of the American Red Cross in San Juan, P.R. from 2010 to 2016.  He served as Director of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, Director of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, and Immunohematology Reference Laboratory at the ARC in PR.  He is the Chief Medical Officer of Ashford Institute of Hematology & Oncology since 1995, faculty member of Medicine Department of the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital. He is the President/Principal Investigator of New Alliance Integrative Research, LLC and the President & Medical Director of Integrative Optimal Health of Puerto Rico, PSC and MB & R’s Enterprise, PSC. He serves as clinical instructor for students of the Naturopathic Medicine Doctor Program of “Universidad del Turabo” since 2015.

Publications

1. Morales-Borges RH, Rivera-Rodriguez KM: Research on Effectiveness of Vitamin C in the Treatment of Anemia in Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Case Study. In Trends in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Book Publisher International. Chapter 7. Dr. Wagih Mommtaz Ghannam, (Editor). June 26, 2020. Print ISBN: 978-93-89816-96-9, eBook ISBN: 978-93-89816-97-6. DOI: 10.9734/bpi/tprd/v2

2. Solís-Nolasco, Ivette; Caraballo, Gilberto; González, Michael; Olalde, José; Morales-Borges, Raul. The impact of Intravenous Vitamin C and Endolaser Therapies on a pediatric brainstem glioma case. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, January 2020; 9: 1–3. doi.org/10.1177/2164956120901489

3. Morales-Borges RH, Rodriguez-Diaz M. Role of Spiritual Medicine as Integrative Medicine in Patients with Cancer (Review). J Altern Complement Integr Med Dec. 2019, 5: 086, DOI: 10.24966/ACIM-7562/100086

4. Morales-Borges RH. Needs for Pharmacogenetic studies regarding prevalence of MTHFR mutations in Puerto Ricans and Hispanics. Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy 2017 Sep 1. pii:/j/dmdi.ahead-of-print/dmpt-2017-0010/dmpt-2017-0010.xml. doi: 10.1515/dmpt-2017-0010

5. Jiménez-Ramírez FJ, Castro LM, Ortiz C, Concepción J, Renta JY, Morales-Borges RH,
Miranda-Massari JR, Duconge J. Role of treatment-modifying MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C polymorphisms in metformin-treated type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Puerto Rican patients with Peripheral Neuropathy: A Pilot Pharmacogenetic Study. Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy. 2017 Mar 1;32(1):23-32. doi: 10.1515/dmpt-2016-0039

6. Morales-Borges RH (2014) Prevalence of MTHFR C677T and A1298C Mutations and Thrombophilia in Puerto Rico. J Blood Disorders Transf 5:213. doi: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000213

7. Morales-Borges RH (2014) Thrombophilia and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Are we Still Loosing the Link at the 21st Century? J Blood Disorders Transf 5: e115. doi: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000e115

8. Morales-Borges RH (2013) Anemia in Pregnancy & Parenteral Iron Therapy. J Blood Disorders Transf 4: 171. doi: 10.4172/2155- 9864.1000171

9. Morales Borges RH (2013) Dengue Virus: From Basics to New Technology in Testing & Transfusion Safety. J Blood Disorders Transf 4: 161. doi: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000161

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RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Therapeutic aphaeresis, Immuno-hematology, Transfusion-transmitted diseases (infectious diseases, TRALI & iron overload)
• Hematologic diseases in pregnancy, Anemia in the elderly, Iron deficiency Anemia
• Bleeding & clotting disorder, MTHFR mutation
• GI/GU/Breast Oncology, Immuno-Oncology, Mitochondrial Correction of Cancer
• Nutritional Medicine, Adoptive Immunotherapy, Integrative medicine, Spiritual Medicine and Orthomolecular medicine