Psychiatry
SPECIALTIES: Psychopharmacology, Addiction
MEDICAL TRAINING: Rutgers College of Pharmacy, Ross University School of Medicine
RESIDENCY: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Psychiatry
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS: Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
As a longtime professional musician, Dr. Aldo Morales had witnessed firsthand, in many of his colleagues, the effects of alcohol and substance use. So, when it came time to sharpen his psychiatry focus on a particular subspecialty, the normalization of brain chemistry through psychopharmacology seemed like a natural fit. “I was no stranger to the environment in which people were drinking and using substances,”
Dr. Morales recalls.
That spark of inspiration has led to a nearly 40-year career in psychiatry. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Morales, a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, is on the faculty of FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine. While he says medications are often employed to counteract the negative effects of alcohol and substance use, the goal is always to restore health and lead individuals on a path of recovery. “The human body is very resilient,” he says. “Eventually, even if we don’t employ medications, people can get better with the right guidance.”
His latest project, an outpatient detox program in collaboration with Next Level Recovery, allows certain patients to undergo medically supervised detox from the comfort of their homes. “And then, once we do the detox, well, that just opens the door to the rest of what follows, which is: a new life,” he says.
ALDO MORALES, MD, FASAM
1 W. Camino Real, Suite 220
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-368-2400
aldomoralesmd@bellsouth.net
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