Rolando Morales Jr.

Rolando Morales Jr. is a plastic surgeon at Morales Plastic Surgery in Houston and a partner at The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery (ACPS). He operates at the ACPS Surgicenter and sees patients at two ACPS locations in Houston. He holds an appointment as a clinical associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch and leads the ACPS Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship. His patients come from Houston, The Woodlands, Memorial, River Oaks and other parts of Texas, and he also takes patients from abroad. Consultations are held in English and Spanish, and virtual consultations are available for those coming to Houston from elsewhere.

He completed a six-year integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Before that he earned his MD from the university in Galveston and a bachelor's degree in science from UT Austin. He is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and is a member of the International College of Surgeons (FICS). He belongs to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Aesthetic Society and the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, and he has served as president, treasurer and secretary of the Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons. He has presented at ASPS and other international congresses, given lectures on liposuction safety and postoperative pain control, and published a paper on the dual plane gluteal augmentation technique. According to the website, his research on Exparel and Eliquis drew national attention.

His practice focuses on breast surgery and body contouring. Procedures include breast augmentation, breast lift, breast revision and complex revision cases, as well as post-weight-loss surgery, mommy makeovers, tummy tucks, liposuction, abdominal etching, rib remodeling, butt augmentation with implants, body lifts and lifts. He also performs Renuvion skin tightening, gynecomastia surgery and facial fat grafting, and the website describes him as highly skilled in complex reconstructive surgery for children. He founded The Morales Foundation, which provides medical support and resources to underserved people and communities. The website says he has been named one of America's Best Plastic Surgeons by Newsweek, a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly and a Top Doctor by Houstonia Magazine, and that he has received multiple Editor's Choice Awards from Aesthetic Surgery Journal and the YPS Award from the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons.