Integrative and Regenerative Therapies in Rheumatology

Dr. Munoz has practiced clinical rheumatology in the Miami-Aventura, Florida area for over 30 years and is highly regarded by his colleagues and patients. He is double boarded in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and Fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine. He is a former New Yorker having attended Columbia College for undergraduate education (1972-1976) majoring in Molecular Biology. He then went on to complete his medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NYC (1976-1980) graduating AOA. Dr. Munoz rheumatology fellowship training was completed at the Harvard Medical School affiliates, The Brigham & Women’s Hospital and The Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Ma (1983-1985). He has practiced clinical rheumatology in Miami since 1985 and maintained strong academic affiliations with both the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and the Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, Florida International University teaching students, residents and fellows his entire career. He also has been Team Physician for the University of Miami Hurricanes and currently the lead Internist and Team Physician for the Florida International University Athletics (2011-present) for a total of 20 years of Division 1 Athletics and elite sports medicine. He founded both AOTRC , conventional rheumatology clinic, and The Oasis Institute a multi-disciplinary integrative medicine practice, offering treatment of inflammatory rheumatic disease in both conventional and integrative team approaches. Dr Munoz completed a post-doctoral Fellowship in Integrative Medicine (2006-2008), taught by the World Class faculty at the prestigious University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, founded by Andrew Weil, MD. He is the first known Integrative Rheumatology fellow trained in the United States, and 1st recipient of the Jones-Lovell Fellowship Scholarship Award and chosen by his peer Integrative Fellowship Class of 2008, as their Valedictorian. Dr. Munoz possesses a wide skill set of trainings spanning over 20 years including TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine-Acupuncture), Homeopathy, Energy Medicine and martial arts disciplines, advanced nutrition, and bio-identical hormone certifications.