Annette Fornos, M.D.
Dr. Annette Fornos is a board-certified internist in Miami, Florida. She completed her undergraduate career at the University of Miami, earning a Bachelor of Science Summa Cum Laude in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She attended medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine, class of 2005, followed by residency in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital in 2008. She has worked for several health organizations and private practices in Miami-Dade County. Dr. Fornos served as assistant professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and faculty at the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine at Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is board certified in Functional Medicine by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and by the Institute for Functional Medicine and a fellow in Anti-Aging and Metabolic Medicine by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. She has also completed many post-graduate functional medicine courses such as Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, IV and Chelation Therapy, Peptide Therapy, Weight Loss, Cardiovascular Disease Advanced Workshop with Dr. Mark Houston, and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome with Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker. In addition to her passion for Functional Medicine, Dr. Fornos became a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher by the Kundalini Research Institute.
Dr. Fornos’ main passion is the interplay among the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems. She also has a special interest in gastrointestinal and mental health, lifestyle, the role of psychology and spirituality in wellbeing, and the role of the environment in epigenetics. In her daily practice, she combines her training modalities into a holistic and individualized approach to root cause medicine. “My training in Functional and Integrative Medicine opened my eyes to holistic medicine. It is a constant learning process inspired by my patients and guided by innovative research. Once you approach health this way, you can never go back.”