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CURRENT DEPARTMENT MEMBERS

Dr. George Munoz

Career

  • Larkin Community Hospital, Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director
  • Private Practice

Medical Experience

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Mount Sinani Hospital NY Internal Medicine Residency
  • The Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Beth Israel Hospital Rheumatology & Immunology Fellowship
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine Integrative Medicine Associate Fellowship

Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Jones/Lovell Integrative Rheumatology Fellow Scholarship Award for the Class of 2008
  • 2008 Class Valedictorian Integrative Medicine Fellowship
 

Dr. Barry Waters

Career

  • Larkin Community Hospital, Rheumatology Fellowship Associate Program Director 
  • Private Practice

Medical Experience

  • Baylor College of Medicine – Medical School
  • Medical College of Virginia Internal Medicine Residency
  • Medical College of Virginia Rheumatology Fellowship

Awards

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Alpha Omega Alpha (National Medical Student Honor Society)
  • Past Medical Director of Broward Branch of the Arthritis Foundation
  • Past Member of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Committee, University Hospital Member of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Coral Springs Medical Center
  • Past Vice Chairman & Medical Advisory Committee of the Broward Branch of the Arthritis Foundation
  • Help & Hope Award, Arthritis Foundation, March 2002 (Rheumatologist of the Year Award)
 

Dr. Yvonne Sherrer

Career

  • Private Practice
  • Larkin Community Hospital, Core Faculty

Medical Experience

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine – Medical School
  • Stanford University Medical Center Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
  • Stanford University School of Medicine Rheumatology Fellowship

Awards

  • Women of Vision Award, Weitzman Institute South Florida
  • Best Doctors in America (2005, 1998, 1992)
  • Help and Hope Award, Arthritis Foundation Southeast Florida
  • Arthritis Foundation Research Awards
  • National Research Service Award
  • Outstanding Woman House Officer – Northern California AMWA
 

Dr. Amarie Negron-Rodriguez

Career

  • Associate at Center for Rheumatology
  • Larkin Community Hospital, Core Faculty

Medical Experience

  • University of Puerto Rico – Medical School
  • University of Puerto Rico Internal Medicine Residency
  • University of Massachusetts Medical Center Rheumatology Fellowship

Awards

  • Honor first price for Research Symposium at University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
  • Intern of the Year Award
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Distinguished Student on Internal Medicine Award
  • Leadership Award
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society member
 

Dr. Franck Rahaghi

Career

  • Professional Staff at the Cleveland Clinic Florida

Medical Experience

  • University of California– Medical School
  • University of Illinois – Internal Medicine Residency
  • New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center – Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Awards

  • Boca Life, Top Doctor 2017 and 2018
  • Patients’ Choice Award, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017
  • America’s Top Physicians Award, 2011, 2012
  • Amgen Rheumatology Research Fellowship Award, 2002-2003
  • University of Florida Junior Honors Medical Program, 1990-1996
  • A 7-year combined B.S./M.D. program
  • American Heart Association Research Fellowship, 1993-1994
  • Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from University of Florida, 1992
 

Hossam Elzawawy M.D

  • Rheumatology Attending
 

lga Kromo M.D

  • Rheumatology Clinic Attending
 

Natalie Yanes DO

  • Rheumatology Clinic Attending
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