Walter Frontera, MD, PhD

Board Certifications
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Interests

Dr. Frontera's research interest is the study of the basic mechanisms that underlie skeletal muscle dysfunction in elderly men and women and in patients with chronic disease. Part of his research concerns the use of exercise to slow down and rehabilitate muscle weakness and atrophy in various populations.  His clinical interest is in the rehabilitation of sports-related injuries to the musculoskeletal system.

Education

PhD (with distinction):                       
Applied Anatomy and Physiology, Boston University, Boston, MA
1986

Residency:                      
University Hospital, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR
1983

MD:
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR
1979

Undergraduate:               
B.S. (Biology, magna cum laude), University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
1975

Past Academic and Professional Appointments

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
2006-2011

Professor and Chair 
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1996-2006