Joel Andrew Calafell, MD

Jose Andres Restrepo, M.D., is a nonsurgical spine care physician at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute and the director of outpatient rehabilitation at Baptist Health. Dr. Restrepo specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, electrodiagnosis, regenerative medicine, and musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis. He is fluent in English and Spanish. Dr. Restrepo joined Miami Neuroscience Institute from Conviva Physician Group, where he served as the regional medical director of rehabilitation medicine. He was the principal investigator in a research study that demonstrated that exercise prevented falls and increased functional independence in older adults. He also served as the associate program director of the physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Restrepo enjoys interacting with his patients and believes in treating them as family members. He is passionate about helping people heal from medical conditions that impair their daily living so they can be independent again. When he is not treating patients, Dr. Restrepo enjoys spending time with his family, going to the gym, playing tennis, swimming and reading.

Arelis Mártir-Negrón, M.D., FAMG, is a medical geneticist at Miami Cancer Institute, a world-class cancer center, part of Baptist Health South Florida. She is trained in internal medicine, genetic diagnosis and the treatment of patients with hereditary disorders. Collaborating with genetic counselors and other medical specialists, she develops interventions to minimize the risk and impact of genetic disorders and improve the efficacy of therapies to treat such diseases as cancer. Dr. Mártir-Negrón is Board certified in medical genetics and internal medicine. Her clinical interests include genetic cancer risk assessment, breast cancer, colon cancer and ovarian cancer. She has presented scientific posters and abstracts in her medical specialty at various conference forums. Her teaching experience includes mentoring and instructing residents and fellows in the areas of cancer genetics and internal medicine genetics. She is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Dr. Mártir-Negrón received her medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico. She completed a residency in medical genetics and genomics at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., and a residency in internal medicine at the Ponce School of Medicine, Ramon E. Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She also completed a fellowship in cancer genetics at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif. Prior to joining Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Mártir-Negrón was an attending medical geneticist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Nicole Eiseler, M.D., is a medical oncologist at Miami Cancer Institute subspecializing in the treatment of soft tissue and bone sarcomas, and thoracic medical oncology. Her interest in soft tissue sarcoma began when she worked as a medical oncologist treating sarcomas of the uterus. She has additional expertise in cancer-related blood clotting disorders. When treating patients for their sarcoma diagnosis, Dr. Eiseler emphasizes the importance of close communication between all subspecialties, including surgery and radiation oncology. She takes great pride in the team she works with at Miami Cancer Institute and the shared vision of helping a patient maintain quality of life during and after treatment. Related to the future of medical therapy for the treatment of sarcomas, Dr. Eiseler is particularly excited that personalized medicine utilizing genetic testing is playing an increasingly important role. She believes the more we can predict how a patient might respond to a certain drug, the better the outcome and quality of life will be.