Dr. Jose Barreto

Dr. Jose Barreto was born and raised in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Since he was a kid, he’s had interest in science and nature. He grew up playing Little League Baseball and this helped him adopt a healthy lifestyle. He was blessed to have loving parents who supported him in anything I proposed to do.

It was fastball down the middle of the plate that started him on this amazing journey. While playing baseball at age 15, he took a big swing and hurt his back. He needed a month of intensive physical therapy and it was during that recovery that he was afforded the opportunity to learn more about health care and the specialists that treat musculoskeletal injuries. It was during this time when he began developing a special admiration and interest for the medical field and its professionals.

Based on these experiences, he decided to become a physical therapist (PT). He was able to practice in such varied fields as sport medicine, pediatrics and geriatrics. However, based his desire to become a …consummate expert in this field, made him pursue further study of medicine.

During medical school he rotated through different disciplines but being a PT he always knew that Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (aka PM&R, Rehab Medicine or Physiatry) was the natural fit for him. After completing his intern year, he moved to Dallas, Texas to continue his training at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital. Here, he was blessed to work alongside amazing physicians from different parts of the US and different parts of the world. As an added plus, Dallas was a great city for a sports fan like him since it has a team in all 4 major sports!

After 3 years of training in PM&R, he knew he was closer than ever to the goal of becoming an expert in the field. He wanted to have more experience and credentials in interventional procedures and with that in mind he moved from deep in the heart of Texas to the east coast-Virginia.