RenAMI :: About Us

Frank Patino, M.D.
CEO and Chief Medical Officer

Throughout my youth I led a very active life, first as the Captain of the Lifeguard Patrol in Cape Florida and John U Lloyd State Park, and then as the Physical Training Instructor for the Miami Beach Fire Department. Even as I began my Medical Education, I still participated in various mini-triathlons and was an avid weight lifter. I hardly considered myself out of shape, and expected that I would retain my active lifestyle throughout the years. Unfortunately, destiny has a way of surprising you.

Starting in mid-1999 and continuing to 2002, changes in my life seemed to accumulate to such a point where I just could not find the energy to continue my daily regiment. I began to see dramatic changes in my body and health levels, gaining over 30 pounds and moving up 4 pant sizes. Then came the moment when I truly realized exactly how far I had fallen. I was walking up the stairs to my bedroom, and noticed that the simple exertion of a dozen plus steps had left me out of breath. I was shocked by the realization of my mortality. Surely I had not grown weak so quickly!

Struggling for an outside explanation, I immediately had a series of lab panels drawn to make sure my "problem" wasn't leukemia or some such ailment, but as fate would have it, I was only getting old… or rather, letting myself get old. I had been researching about male andropause for some time when this happened, including hormone modulation therapy and the whole "anti-aging phenomenom". I approached the field as most M.D.s do, with skepticism and an immediate knee jerk reaction for hormone therapy as a "quack field" with loose claims and even looser results. The Scientific Method requires that we approach each potential answer with a clean slate, and therefore determine its respective merits independent from our own personal bias. This is not, however, how most proponents of Traditional Western Medicine view Hormone Modulation Therapy. With my own impending decline looming over my shoulder (and around my gut), I set myself on the quest to determine the truth regarding hormone therapy. Surely a Board Certified Internist like myself would be able to discover the answer!

The cynic in me waited over two years for the negative repercussions I fully expected to develop from hormone modulation therapy, yet the studies I was sure were coming never did. After hearing nothing but multiple clinical studies from reputable sources listing its benefits, I couldn't ignore the science behind hormone modulation any longer. In mid 2002 I made the decision to embark on the program, which included a low Glycemic Index diet, exercise and hormone modulation therapy. While I still retained some skepticism as to the potential for the program, the results I saw just over two months later made me a believer. In late November of 2002 my body weight had dropped from 236 lbs to 207 lbs, and my body fat had decreased from over 20% to 15.5% (according to dexascan). And the best was yet to come. Now, two years after I began the therapy, I weigh in at 210 lbs and 9.3% body fat! My body is leaner, stronger, and healthier now then it was 15 years ago, and I was still quite active at that time.

For the past several years I have been developing my own approach to hormone modulation therapy, the RenAMI Program. A synergistic blend of hormone modulation, exercise, and nutritional guides that can create a complete life change for patient's suffering from clinically deficient hormone levels. So do not hesitate to experience your own renaissance. Start the RenAMI Program and discover for yourself the art of youthful aging.

Credentials: Past & Current

Board Certification in Internal Medicine - ABIM - 1996
Board Certified Emergency Medicine - AAPS - 2000
Board Certified Sports Medicine - ABIM - 2002
Certified Medical Review Officer - MROCC - 2000
Certified Independent Medical Examiner - ABIME - 2002
Oral Examiner for Board Certification in Emergency Medicine - AAPS - 2002
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist - NSCA - 2003