Professor and Chair
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , University of Puerto Rico SOM
Dr. William Micheo is Professor and Chairman and Sports Medicine Fellowship Director in the Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. Dr. Micheo is a founding partner of “Grupo Fisiátrico”, a PM&R group practice in Puerto Rico, and Co-Director of the Sports Injuries Unit of the Center for Sports Health and Exercise Sciences of the Olympic
Training Center.
He was president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Puerto Rico Sports Medicine Federation and the Physiatric Association for Spine Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation (PASSOR). He was a Board Member of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from 2006 until 2018, holding the position of Vice Chair form 2015-2018. From 1992-2010 he was the Residency Training Director of the PM&R Program affiliated to the University of Puerto Rico. He was member of the Residency Review Committee for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education from 2010-2015. He also represented PM&R in the Sports Medicine Subspecialty Board Examination Committee from 2007-2015 and again from 2018-2020.
His areas of academic and research interest include epidemiology of sports injuries, rehabilitation and prevention of sports injuries in specific populations (young athletes, master athletes) and management, rehabilitation and return to play following anterior cruciate ligament injury. He has presented extensively in local, national and international scientific meeting and published review and original research articles in these topics.
He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and holds subspecialty certificates in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine.
