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Dr. Miiko Rowley
MD • Board-Certified Family Medicine • IFM-Certified
A Personal Journey to Functional Medicine
Dr. Rowley’s path to functional medicine began with a life-changing health crisis. At 20, while studying abroad in Japan, she suddenly began losing vision in her right eye and had to be medically evacuated back to the United States. Though IV steroids restored her vision, doctors had no explanation for what happened.
Ten years later, the episode repeated, and this time an MRI revealed the diagnosis: Multiple Sclerosis. Rather than accept a lifetime of managing symptoms, Dr. Rowley entered medical school just one month after her diagnosis, determined to understand how to prevent disease progression.
Finding Her Calling
“I found what I was looking for in Functional Medicine,” Dr. Rowley explains. Using functional medicine principles on herself, she hasn’t experienced MS symptoms in over 18 years since her diagnosis. Remarkably, the markers of disease in her labs and imaging studies continue to decrease or disappear entirely.
Education & Expertise
Dr. Rowley earned her medical degree at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and completed her family medicine residency at the University of Texas at Houston. She is both board-certified in family medicine and a Certified Practitioner of the Institute for Functional Medicine—a dual certification that allows her to seamlessly integrate conventional and functional approaches.
Transforming Patient Lives
Today, Dr. Rowley specializes in helping patients with autoimmune disorders, gut health issues, thyroid dysfunction, perimenopause and menopause, chronic fatigue, nutritional deficiencies, arthritis, and more. Her personal experience with autoimmune disease gives her unique insight into the patient journey, while her medical training ensures evidence-based, comprehensive care.
She offers both in-person and virtual consultations, making her expertise accessible to patients throughout the Houston area and beyond.
