Metropolitan Health Networks (MDF) 10-K/A 2003 FY Annual report (amended)

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ending December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David S. Gartner, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ DAVID S. GARTNER

David S. Gartner
Chief Financial Officer
July 28, 2004