December 28, 2011
Physicians from University of Miami/Jackson’s Miami Transplant Institute have high hopes that Darius Redd, the Clewiston High School student athlete who contracted viral cardiomyopathy and now needs a heart and kindey transplant, will soon benefit from donor organs. Redd spent six months in the hospital but was well enough to go home for the holidays.
December 27, 2011
With singing, dancing and their profuse thanks, students, friends, faculty and other supporters of the Department of Pediatrics’ Debbie School celebrated the grand opening this month of the dream playground students designed and school volunteers built at the Mailman Center for Child Development.
December 27, 2011
The UHealth Reproductive and Fertility Center has expanded its treatment options to include acupuncture and nutrition services. With an acupuncturist and a nutritionist now on the center’s diverse medical team, the rapidly growing center offers a more comprehensive and innovative approach to treat infertility patients.
December 27, 2011
Surprising their husband and father, Hortensia Berrocal and her daughters Nina Berrocal, M.D., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology, and Maria Berrocal, M.D., joined faculty and staff at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute this month to dedicate the newly renovated Jose Berrocal Auditorium in honor of the very first fellow to train under the Institute’s founder.
December 26, 2011
A collaborative study by several physician-scientists from the Miller School demonstrates that a growth hormone-releasing hormone agonist (GHRH-A) reverses damage to the heart and enhances recovery following a myocardial infarction.
December 20, 2011
Tracie L. Miller, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, published two major multicenter studies this month that found HIV-positive children exposed to antiretroviral drugs in utero or at birth are at higher risk for developing premature cardiovascular disease.
December 16, 2011
The University of Miami has been ranked No. 1 by Worth Magazine as the most fiscally responsible nonprofit organization in the country. “We’re delighted that the University of Miami has again received major recognition for its outstanding philanthropic stewardship,” said UM President Donna E. Shalala.
December 15, 2011
The Miller School’s Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute and Diabetes Research Institute will be taking the lead on the world stage of stem cell research, uniting with the Genetics Policy Institute to co-sponsor and organize the world’s largest and most comprehensive multi-track interdisciplinary stem cell conference.
December 13, 2011
The final 2011 gathering of the quarterly Leadership Development Institute kicked off on a high note last week when Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., announced that University of Miami Hospital received one of Press Ganey’s Top Improver Awards.
December 12, 2011
University of Miami Hospital and Miller School of Medicine leadership, staff, supporters and members of the media gathered at the Elaine and Sydney Sussman Cardiac Catheterization Lab Friday, December 9, for the unveiling of UMH’s new state-of-the-art hybrid catheterization laboratory.
December 08, 2011
A Miller School childhood obesity research team has published a landmark, population-based study showing that multiethnic children as young as 3 who have elevated body mass indexes and large waistlines are already at risk for cardiovascular disease and facing a potentially dire future.
December 08, 2011
To be recognized among the best academic health systems nationwide requires excellence in education, research and patient care. So it was no surprise when Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., took the helm of the Miller School in 2004, the highly regarded cardiologist began to search for distinctive faculty who could offer the kind of advanced care that would attract patients across the region, the country and the world.
Read more about the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism »
December 06, 2011
The second annual Dolphins Cycling Challenge fulfilled its mission of doubling the first year’s fundraising goal. At Sunday’s Dolphins game, the Miami Dolphins Foundation presented a check for $1,070,000 from the Dolphins Cycling Challenge to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The amount is one of the largest gifts ever to Sylvester from a single event.
December 06, 2011
When Lisa Metsch, a newly minted Ph.D. in sociology, joined the Miller School faculty in 1994 to evaluate HIV prevention strategies for drug users, she noticed something both troubling and transformative: The study groups assembled to test HIV interventions included people at risk for what was then a fatal disease as well as people already living with the virus.
December 02, 2011
Back in 1986, Homestead resident Mark Frye discovered quite by accident that he had, at best, a year to live, so he thrust himself into the role of medical pioneer. Just 26 at the time, his heart was so enlarged he needed a new one, and he chose an untested but well-prepared team at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital to perform South Florida’s first heart transplant.
November 15, 2011
When David A. Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A., the Emanuel M. Papper Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, joined the Miller School more than a decade ago, he was intent on establishing a departmental pain clinic and, over the years, oversaw at least eight different plans.
October 18, 2011
A research team in the Miller School’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine has been awarded a federal Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) grant for more than $2 million over the next five years.
October 10, 2011
Michael Gittelman, hospital administrator of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, was named CEO of the Year at the South Florida Business Journal’s annual Excellence in Health Care Awards, presented October 6 at the Westin Fort Lauderdale. Additionally, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine was named Employer of the Year. The Excellence in Health Care Awards honor health care businesses in the South Florida community that impact patient care, medical research, innovation, outreach, and service to the poor and uninsured.
September 27, 2011
The 26th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, held at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City Monday night, raised more than $10 million to support groundbreaking spinal cord injury research by the Miller School of Medicine’s Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, which is at a historic juncture.
September 27, 2011
About a thousand people streamed into the University of Miami’s Herbert Wellness Center last week not to pump iron or take a Pilates class in the three-story facility, but to learn about the clinical services the Miller School offers and to hear physicians discuss treatments for diabetes, heart disease and other ailments.
September 26, 2011
Jagajan “JJ” Karmacharya, M.D., associate professor of clinical surgery, chief of vascular surgery at the Miami VA hospital and associate program director of the vascular surgery fellowship, died Sunday in a plane crash in his homeland of Nepal, where he had gone to visit his ailing mother. Also killed were Dr. Karmacharya’s girlfriend, one of his brothers, a sister-in-law, and 15 other passengers and crew on board.
September 23, 2011
Elaine Van der Put, Ph.D., has been promoted to Chief Planning and Marketing Officer and Associate Vice President for Planning and Marketing, as well as Senior Associate Dean for Administration for the Miller School and UHealth – University of Miami Health System.
September 23, 2011
South Florida’s future as a biotech hub got considerably brighter on Tuesday, when the University of Miami officially dedicated its ambitious Life Science & Technology Park, a new endeavor UM President Donna E. Shalala called “a game-changer” for Miami, the state of Florida, and beyond.
September 22, 2011
Miller School researchers are among an international group of scientists who have made a major discovery in the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The finding was published September 22 in the journal Neuron.
September 15, 2011
David A. Lubarsky, M.D., MBA, the Emanuel M. Papper Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the UHealth Physician Practice and Associate Vice President for UHealth Practice Administration.
September 13, 2011
Clutching a collection of brochures filled with information on employment opportunities, Chandra Holland, a certified surgical technician, left the Overtown Community Resource Fair on September 10 more confident about ending her unemployment. She was among the many Miami-area residents who came to the free event, which included health screeings and job and community-resource information from UM and other organizations.
August 26, 2011
Offering hope to lymphoma patients who have exhausted their treatment options, the Food and Drug Administration just approved a new drug which was based on an antibody developed at the Miller School of Medicine and has proven effective in recent clinical trials against Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in patients for whom standard therapies failed.
August 24, 2011
Stem cell researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have made another discovery advancing the field of cardiac stem cells. Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, has led a team of researchers in discovering a factor that can serve as a predictor of stem cell development into blood vessels, a key finding for future applications.
August 23, 2011
UHealth-University of Miami Health System leaders and Miami Dolphins players and executives welcomed cyclists, media, and fans to Sun Life Stadium Friday for the official kick-off of the 2011 Dolphins Cycling Challenge.
August 18, 2011
When he arrived via Cesarean section on July 21 at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Andersen Labbe’s parents celebrated his birth and his place in history. He is believed to be the first child born to parents who are both liver transplant recipients.
August 08, 2011
Soy supplements do not help women in menopause, according to the findings of a two-year, $3 million study conducted at the Miller School’s Osteoporosis Center. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health to determine if the widely popular product could preserve bone health and ease symptoms in the first years of menopause.
August 04, 2011
In the past two months three University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers from the Diabetes Research Institute have had their study findings grace the covers of three prestigious scientific journals. The journals are Science Translational Medicine, Cell Metabolism and Nature Medicine.
July 31, 2011
Nephrologists at the Miller School have solved a decades-long search for the cause of a significant form of chronic kidney disease – focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Working with mouse models and a bank of patient samples, scientists have discovered the first circulating factor known to start the process leading to FSGS.
July 22, 2011
Five University of Miami Miller School of Medicine programs at Jackson Memorial Medical Center (UM/Jackson) have been ranked among the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals survey, with UM’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute ranked Number One in ophthalmology for the eighth year in a row.
July 12, 2011
When kidney failure patients in south Miami-Dade County face vascular access complications, such as clotting, stenosis or other related emergencies that impede their dialysis treatments, they can now seek help from a highly skilled UHealth – University of Miami Health System team of interventional nephrologists – right in the neighborhood.
June 28, 2011
June 4 was not a typical Saturday for Bruce Boros, M.D., associate professor of clinical medicine, David Schreiber, M.D., associate professor of neurology, Arthur Powell, P.A., and Kathy Budd, A.R.N.P., who spent the day evaluating student athletes at Key West Senior High School.
June 24, 2011
The American Stroke Association has recognized the Miller School’s stroke service at Jackson Memorial Hospital for exceptional performance in treating patients who suffer from stroke, one of the leading causes of death and serious, long-term disability in the United States.
May 13, 2011
The findings from one of the largest sickle cell anemia studies of its kind could change the standard of care for very young children with the disease. Researchers from the Miller School, and 13 medical centers across the United States, conducted a randomized double-blinded trial to test the impact of hydroxyurea therapy for children between the ages of nine to eighteen months.
April 20, 2011
The Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program (SCTP), which treats patients from 17 to 75 years old, is led by Krishna Komanduri, M.D., who also co-leads the Tumor Immunobiology Program at Sylvester. In May 2010, Sylvester/UMHC opened an Ambulatory Treatment Center designed for the unique needs of stem cell transplant patients.
April 08, 2011
Kicking off the UM Doctors Lecture Series, Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., introduced dozens of Coral Gables residents to the dazzling panoply of UHealth doctors, scientists, nurses and health experts who are ushering in the next revolution in medicine – and in a couple of years will be seeing patients on the Gables campus.
March 30, 2011
University of Miami/Jackson Named No. 1 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Metro Area Rankings
March 11, 2011
In the fall of 2013, UHealth at Coral Gables will open on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. The new facility will increase access to medical services and meet the health care needs of the University’s 13,000 employees and more than 15,000 students, as well as providing state-of-the-art academic medicine to residents of Coral Gables and surrounding communities.
March 11, 2011
Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and CEO of the University of Miami Health System and Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean and CEO of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine discussed accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the new era of health care reform. Their discussion included how their respective institutions have already made significant strides in developing ACOs with the goal of developing more cost-effective, efficient and quality health care while improving coordination of care for patients along the entire continuum of care.
March 08, 2011
The Department of Surgery has opened a Hernia Center on the first floor of University of Miami Hospital and Clinics with a multidisciplinary team widely acclaimed for its diversity in hernia repair, variety of available procedures, comprehensive approach, and cutting-edge technology.
February 01, 2011
Watch Francisco J. Civantos, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology, discuss why patients with Stage 4 throat cancer may no longer require laryngectomies.
January 26, 2011
Kottil Rammohan, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses Gilenya (fingolimod), a new drug approved by the FDA as a first-line therapy for multiple sclerosis. Dr. Rammohan addresses the efficacy of the drug and whether cost will limit the usage to second-line therapy.
January 18, 2011
Dr. Walter Bradley, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neurology, The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses the new theory on the etiology of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and some new drugs in development that might prolong survival.
January 11, 2011
Steven E. Lipshultz, M.D.: Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Chief of Staff, Holtz Children’s Hospital, discusses therapies for pediatric obesity, including bariatric surgery, diet and exercise, cholesterol lowering agents such as statins, and other topics.
Watch Dr. Lipshultz discuss therapies for pediatric obesity »
January 01, 2011
Lee Kaplan, MD, Chief of Sports medicine at The University of Miami Health System and team doctor for the Miami Hurricanes football team discusses the state-of-the-art methods for surgically repairing torn knee meniscus injuries and for repairing torn ACL’s. Clifton Page, MD, internists for the Miami Hurricanes football team, discusses the new guidelines for handling the return to play for athletes who have suffered a concussion, testing for sickle cell, and for monitoring heat exhaustion.