Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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TypePrivate
Established1952
Dean Henri Ford, MD
Academic staff
1,397
Students814 medical, 567 graduate
Location, ,
U.S.

25°47′30.5″N80°12′43.2″W / 25.791806°N 80.212000°W / 25.791806; -80.212000
CampusUrban
Website http://www.med.miami.edu/
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Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the University of Miami's graduate medical school in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1952, it is the oldest medical school in the state of Florida.

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Campus

The University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is in the Health District area of Miami within the 153-acre (0.62 km2) University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex. The medical center includes three University of Miami-owned hospitals that make up UHealth System: University of Miami Hospital, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, home to the top-ranked Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Affiliated hospitals on the medical campus include Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Children's Hospital, and Miami Veterans Administration Healthcare System. Jackson Memorial Hospital serves as the university's major teaching facility and is the largest hospital in the United States with 1,547 beds. [1]

Academic affiliates

The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine campus in Miami's Health District in July 2016 MED-Medical-Campus.jpg
The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine campus in Miami's Health District in July 2016

The majority of Miller School residency and fellowship training sponsored by Miller School of Medicine is offered in conjunction with Jackson Memorial Hospital and its health system in Miami-Dade County. Academic affiliates of the Miller School include: [2]

Joint programs

Miller School of Medicine offers joint-degree programs in coordination with other disciplines at the University of Miami:

Rankings

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine received a record $149.5 million in NIH funding in 2019, the 39th-largest recipient institution in the world and largest of any medical school in Florida. [9]

As of 2023, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine school is ranked the 43rd-best medical school in the nation for research by U.S. News & World Report . [10]

In 2022, the education ranking site EduRank ranked the University of Miami the top university in the world based on research performance in ophthalmology. [11]

In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as the best hospital in the nation for ophthalmology for a 15th consecutive year. [12] In addition, the University of Miami's Holtz Children's Hospital was nationally ranked in three pediatric specialties. [13] In December 2018, Expertscape recognized the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as seventh best in the world for Type 1 diabetes care. [14]

In 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Miami Physical Therapy Department the ninth-best such program in the nation. [15]

Academic and research programs

Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the primary teaching hospital for the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and the largest hospital in the United States with 1,547 beds, Aerial-Picture-of-Jackson-e1445995779731.jpg
Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the primary teaching hospital for the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and the largest hospital in the United States with 1,547 beds,
In partnership with the University of Miami medical school's trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, U.S. Army surgeons operate on a wounded combatant during the Iraq War in March 2003 USArmyTrauma.jpg
In partnership with the University of Miami medical school's trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, U.S. Army surgeons operate on a wounded combatant during the Iraq War in March 2003

Research

Miller School of Medicine has over 1,500 ongoing projects funded by more than $200 million in external grants and contracts to University of Miami faculty. [19] The medical campus includes more than 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) of research space. The recently completed Building I of the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park added an additional 252,000 sq ft (23,400 m2) of dedicated research space and is the first phase of a five building, 1.8 million square feet (170,000 m2) lab ready research park. It is located in Miami's Health District adjacent to the medical campus. [20]

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a research center dedicated to research in paralysis and spinal cord injury with an eventual goal of identifying a cure for paralyzing injuries. Based at Miller School of Medicine, the Miami Project is considered a world leader in neurological injury research. The center was founded in 1985 by a research physician and three others who had dealt with spinal cord injuries. Since its 1985 opening, the center has identified a family of genes that may control regeneration of the optic nerve. [21]

The Miller School of Medicine has developed the famed Harvey teaching mannequin that is able to recreate many physical findings of cardiology examinations, including palpation, auscultation, and electrocardiography. [22] [23] [24]

The University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) is leading cutting edge treatment for heart attacks that include injecting a person's own bone marrow stem cells to repair heart damage following a heart attack.

Admissions

In 2019, 463 out of 9,164 applicants to the Miller School of Medicine were interviewed for a class of 154 students. This entering class had an average overall GPA of 3.72, a science GPA of 3.67, and composite MCAT in the 87th percentile. [25]

In 2018, 173 out of a total 9,164 applicants to Miller School's combined MD/MPH class were interviewed for a class of 54 students. The entering class presented an overall GPA average of 3.66, a science GPA of 3.54, and a composite MCATs in the 84th percentile. [26]

Donations

In December 2004, the University of Miami School of Medicine received a $100 million donation from the family of Leonard M. Miller, former president and chief executive officer of Lennar. It was the single largest donation in University of Miami history at the time and the second-largest gift ever given to any Florida university or college. The school was subsequently renamed that month in Miller's honor. [27]

In February 2014, Oscar de la Renta recreated his entire Spring presentation, Designed for A Cure 2014 collection, to raise money for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. [28]

In October 2014, The Lennar Foundation announced a $50 million naming donation for a new UHealth ambulatory care center in Coral Gables. [29] To be located adjacent to the main University of Miami campus, the new Lennar Foundation Medical Center at UHealth Coral Gables will expand outpatient access to UHealth physicians in South Miami. Future plans include relocating UMiami Student Health Center to a new facility. [30]

In May 2015, Stuart Miller, chairman of Lennar and chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees, unveiled a $50 million donation for construction of a new medical education building to be located on the main medical center campus. [31]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

On FX's reality television series Nip/Tuck , plastic surgeons Sean McNamara and Christian Troy are graduates of the University of Miami School of Medicine.

See also

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