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Jackson Health System | |
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Geography | |
Location | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Organisation | |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Miami School of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 2,106 |
History | |
Opened | 1918 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Jackson Health System is a nonprofit academic medical system in Miami, Florida. It is Governed by the Public Health Trust (a team of citizen who volunteer and act on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners). Its services include offering, Miami-Dade County's residents, health services based on financial need.
Jackson Health System consists of the following resources:
A new Jackson West Medical Center campus is under development in Doral, Florida.
Jackson Memorial Hospital opened in 1918 as a 13-bed community hospital and has grown into an accredited, tax-assisted, tertiary teaching hospital associated with the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.
Jackson Memorial Hospital's Miami Transplant Institute is one of the largest transplant centers in the United States. It is one of the only hospitals in Florida to perform every kind of organ transplant for both adult and pediatric patients. [1]
It is also home to Ryder Trauma Center, one of the only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma centers in Miami-Dade County, and to a designated U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team Training Facility, where military healthcare personnel prepare to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield.[ citation needed ]
Jackson Memorial Hospital operates a graduate program in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty. This collaborative effort offers patient care, educational programs, research-focused clinical settings, and community services for health-related issues. Jackson North Medical Center maintains an affiliation with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.
Holtz Children's Hospital specializes in neonatology.
Jackson Health System is governed by the Public Health Trust Financial Recovery Board, a group of volunteers that act on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. Jackson Health System's current president and chief executive officer is Carlos A. Migoya.
The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, Florida was created by county ordinance effective 1 October 1973 to provide for an independent governing body (the board of trustees or Board) responsible for the operation, governance, and maintenance of designated facilities. [2] [3]
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