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The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Community Service (DOCS) is a student-run organization at the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. It is dedicated to serving underserved and medically disadvantaged populations of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in South Florida.
Founded in 2000, DOCS was endorsed by the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine administration. DOCS has brought health screening and educational services to over 1500 patients annually through the volunteer efforts of medical students and physicians.
DOCS holds annual fairs in 8 in Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Broward counties and free weekly clinics for the medically underserved populations.[ citation needed ]
DOCS screens for the most prevalent diseases in communities including: hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, vision loss, obesity, depression, hepatitis, as well as colon, breast, cervical, and skin cancers. Using a referral system of free clinics, DOCS also acts as a portal for entry to care for those patients identified to be at risk.[ citation needed ]
The Miami metropolitan area is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States and the 72nd largest metropolitan area in the world. At 1,279.2 sq mi (3,313 km2) of urban landmass it is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The City of Miami is the financial and cultural core of the metropolis. The metropolitan area includes Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties which are the first, second, and third most populous counties in Florida. Miami-Dade, with 2,716,940 people in 2019, is the seventh most populous county in the United States. The three counties together have principal cities including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, West Palm Beach, Hialeah, Hollywood, and Boca Raton. It sits within the South Florida region, which includes the Everglades and the Florida Keys. It is also synonymous with an area known collectively as the "Gold Coast".
Civic Center station is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in Miami, Florida's Health District, which is also known as Civic Center. The station is located at the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue and 15th Street, opening to service December 17, 1984. Civic Center provides a convenient connection for University of Miami medical students by connecting the hospital area to the main campus at University station.
Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is 16 miles north of Downtown Miami and its boundaries stretch from I-95 and NE 2nd Avenue on the east to NW 47th and NW 57th Avenues on the west, and from the Broward County line on the north to 151st Street on the south. The city name comes from one of the major roadways through the area, Miami Gardens Drive. According the US Census Bureau, the city had a population of 110,001 as of 2019, and it is Florida's largest city with a majority African American population. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people in 2015.
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The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Miami. Founded in 1952, it is the oldest medical school in the state of Florida.
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