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11/5/2009 - UM Miller School of Medicine Names New Chair of Psychiatry
One of the world's leading experts in the field of psychiatry, Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D., is joining the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth – University of Miami Health System, as professor and chairman of the . . .

10/29/2009 - Miller School and UHealth Partner with Alonzo Mourning Charities and Overtown Youth Center to Launch Clinic
For many years, the Miller School of Medicine has provided compassionate health care that has made a difference in the lives of thousands of people in Overtown. That longstanding relationship, built on the Miller School's commitment to the . . .

10/28/2009 - A Decade Later, Lifestyle Changes or Medication Still Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Study reports on persistence of benefits seen in the Diabetes Prevention Program After following participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study for 10 years, researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and . . .

10/26/2009 - Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Patient Wants “Life Back’
A Miller School component whose mission is to redefine how medicine is practiced held its official coming out party Thursday evening, Oct. 22. More than 100 people, including Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., and University of Miami President . . .

10/23/2009 - Miller School Wins Reaccreditation
The Miller School of Medicine has been reaccredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), it was announced on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The news had been awaited for more than half a year, following a multi-day, on-site LCME . . .

10/22/2009 - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Professor Named Educator of the Year
Steven J. Gedde, M.D., professor of ophthalmology and director of the residency program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, was named Educator of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal. . . .

10/21/2009 - UM HEAT-IT-UP Program Gets Off the Ground
Ten newly trained and now computer savvy volunteers heard themselves called medical pioneers for their participation in a unique project aimed at changing the way primary care is delivered and how patients interact with their health care providers . . .

10/19/2009 - UHealth Senior Leadership Team Discusses Best Practices at UCare's Seventh Leadership Development Institute
As part of UHealth - University of Miami Health System's targeted efforts to create a unified, patient-centric health system, about 400 leaders participated in the latest UCare Leadership Development Institute (LDI). The sessions - the seventh . . .

10/16/2009 - Medical Student Meets His Match, and the Dean, in the Gym
Not everybody would appreciate a workout as a gift, but first-year medical student Paul Rothenberg was thrilled when his aunt gave him a high-intensity, weight resistance session she won at a silent auction for his 27th birthday. Neither was the . . .

10/13/2009 - Dr. Roberto Heros to Receive Prestigious Harvey Cushing Medal
Roberto C. Heros, M.D., professor and co-chair of neurological surgery and residency program director, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Harvey Cushing Medal. The Cushing Medal is the highest honor given by the American . . .

10/13/2009 - Miller School Student DOCS Bring Compassionate Care to Little Haiti with Fifteenth Annual Health Fair
Two weeks before this year’s Little Haiti Health Fair, project manager and Miller School medical student Tameka Joseph and two classmates took to the airwaves of local Haitian radio to spread the word about the annual health fair and invite . . .

10/12/2009 - Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz Named to Key Positions at the University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine
Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz, M.D., has been named chief of the Division of Laparoendoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery and co-director of the Center of Excellence for Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery and assistant professor in the . . .

10/8/2009 - Researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Identify Gene Responsible for Regulating Optic Nerve Regeneration
Researchers (left to right) Vance Lemmon, Ph.D; Darcie Moore; Bascom Palmer ophthalmologist Jeffrey Goldberg, MD. PhD; Murray Blackmore, John Bixby PhD and Ying Hu Bascom Palmer Eye Institute researchers have identified a family of genes that may . . .

10/8/2009 - John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics Forms Scientific Collaboration with Life Technologies to Advance Autism Research
Next-Generation SOLiD™ System to Help Researchers Identify Genes Associated with Autism Genetics researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will embark on the . . .

10/8/2009 - Researchers at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Identify Gene Responsible for Regenerating Optic Nerve
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have identified a family of genes that may control the ability of the optic nerve to regenerate.  The discovery of this gene family, as published in the October 9 issue of . . .

10/8/2009 - Miller School Hosts Expert Panel on Improving Patient Communication
Better communication is the key to better health, according to experts on communication in health care. Knowing how to bridge the patient-doctor communication gap could directly affect the amount and quality of information you receive as a patient. . . .

10/7/2009 - 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner Raises More Than $6.3 Million for The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc hosted a full house of 1,300 guests and raised $6.3 million at the 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, held last night at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York. The dinner benefits The Buoniconti . . .

10/6/2009 - UM Physician Uses Endoscopic Ultrasound to Provide Targeted Radiation Therapy
Use in Prostate Cancer Shows Promise for Other Applications A two-year collaboration between gastroenterologists and radiation oncologists at UHealth -- University of Miami Health System has resulted in a new application of endoscopic ultrasound . . .

10/6/2009 - UM Physician Uses Endoscopic Ultrasound to Provide Targeted Radiation Therapy
Use in Prostate Cancer Shows Promise for Other Applications A two-year collaboration between gastroenterologists and radiation oncologists at the University of Miami Health System (UHealth) has resulted in a new application of endoscopic . . .

10/6/2009 - Nobel Laureate is Keynoter at UM Innovation Technology Showcase
Bert Sakmann, M.D., Ph.D., the 1991 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and the new scientific director of the Max Planck Florida Institute, will be the keynote speaker at the second annual UM Innovation Technology Showcase at the Four Seasons . . .

10/6/2009 - Miller School Stimulus Grants Balloon to $40.5M, Dr. Lisa Metsch Wins $12.3M Grant
The federal fiscal year closed last week with a flurry of notices announcing $23.6 million more in stimulus grants for Miller School faculty, swelling the number of awards to 48 and the grand total of research funds to $40.5 million. Holding . . .

10/5/2009 - UM Supports the American Heart Association Heart Walk
More than 100 employees from UHealth-University of Miami Health System and University of Miami Hospital took part in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk at Tropical Park in Miami on Saturday. The walkers raised more than $10,000 for . . .

10/1/2009 - Evening Focuses on
Miller School psychiatrists Eva Ritvo, M.D., and Ewald Horwath, M.D., are on a mission to strip away the curtain of secrecy and shame society has arbitrarily erected around mental illness. Toward that end, on Tuesday, September 22, Ritvo opened . . .

9/29/2009 - Sylvester Cancer Researchers Awarded Millions for Breast Cancer Study in Black Women
A team of researchers from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of stress management in black . . .

9/29/2009 - Sylvester Cancer Researchers Awarded Millions for Breast Cancer Study in Black Women
A team of researchers from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of stress management in black . . .