Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Established	1952
Type	Private
Dean	Pascal Goldschmidt, MD
Academic staff	1,441
Students	725 medical, 420 graduate
Location	Miami, Florida, USA
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.med.miami.edu/

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the school of medical education of the University of Miami. The main medical campus is located in the Civic Center, Miami, Florida within the 153-acre (0.62 km²) UM/Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex. The medical center includes three University-owned hospitals that make up the University of Miami Health 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 the Miami VA Medical Center. Plans are underway to build the UM Life Science Park with two million square feet of space adjacent to the medical campus. The facility will bring together academia and industry for collaboration in bioscience research and innovation. Jackson Memorial Hospital serves as the school's major teaching facility and is one of the largest hospitals in the United States with more than 1,550 beds.^[1]

The main University of Miami campus is served by the Miami Metrorail at the University Station, and the Miller School of Medicine is served by the Metro's Civic Center Station in the Civic Center. The two are about a 20-minute train ride away.

Campuses

The main campus is located in Miami, Florida. Starting in 2004, the Miller School began offering instruction on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of the parent campus in Miami. FAU is a public university, and the State of Florida supports the Boca Raton program with an annual contribution of $15 million.^[2][3] MD candidates are admitted to either the Miami or Boca Raton programs and spend all four years studying on the selected campus.^[2] In April 2005, the Boca Raton program was expanded into a full four year medical degree program.^[3] The Boca Raton program emphasizes continuity of care and community-based medicine.^[4] All graduates of the Boca Raton program received University of Miami degrees rather than FAU degrees. Full time Miller School clinical faculty, working with community-based faculty physicians at multiple Palm Beach County hospitals and clinics, provide the supervision and venues for clinical training. Among these sites are Boca Raton Community Hospital, Bethesda Memorial Hospital, JFK Medical Center, and the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.^[5]

In late 2006, Boca Raton Community Hospital announced construction of a new 530 bed teaching hospital on the regional medical campus. This new facility will eventually serve as the primary teaching hospital for students at UMMSM at FAU and is scheduled to open in 2011-12.^[6]

Academic programs

• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is the top facility in the country for ophthalmic clinical care and research. The Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital annually serves 160,000 outpatients of ophthalmology and other specialties, largely for microsurgery procedures.
• For its pioneering work in islet cell transplantation, the Diabetes Research Institute joined the National Institutes of Health and the Naval Medical Research Center as the only academic partner in the national initiative to cure diabetes through transplantation.
• The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center treats 3,000 newly-diagnosed cancer patients each year, and treats thousands more in ongoing treatment from throughout the United States and Latin America. Approximately 200 clinical trials are under way, supported by more than $31 million in research grants.
• Dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury, researchers at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis found the first direct evidence of successful regeneration of adult human central nervous system tissue. The Miami Project conducts basic and clinical research trials, as well as a program that permits spinal cord injured men to father children.
• The University of Miami Ear Institute houses the nation’s second most active cochlear implant program, restoring hearing to adults and children with profound deafness. The Barton G. Kids Hear Now Foundation Cochlear Implant Family Resource Center, dedicated to assisting hearing-challenged children and their families' transitions from a silent world into the hearing world through the use of cochlear implant technology, opened at the Ear Institute in September 2010.
• The School of Medicine’s Mailman Center for Child Development has a number of model programs that help children with developmental disabilities.
• The UM/Jackson Transplant Program is one of the nation’s busiest, responsible for half of the pediatric multivisceral transplants in the world. UM/Jackson has an active transplant program for bone marrow, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas and intestines.
• Significant federal funds support research at the Comprehensive AIDS Program, including HIV studies in pregnant women, pediatric AIDS clinical trials, various drug protocol studies, heterosexual transmission of AIDS, transfusion safety studies, and the national cooperative drug discovery group.
• The Center on Aging, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older people, conducts significant research on geriatric issues.
• The Miami Institute for Human Genomics seeks to apply genetic understanding to the practice of medicine. In 2007, Margaret Vance, MD and colleagues reported a new gene responsible for multiple sclerosis.
• The Department of Physical Therapy offers an entry level clinical doctoral degree (DPT) and an academic doctoral degree (PhD).^[7]
• The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute seeks to understand the biology of stem cells and translate basic research into new regenerative therapies. In 2007, Joshua Hare, MD and colleagues reported that a new stem cell therapy was safe for the treatment of myocardial infarction and reduced complications from the condition.^[8]

Joint program

The school and the UM School of Business Administration offer a joint MD/MBA degree program to prepare future physicians for the business aspects of managing a medical practice, as well as prepare medical students for careers in health sector management, leadership and policy. The MD/MBA program adds an additional year to the four-year medical school curriculum. The MBA coursework ranges from financial reporting and corporate strategy to the legal aspects of health administration. Students must first be accepted into the MD program and then apply for admission to the joint program.^[9]

Rankings

The UM Miller School of Medicine has been ranked 47th in research by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.^[10] In 2006, the magazine listed Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as the number one hospital in the country for ophthalmology for the third year in a row. Five other specialties were also listed among the nation's best: ear, nose, and throat, digestive disorders, neurology and neurosurgery, kidney disease, and urology. With more than 1,300 ongoing projects funded by more than $180 million in external grants and contracts, the school ranks in the top third among U.S. medical schools in terms of research funding awarded.^[11] In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Miami Physical Therapy Department 7th in the nation.^[12]

Research

The Miller Medical School has more than 1,500 ongoing projects funded by more than $200 million in external grants and contracts to UM faculty. The medical campus includes more than 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²) of research space. Currently under construction with an open date of June 2011 is Building I of the University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park (UMLSTP). The building is 252,000 sq ft (23,400 m²) and is the first phase of a five building, 1,800,000 sq ft (170,000 m²) lab ready research park. It is located in the Miami Hospital District and adjacent to the medical campus.^[13] The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a research center dedicated to research in the field of paralysis and spinal cord injury, with the eventual object of finding a cure for paralyzing injuries. Based at the Miller School of Medicine, it is considered a world leader in neurological injury research. The center was founded in 1985 by a research physician and three people who had dealt with spinal cord injuries. The center has identified a family of genes that may control the ability of the optic nerve to regenerate.^[14] The Miller Medical School also developed the famous “Harvey” teaching mannikin that is able to recreate many of the physical findings of the cardiology examination, including palpation, auscultation, and electrocardiography. "simulation". http://www.answers.com/topic/simulation. Retrieved 2009-09-10. </ref></ref>"Simulation". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation#Type_of_models. Retrieved 2009-11-16. </ref>^[15] The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) and Dr. Joshua Hare are leading cutting edge medicine including injections of a person's own bone marrow stem cells to repair damage from massive heart attacks.

Admissions

For the medical class entering in 2010, 152 students were selected out of 5,282 applicants, making the UM Miller School of Medicine Florida's largest and most selective medical school. The entering class presents an average GPA of 3.71 and MCAT of 32.1.^[16]

Donation

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 CEO of Lennar Corporation. It was the single largest donation in University of Miami history and the second largest gift ever given to a university in Florida. The school was renamed in Mr. Miller's honor.^[17]

See also

• List of University of Miami alumni

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External links

• University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Internal Medicine residency website
• Jackson Memorial Hospital