| Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine | |
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| 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.
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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]
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.[8]
The UM Miller School of Medicine has been ranked 47th in research by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.[9] 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.[10] In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Miami Physical Therapy Department 7th in the nation.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13] 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>[14] 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.
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.[15]
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.[16]
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