As part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, announced this week, FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has joined medical schools around the nation in pledging commitment to creating a new generation of doctors, medical schools, and research facilities that will make sure America’s heroes receive medical care worthy [...]
FIU joins First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiative to help take care of veterans and families
01/11/2012 By 11 Comments
Faculty/staff health practice now offers radiology services, more specialties
12/02/2011 By
Three years after becoming a patient of the FIU Health Faculty Group Practice (FGP), Lymari Robles says she wishes all her doctors were like Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, M.D., FGP’s chief medical officer. “She’s a very nice person. I have lots of fun every time I go see her. And that’s [...]
Faculty Group Practice opens new offices in PG5
08/12/2011 By
The FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Faculty Group Practice (FGP) is open for business in its new home in PG5-Market Station at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The 6,100-square-foot offices feature 10 patient exam rooms, which are all ADA compliant. Physicians can access patient records from the exam rooms. This new location [...]
FIU’s Wertheim College of Medicine to welcome 82 students to medical profession in White Coat Ceremony
08/01/2011 By
Vincent Boston’s desire to be a doctor was cemented during his five years as a Navy medic. When he applied to Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, he wrote a personal essay where he recounted one particularly harrowing experience in Iraq: He was on a helicopter on a [...]
Florida House Speaker Cannon at FIU: ‘It is easy to advocate for excellence’
07/22/2011 By
Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon visited the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine July 19 to learn about the college’s progress and meet FIU students, faculty and administrators. Cannon, who was joined by the Miami-Dade legislative delegation, toured a Nursing and Health Sciences STAR Simulation Lab that mimics a hospital emergency [...]
Tour new Faculty Group Practice Aug. 3
07/22/2011 By
The FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Faculty Group Practice (FGP) is moving to a new state-of-the art facility in PG5-Market Station at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Faculty and staff are invited to tour the new facility during an open house Wednesday, Aug. 3, from noon to 2 p.m. [...]
Florida House Speaker Cannon to Visit FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
07/13/2011 By
WHAT: Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon will join the Miami-Dade legislative delegation in a visit to the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine to learn about its progress and meet FIU students, faculty and administrators. The visit also will allow the delegation to learn about the latest technologies being [...]
FIU Wertheim College of Medicine receives provisional accreditation
06/14/2011 By
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has granted provisional accreditation to Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. “Provisional accreditation means that our college meets national standards for structure, function and performance,” said Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Dean John Rock. “It also is recognition of the tremendous [...]
FIU Benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim receives Horatio Alger Award for perseverance over adversity
04/20/2011 By
Long-time FIU benefactor Dr. Herbert Wertheim received the 2011 International Horatio Alger Award in recognition of his personal and professional accomplishments, despite humble and challenging beginnings. After accepting the award on April 8 in Washington, D.C., Wertheim was formally inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The 11 [...]
