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Facility to be part of university’s Academic Health Sciences complex
MIAMI – Florida International University will break ground this week on the FIU Ambulatory Care Center, the most recent addition to FIU’s Academic Health Sciences complex.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, July 30 at 9 a.m. on the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 SW 8th Street in West Miami Dade County.
The 18,000-square-foot ambulatory care facility, made possible by a partnership between Miami-Dade County and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, will consist of an ambulatory surgery center and an outpatient diagnostic center. The facility will be open to the general community for diagnosis, treatment and care and will initially focus on family medicine/primary care and sports medicine.
“This building is but the latest addition to what we hope will be a healthcare complex that will both serve in the treatment and care of our community and as a working classroom for our medical students,” said FIU President Modesto A. Maidique. “This could not have been possible without the strong relationship we have forged with Miami-Dade County.”
In 2007, the Miami-Dade County Commission, as well as Mayor Carlos Alvarez endorsed a resolution allocating $10 million to fund the center from the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bonds (GOB) to construct and improve healthcare facilities in order to promote accessibility to quality health care services.
“This center will be a critical resource for residents in southwest Miami-Dade and throughout the county,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez. “Soon, those in greatest need of medical attention will have a state-of-the-art facility at their doorstep and some of the best healthcare providers in the county caring for them.”
Added Dr John Rock, dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine: “The center will be a vital part of South Florida’s only public medical school. We are delighted to partner with Miami-Dade County to make this possible and improve the quality of life of the citizens in South Florida.”
On Aug. 3, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and President Maidique will welcome the College’s inaugural class of 43 students.
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About the FIU College of Medicine:
The College of Medicine was approved in 2006 by the Florida Board of Governors and the Florida Legislature. In 2008, it received preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education of the AAMC and will admit its first class in the fall of 2009. Among the innovative elements of the FIU College of Medicine is a program called NeighborhoodHELP, which will send medical students along with their counterparts in social work, nursing and public health, into the community from the onset of their academic programs. The FIU College of Medicine is expected to have a multi-billion-dollar economic impact on Miami-Dade County, bringing thousands of jobs to the area and eventually contributing millions to the state coffers every year. For more information visit http://medicine.fiu.edu/
About FIU:
Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University” and now qualifies as a “Very High Research University”. In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in August 2009. FIU’s College of Law received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association.
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This article doesn't state where on campus this building will be. Where's it going?
Where will this ambulatory service be located on campus? Apparently no one has any idea that this even exists here on campus and no one is able to tell me when I ask this question. Can you help in any way?
According to the university master plans it will be located behind garage 5 (construction was supposed to being this month). Garage 5 will be located across from the Red Garage.