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Medicine & Health Sciences

College of Medicine welcomes M.D. Class of 2029 at White Coat Ceremony
With proud families cheering and cameras flashing, FIU’s newest medical students took a defining step to becoming physicians.
August 6, 2025
Med dean earns statewide honor for innovation and impact
Dr. Juan C. Cendan, FIU senior vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, was elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida.
August 5, 2025

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New FIU/Baptist Health graduate medical education programs transform doctors and the community
The residency and fellowship programs welcomed 68 trainees from medical schools nationwide.
July 24, 2025
FIU named to new genetic medicine consortium
Florida’s legislature established the scientific research group and has instituted universal genetic testing for newborns in unprecedented efforts to cure rare diseases, advance personalized medicine.
July 10, 2025
FIU Health physicians now practicing under Baptist Health as part of FIU clinical and academic alliance
Starting July 7, physicians from FIU Health Faculty Group Practice are practicing as part of the Baptist Health Medical Group.
July 7, 2025
Stempel College Dean ranks among top scholars in the world
ScholarGPS ranks renowned neurotoxicologist Tomás R. Guilarte in the top 0.05% of scholars on lead poisoning research worldwide.
June 24, 2025
Physical therapist mom devises game-changing upper-limb treatment for son
Amanda Thomas of the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences saw a need at home, but her work has potentially wide impact for other children with congenital upper-limb deficiencies.
May 8, 2025
Breaking ground in brain science: Researchers win national awards for uncovering the dangers of manganese
The pair come out of FIU’s Brain, Behavior and the Environment Lab, led by Tomás R. Guilarte, which focuses on discovering the environmental causes of neurological diseases.
April 23, 2025