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Clinician and Educator Rafael Campo, M.D., Takes on New Role
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| Rafael Campo, M.D. |
Rafael Campo, M.D., professor of clinical medicine and currently director of employee health and infection control, has been named Chief Patient Safety and Quality Officer for the University of Miami Health System (UHealth) at the Miller School. In his new position, Campo will head up the newly created UHealth Patient Safety and Quality Office, which is designed to standardize safety and quality initiatives across the health system.
"UHealth is a large organization with a current patchwork of excellent safety and quality initiatives led by excellent individual chief patient safety officers, but as we continue to grow, it is imperative to bring all our safety efforts together to achieve even better operational results and improved patient outcomes," said David Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A., Emanuel M. Papper Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and senior associate dean for quality, safety and risk prevention. "In his new position, Dr. Campo will be directing this overarching effort and move us more quickly to our goal of becoming the safest health care system in the nation."
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The Miller School Receives Three Excellence in Health Care Awards
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| Left: Laurence Gardner, M.D., seated, and, from left, Maria Gavier, project coordinator, Joycelyn Lee Robinson, Ph.D., Carla Jean, M.P.H., and Larry Deon Adams, outreach specialist, were among the Miller School faculty and staff honored by the South Florida Business Journal with 2010 Excellence in Health Care Awards. Right: Victor Perez, M.D., with his award. |
Staff and faculty at the Miller School received three of the South Florida Business Journal's 2010 Excellence in Health Care Awards, earning the top honor in every category for which they were finalists.
A team at The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG) received the Community Outreach Award, while Laurence Gardner, M.D., executive dean for education and policy, was honored with the Educator Award, and Victor Perez, M.D., associate professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, with the Innovator Award.
Life Science & Technology Park Augments UM’s Record of Service to Overtown
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| The UM Life Science & Technology Park, which officials hope will elevate South Florida into the ranks of the nation's elite biotech corridors, is being touted as both an important resource and a good neighbor for Overtown and the surrounding communities. |
In Overtown, a 45-year-old man sits in an examination room at the Jefferson Reaves Sr. Health Center, asking questions of his primary care physician about the new high-blood pressure medication just prescribed for him.
A few miles away, at an elementary school named for one of America's greatest black female poets, students participate in a mentoring and tutoring program designed to boost their academic performance and encourage them to become citizens dedicated to service.
From affordable health care to after-school tutoring programs and parenting workshops, University of Miami initiatives have been entrenched in Miami's Overtown community long before the institution broke ground on its Life Science & Technology Park (LSTP), the first phase of which is scheduled for completion near the historic neighborhood next summer.
Hope For Vision Honors UM researchers
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| From left, Eduardo C. Alfonso, M.D., chair of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; parent Betti Lidsky; Jeffrey Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.; Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.; Jeffery M. Vance, M.D., Ph.D.; and Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D. |
Hope for Vision, a non-profit organization that advocates for people with genetic blinding diseases, honored three Miller School researchers at two events on October 1 and 2.
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., director of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, and Jeffery M. Vance, M.D./Ph.D., chair of the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, were honored as humanitarians of the year.
Miller School’s Dr. Richard Preston Receives National Recognition
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| Richard Preston, M.D. |
Richard Preston, M.D., professor of clinical medicine and director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, has received national recognition for his clinical research from the editors of Hypertension, the official journal of the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research. His paper titled "Mechanisms of Impaired Potassium Handling with Dual Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Blockade in Chronic Kidney Disease" was selected as one of the top two papers for 2009 in the category of clinical science.
JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship Lures Gifted Local Teens to the Miller School
The 2010 interns, from left, are Jose Delvilla, Booker T. Washington High School; Teresa Logue, Ransom Everglades High School; Erika Cardona, Miami Northwestern Senior High School; Yates Brown, Ransom Everglades High School; Adrian Sanchez-Roig, Belen Jesuit Prep; Logan Roberts, Ransom Everglades High School; and Taryn McNair, Center for Life Academy. The competition was fierce for the 2010 JJ Vance Memorial summer internship in biological and computational sciences this year, with more than 30 of the area's brightest high school students vying for the unique opportunity to work alongside expert faculty and post-dctoral fellows at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and gain hands-on research experience.
Women’s Cancer League Developmental Grant Program 2010-11 Awardees Announced
The Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute is pleased to announce this year's Sylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute's Women's Cancer League Developmental Grant Program awardees. Congratulations to Ram Datar, Ph.D., from the Department of Pathology, working on "Development of a Novel Separable Bi-layer Microfilter Device to Capture Viable Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patient Blood;" Vineet Gupta, Ph.D., from the Department of Nephrology, working on "Enhancing Tumor Response to Radio-Ablative Therapy with Novel CD11b/CD18 Agonists;" and Marta Torroella, Ph.D., from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, working on "The Role of Adipose Tissue, Macrophages and Estrogen in Breast Cancer Prognosis in African Americans and Latinas: A Preliminary Study."
Renew Your Advanced Cardiac Life Support Credentials
There are only two more opportunities to take the class to renew your American Heart Association provider card at a one-day seminar this year. The Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education's Division of Prehospital and Emergency Healthcare will offer an advanced Cardiac Life Support class on Friday, October 29, and Thursday, November 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The renewal fee is $150 and payable by departmental requisition, personal check, MasterCard, Visa or Discover Card. Enrollment is limited, so register now at www.gcrme.med.miami.edu, or call 305-243-6491. You also can stop by the Gordon Center, located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12 p.m.
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: “Diagnosis and Therapy for Vulnerable Plaque”
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12 p.m.
Epidemiology and Public Health Grand Rounds: “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Structural Ecosystems
Therapy for HIV+ Women in Drug Recovery and Their Families"
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12 p.m.
Psychiatry Grand Rounds: “Developmental Factors Underlying the Risk to Develop Anxiety and
Depression"
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12 p.m.
Medicine Grand Rounds: “Management of HIV—Beyond HAART”
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4 p.m.
Special Miami Transplant Institute Grand Rounds Presentation and
Celebration of 40 Years of Excellence
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 7 a.m.
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds: “The Biomechanical Rationale for Interosseous Ligament Reconstruction in
Essex-Lopresti Injuries"
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 7 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: “Surgical Management of Spine Tumors”
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 8 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: “Neuropathology”
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 8 a.m.
Otolaryngology Grand Rounds: “Assessing the Levels of Obstruction in Sleep Apnea”
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 12 p.m.
Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds: “A Man with Abdominal Pain and Jaundice”
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:30 p.m.
Endocrinology Grand Rounds: “Growth Hormone in Aging”
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8 a.m.
Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds: “Use of Small Animals to Study Therapies for Promoting and
Enhancing the Quality of Life in Older Adults"
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12 p.m.
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: “Carotid Stenting vs. Endarterectomy”
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12 p.m.
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: “Clinical Empathy”
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 7 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: “Biomarkers for CNS Injuries: From Benchside to Bedside”
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 8 a.m.
Joint Neurological Surgery/Neurology Grand Rounds: “Collateral Perfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke”
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12 p.m.
Developmental Center for AIDS Research Seminar: “Mucosal Immune Responses in HIV Controllers: Location, Location, Location"
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4 p.m.
Genetics/Genomics Seminar: “Emerging Therapeutic Approaches to Mitochondrial Diseases”
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:30 a.m.
Endocrinology Core Lecture: “Etiopathogenesis and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes”
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9 a.m.
New Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Office Opens at University of Miami Hospital
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12 p.m.
Pediatric Clinical Research Forum: “mAKAP and Cardiac Hypertrophy”
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 1 p.m.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: “Nutritional Modulation of Environmental Toxicity: Implications in Atherosclerosis"
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 1 p.m.
Endocrinology Fellows Clinical Case Conference: “The Diagnostic Challenges of Growth Hormone Deficiency"
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:45 p.m.
Endocrinology Research Conference: “Role of Type 3 Deiodinase (D3) in Pancreatic Islet Function”
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Friday, October 22, 2010 12 p.m.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: “Astroglial-NF-kB is an Important Regulator of Learning and Memory and Neurogenesis in Female Mice"
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Saturday, October 23, 2010 3 p.m.
Cancelled: Bike to the BankAtlantic Center
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 8 a.m.
XXXII Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 10 a.m.
2010 Miami-Dade County “Out of the Darkness” 5K Walk for Suicide Prevention
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Monday, October 25, 2010 10 a.m.
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar: “Bayesian Statistical Methods for the Design of Early Phase Cancer Trials and Analysis of Longitudinal Cancer Data"
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Monday, October 25, 2010 12 p.m.
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: “Calcium Control of T Regulatory Cells by TNFRSF25”
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12 p.m.
Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar: “ROS-Sensitive Association of Respiratory Complexes into Supercomplexes"
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:30 p.m.
Anesthesiology Seminar: “Bedside to Bench: What Can We Learn About Migraine by Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Triptans?"
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12 p.m.
Sylvester Distinguished Lecture: “Intracellular Antibodies as Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus Replication"
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12 p.m.
Healthy Steps Seminar: “School Readiness: Is Your Child Ready? Are You Ready?”
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12 p.m.
Pediatric Clinical Research Forum: “History of Whole Body Periodic Acceleration (WBPA) 1996-”
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 12 p.m.
Brown Bag Lunch-and-Learn Seminar: “IRB 101”
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Friday, October 29, 2010 9 a.m.
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Seminar: “Brain-Machine Interfaces in Neuromedicine: Harnessing the Coding of Behavior from Neural Ensembles"
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 9 a.m.
DOCS Little Haiti Health Fair
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 10 a.m.
2010 Start! Heart Walk
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 12 p.m.
Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar: “Tissue Specific Control of Thyroid Hormone Action”
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 12 p.m.
Gail F. Beach Memorial Visiting Lectureship: “Microglial Activation, Neuronal Death and Glial Regeneration After SCI"
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Monday, November 8, 2010 11 a.m.
United Way Raffle Features Travel Prizes
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Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:30 a.m.
College of Engineering and SEEDS Writing Workshop
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8 a.m.
Register Now: Medical Issues and the Growing Child Conference XV—Session A
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Open Enrollment Information Sessions and Webcasts
Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Seminar: “Relaxation Training”
Seminar: “Coaching for Performance”
Seminar: “Customer Service for the Professional”
Seminar: “Business Writing”
Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Seminar: “Exercise—A Vital Ingredient for Optimizing Your Health"
Seminar: “Organizational Skills”
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