HWCOM In The News-October 2022

October 31, 2022Two South Florida philanthropists, one an alumnus, present gifts to support Ferré Institute (and HWCOM)FIU News October 26 2022Children’s Diagnostic Treatment Center names Andrew Schultz to Board of DirectorsSouth Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Report October 23, 2022Free Mammogram Screenings Are Available in City of Miami’s District 5Patch October 20, 2022FIU College of […]

HWCOM In The News- September 2022

September 16, 2022Immigrant HealthDr. Lorena BonillaThe DEI Shift September 13, 2022Onlay vs Inlay Glenoids: An Interview with John Uribe, MDDr. John UribeSmartTrakkBiomedical advance targets major contributor to cardiovascular diseaseAlexander Agoulnik, Ph.D.Mirage News September 12, 2022Biomedical advance targets a major contributor to cardiovascular diseaseAlexander Agoulnik, Ph.D.FIU NewsImpact around the world: FIU research aligns with global ambitions […]

FIU Medicine partners with VSP Vision for free vision care initiative

The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine partnered with VSP Vision to provide free eye exams and glasses in underserved South Florida communities. The joint initiative brought VSP mobile clinics and FIU Medicine’s Mobile Health Centers to communities in Miami-Dade County served by the college’s Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program (NeighborhoodHELP). Over three […]

New leadership roles announced

Three of our faculty members are taking on new and vital roles at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. After an extensive internal search, Associate Professor Rebecca Toonkel, M.D., has been selected to serve as the new associate dean of Curriculum and Medical Education. Toonkel joined FIU in 2013, recently serving as assistant dean for Curriculum, […]

Our newest Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences grads

They’re Ph.inishe.D! Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences grads. Maria Esteban Lopez and Marko Manevski (in black and blue robes) officially graduated today from Florida International University. They celebrated the occasion with our new dean, Dr. Juan Cendan, and their mentors at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Maria’s Ph.D. studies in the […]

HWCOM In The News–August 2022

August 26, 2022Doctors Need to Learn to Talk about SuicideDr. Leonard Gralnik, Rodolfo Bonnin, Ph.D.Scientific American August 25, 2022La viruela del mono y el regreso a clases: Doctora aclara tus dudasDr. Eneida RoldanTelemundo47, New York, NYBias in the Clinical SettingAlyssa Cartwright, M3Reflective MedEd August 22, 2022Doctora aclara dudas sobre las vacunas esenciales durante el regreso a […]

HWCOM In The News–July 2022

July 29, 2022Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Partner to Study Effects of Ultrasound Waves on the BrainDr. Michael McDermott, Dr. Patricia JunqueraBaptist Health NewsroomNew clinical trial underway for Alzheimer’s patientsDr. Michael McDermott, Dr. Patricia JunqueraSouth Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report July 26 2022MSSH Alum Now Dean at […]

Dr. Fred Anderson wins national teaching award

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Board of Directors has selected Dr. Fred Anderson as recipient of its 2022 Exemplary Teaching Awards Full-time Teaching Award. Dr. Anderson is an associate professor and medical director for the Department of Humanities, Health, and Society at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. In choosing him for the […]

Physician believes in paying it forward, sets up scholarship for medical students

Growing up in Chicago, Dr. James Loewenherz spent his entire childhood around water– quarries, rivers, and lakes. By age 12, he was sailing across Lake Michigan. “The only place I couldn’t go safely is underwater, and I wanted that freedom.” Scuba diving provided that freedom and, eventually, his entry into the world of hyperbaric medicine, […]

Dr. Eugenio Rothe receives American Psychiatric Association Award

Dr. Eugenio Rothe, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), has been honored by the APA with its Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  The award “recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents […]