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Pap Corps Annual Gift Reaches $3.6 Million
From left are Stan Scheff, Chief Financial Officer of the Pap, JoAnne Goldberg, Pap Corps President, Jayne Sylvester Malfitano, Vice Chair of the Sylvester Board of Governors, Bill Kingston, Executive Director of Sylvester Development, Joan Scheiner, Chair of the Sylvester Board of Governors, and Chief Medical Officer W. Jarrard Goodwin, M.D.
Motivated by its more than 21,000 volunteers, The Pap Corps: Champions for Cancer Research presented its annual gift – this time a check for $3.6 million – to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Miller School of Medicine.
Presented at The Pap Corps May 9 President’s Meeting at the Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, the check is part of the group’s $25 million commitment to Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami.
In a message read by W. Jarrard Goodwin, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Sylvester/University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Miller School, and CEO of the University of Miami Health System, thanked volunteers for their spectacular efforts.
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Miller School Awards Medical Degrees to the Class of 2013
With great exuberance and pride, and a huge sigh of relief, graduates of the Miller School of Medicine’s Class of 2013 took the Hippocratic Oath and were awarded their diplomas at commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11, at BankUnited Center. The graduation program marked the end of four years of intense medical education, preparing the 187 graduates to be physicians.
Neonatologist Cleide Suguihara, M.D., Ph.D., Leaves Lasting Mark on Miller School
Cleide Suguihara, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, who dedicated her life to saving the tiniest newborns, mentoring trainees around the world and sharing her wealth of research expertise in neonatology with colleagues and students, passed away May 9 after a brief battle against the cancer she had conquered nearly a decade ago. She was 67.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Honors UHealth Nurses with a Proclamation
The celebration of National Nurses Week at UHealth’s three hospitals reached a crescendo May 10, when Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez presented a proclamation with Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto to “honor the folks that really make hospitals run." Drawing laughter at the festive ceremony at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gimenez said, “I know doctors think they do, but we really know the truth."
Dipen J. Parekh, M.D., Receives Urology’s Prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award
Dipen J. Parekh, M.D., professor and Chair of Urology and the Dr. Victor Politano Endowed Chair in Clinical Urology, is the 2013 recipient of the American Urological Association’s prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award. Presented at the association’s annual meeting in San Diego May 8, the award recognizes urologists who have made outstanding contributions to the profession within 13 years of completing their residency training.
Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., Inducted into Association of American Physicians
For the sixth year in a row, a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty member has been inducted into the prestigious Association of American Physicians, whose members include Nobel laureates and world-renowned researchers and clinicians. This year’s Miller School honoree is Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., Director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a visionary physician and scientist.
