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2/8/2010 - A Miller School Neurological Surgery Team Performs Surgery on Earthquake Survivors with Spinal Cord Injuries
Wrapping up the first of many anticipated medical specialty missions, a Miller School neurological surgery team spent the past weekend treating earthquake survivors with spinal cord injuries at the University's hospital in Port-au-Prince. . . .

2/5/2010 - Miller School's Neurological Surgery Team Begins Treating Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries in Haiti
Embarking on the first of many anticipated medical specialty missions, a Miller School neurological surgery team arrived at the University's hospital in Haiti Friday and began treating earthquake survivors with spinal cord injuries. Led . . .

2/2/2010 - The Miller School’s Hospital in Haiti Welcomes New Medical Volunteers
With urgent medical evacuations of earthquake survivors to the U.S. now preceding smoothly, the new volunteer staff at the Miller School’s hospital in Haiti had a chance today to orient themselves to their new surroundings and the needs . . .

2/1/2010 - Dean Goldschmidt and Marc Buoniconti Cross the Finish Line at ING Marathon
As runners and their battered feet crossed the Biscayne Boulevard finish line of the ING Marathon and Half Marathon Sunday morning, the nearly 18,000 men and women signaled victory in various ways: Some raised their hands in triumph, some struck . . .

2/1/2010 - More UM Nurses Heading to Haiti to Help Meet Patients' Growing Demand for Expert Medical Care
Three weeks after much of Haiti was devastated by a 7.0-magnitide earthquake, physicians and other health care workers from the Miller School continue to brave the odds to care for thousands of the quake's victims. To meet the ever-changing . . .

1/29/2010 - Dr. Barth Green to Dedicate the Miller School's Hospital in Haiti and Plan for Reconstruction of the Shattered Nation
Barth Green, M.D., was expected to return to Haiti early Saturday with former U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, famed Miami architect Andres Duany and retired Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning to officially dedicate the Miller School's hospital for . . .

1/27/2010 - Volunteers Begin Five-Day Deployments as Some Routine Takes Shape at the University’s Hospital in Haiti
The first planeload of volunteers to deploy for five days was scheduled to arrive at the Miller School’s hospital in Haiti this evening, bringing the skills and energy of more nurses, orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, physical . . .

1/26/2010 - As Needs Grow, Volunteers with the Miller School’s Prolonged Mission in Haiti to Make Longer Commitment
To improve continuity of care, medical volunteers heading to Haiti to work in the Miller School’s rapid response hospital or elsewhere are being asked to serve at least five days. By mid-February, they may be asked to stay at least a week. . . .

1/25/2010 - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Signs Executive Order to Help South Florida Haitian Nurses Volunteer at the Miller School's New Hospital in Haiti
Hoping to smooth the way for more South Florida nurses, particularly those at the Miller School and Jackson Memorial Hospital, to help earthquake survivors in Haiti, Florida Governor Charlie Crist on Monday signed an executive order allowing . . .

1/22/2010 - Conditions Improve but Challenges Remain as the Miller School Opens a 240-Bed Hospital in Haiti
Adult and child patients now rest in separate and more spacious wards, their flimsy cots no longer crammed tight. Two operating rooms boast anesthesia machines and surgical lights. A pathology lab is opening and, finally, an imaging center is . . .

1/21/2010 - The Miller School's New 240-Bed Hospital to Bring Better Conditions and Renewed Hope to Haiti
The painstaking process of moving critically wounded patients into the Miller School's new 240-bed hospital on the edge of the Port-au-Prince airport began today, signaling a dramatic improvement over the crude conditions survivors and . . .

1/20/2010 - Miller School’s 240-Bed Tent Hospital Readies to Open Amid More Aftershocks in a Ravished Haiti
Unaffected by the 6.1-magnitude aftershock that terrorized Haiti anew this morning, UM’s facilities crew raced to complete the Miller School’s 240-bed hospital so desperately needed to care for the wounded in the shattered capital. . . .

1/19/2010 - Miller School Volunteers Will Continue Their Life-Saving Mission in a New Tent Hospital Rising from the Wreckage
Just a week after arriving in the demolished Haitian capital, the Miller School is ready to open a temporary 240-plus bed hospital at the edge of the international airport, expanding the urgent care center the University established a day after the . . .

1/19/2010 - Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., Returns from Haiti Inspired by Miller School Efforts and the Courage of the Haitian People
Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., returned to Miami from the capital of Haiti Monday evening deeply moved by the efforts of the Miller School force, more than 100 strong, which continues to work tirelessly to save survivors of the catastrophic Jan. . . .

1/18/2010 - Under Tough Conditions, Miller School Physicians Continue Medical Relief Efforts in Haiti While Miami-Based Task Force Organizes More Aid
Nearly a week after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, Miller School doctors, among the first responders to rush to the nation in need, are still there treating hundreds of the injured and the saving the lives of some of the sickest patients. . . .

1/18/2010 - Study Shows GHRH-Agonists Can Activate Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction
Despite major therapeutic advances, congestive heart failure remains a leading cause of death and disability. There is currently no therapy that fully reverses heart failure and/or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, leaving physicians with a great . . .

1/16/2010 - William O'Neill, M.D., Executive Dean for Clinical Affairs, Returns from Haiti
Toiling under primitive conditions, without basic equipment, members of the Miller School’s team in Haiti have treated and triaged more than 250 survivors of Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake, leaving William O’Neill, M.D., . . .

1/15/2010 - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson Lauds Miller School Doctors Who Continue to Treat Haitian Earthquake Patients
The Miller School’s medical relief effort for survivors of the Haitian earthquake continues to grow both here and in the ravaged country. About 100 doctors, nurses and other personnel have made their way with supplies and equipment to a field . . .

1/15/2010 - NanoKnife Technology Targets Cancer at Sylvester
UHealth Uses First Device in Florida One of the newest weapons in the war on cancer, NanoKnife™, is now in the hands of physicians at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System. . . .

1/14/2010 - Earthquake Survivors Receive Lifesaving Care from UM Specialists in Haiti and Miami
Earthquake Survivors Receive Lifesaving Care from UM Specialists in Haiti and Miami As a Miller School medical team continues to work around the clock to save the lives of earthquake survivors in Haiti, University of Miami doctors are treating . . .

1/14/2010 - Miller School and College of Engineering Host Third Collaborative Research Exchange Forum to Discuss Innovations in Medical Devices and Biomaterials
Personalized medicine for everyone. Medical devices that, through nanotechnology, become so small they are nearly undetectable. More ergonomically enhanced medicine containers. While some of these ideas are now reality and others are being . . .

1/14/2010 - Dean Goldschmidt Challenges All to Get in GEAR and in Shape at the Medical Wellness Center in the New Year
Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., kicked off the Medical Wellness Center’s “Be the Best You’ve Ever Been” annual New Year event Tuesday by extolling the benefits of exercise confirmed by Miller School researchers – and . . .

1/13/2010 - Miller School Community Moves Quickly to Help a Devastated Haiti After Powerful Earthquake
UM Doctors on the Ground in Haiti; Arrangements Made to Collect Crucial Monetary Donations --> The Miller School and UHealth – University of Miami Health System are mobilizing forces to send much-needed help to Haiti in the wake of the . . .

1/13/2010 - Children's Trust Founder David Lawrence Jr. Urges Doctors to Get Involved in Their Community
David Lawrence Jr., the former publisher of The Miami Herald who retired from a 35-year newspaper career to start another as an indefatigable and highly effective child advocate, came to the Miller School Tuesday to ask a blunt question of doctors, . . .

1/12/2010 - TeleHealth Program at UM Health System Receives Verizon Grant
The TeleHealth program at UHealth-University of Miami Health System has received a $24,500 grant from the Verizon Foundation to use telemedicine to provide pediatric specialty care to underinsured and underserved students in the North Miami Beach . . .