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Christina DeBenedictus

Christina Debenedictus, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Christina DeBenedictus is a Med-Peds Hospitalist, providing inpatient care to both children and adults at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial and Holtz Children’s Hospitals. Although born in Michigan she lived in many different placed growing up. She completed her undergraduate education at Brown University and then went to the University of Michigan School...
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Leigh Anne Dickinson

Leigh Anne Dickinson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: As a native of North Carolina, Dr. Leigh Anne Dickinson received her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She continued her education in NC, and she obtained her medical degree from Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency at the George Washington University Hospital...
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Chadwick Flowers

Chadwick Flowers, M.D

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Flowers is a Med-Peds hospitalist providing inpatient care to adults and children at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial, and Holtz Children’s Hospitals. He was born and raised in Indiana where he attended Purdue University (Boiler Up!) for undergrad, and Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his Med-Peds residency and Internal Medicine Chief Year...
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R. Enrique Hernandez Oquet

R. Enrique Hernandez Oquet, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Hernandez Oquet is a born-and-raised native of the Dominican Republic where he attended medical school. After completing his internal medicine residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, he served as chief medical resident at the Miami VA and later joined the faculty as an assistant professor of clinical medicine for the Division of Hospital Medicine....
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Matthew Imm

Matthew Imm, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Imm is a graduate of The Ohio State University, College of Medicine and the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency program. He is boarded in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Clinically he practices both internal medicine and pediatrics as a hospitalist. Dr. Imm has appointments...
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Joshua Laban, M.D.

Joshua Laban, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: My journey in medicine has been driven by a profound commitment to serving underserved populations. As an assistant clinical professor at the University of Miami (UM) Hospital and a volunteer physician with Miami Street Medicine, a UM medical student run organization and Doctors Within Borders, a free urgent care clinic, I have dedicated my career to providing comprehensive...
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Ahmed Luqman

Ahmed Luqman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Ahmed Luqman is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he also serves as the course director for the Internal Medicine Sub-internship, focusing on curriculum development, student mentorship and career advice, as well as performance evaluation. Dr. Luqman completed his residency at Jamaica Hospital Medical...
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Efren Manjarrez

Efren C. Manjarrez, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Manjarrez is an Associate Professor of Medicine and founded Hospital Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2001. He graduated from the University of California School of Medicine in San Diego and then completed a Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency at the University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Manjarrez completed...
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Maria Antonietta Mosetti, M.D.

Maria Antonietta Mosetti, M.D., FACP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr Mosetti completed her training in Europe, Italy and she joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in 2016. Dr Mosetti is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and she serves as Medical Director for the Division of Hospital medicine since 2022. Dr Mosetti has more than 25 years of experience in POCUS, and she is the Director of the Clinical Ultrasound course for the Internal...
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Andrew Para

Andrew Para, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Andrew Para is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Miami. He is originally from Texas but been moving around for training and early career as hospitalist. He completed medical school at UT San Antonio then Cleveland Clinic for residency with a dedicated track for medical education. After completing residency, he spent two years at Northwestern University...
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Sayari Patel

Sayari Patel, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Sayari Patel is a native Floridian who completed her MD/MPH at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. After finishing her residency at Boston Medical Center, she’s thrilled to return home to the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami.
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Sebastian Suarez Zarate

Sebastian Suarez Zarate, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Suarez Zarate is an academic hospitalist at UM. He is also an Associate Program Director for the UM/JHM IM Residency Program, as well as the Hospital Medicine IT Lead. He graduated from medical school in Bogota, Colombia. In 2015 he moved to Boston where he did his postdoc, an MPH in the Global Health Track and worked as a Global Health Research Scientist for 2 years....
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Kyle Sutherland

Kyle Sutherland, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Publications
Biography: Kyle Sutherland, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Miami (UM). He completed his residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine at UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), before joining the...
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Pulkit Taunk

Pulkit Taunk, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Taunk began his medical career at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where he enrolled in the MD/MPH program in 2013. He went onto complete his internal medicine residency training at NYU Langone. He stayed on faculty for 3 additional years at Bellevue Hospital, the safety net hospital of Manhattan and obtained a certificate in POCUS education. Dr. Taunk...
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Rachel Werne

Rachel Werne, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Werne completed her training here at the University of Miami as well as Jackson Health System. She joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in 2024. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine. She is the course director for the Medical Humanities elective for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at University of Miami/Jackson...
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Harry Wine

Harry Wine, M.D., MS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Harry Wine was born and raised in Miami; he stayed in Miami for his undergraduate studies at the University of Miami, and then worked for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He continued on to get his master’s degree in human nutrition at Columbia University before starting medical school at the Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Dr. Wine continued...
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