Dean's Perspective >>

In each issue of Miami Medicine, the flagship publication of the Miller School of Medicine, Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt will salute the work of scientists and physicians of the Miller School of Medicine.

For this issue, Dean Goldschmidt spoke with two outstanding physicians who are leading Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, already one of the world's finest and most progressive centers for ophthalmic care, research and education, to even greater heights.

Eduardo Alfonso, the fifth chairman in the institute’s 47-year history, is renown for his clinical expertise and research in eye diseases, corneal surgery and ocular microbiology. He is also medical director of Bascom Palmer’s Ocular Microbiology Laboratory.

Steven J. Gedde, professor of ophthalmology, has directed Bascom Palmer’s residency program for a decade and recently was named Educator of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal.

To read the transcript of the Dean’s interviews, click here for the interview with Eduardo Alfonso, M.D., and click here for the interview with Steven J. Gedde, M.D.

Two years ago this December, the University purchased University of Miami Hospital, now the flagship facility of UHealth – University of Miami Health System. Since then, we have seen UHealth grow tremendously, reaching patients the world over.

The three community physicians you are about to meet are part of the outstanding UMH team. In caring for patients at the hospital, they often consult with Miller School faculty physicians or refer patients to them when appropriate. The community doctors -- those who were on board before UM bought the hospital and those who have joined since -- work tirelessly to provide the best health care. The three physicians I interviewed reflect the diversity and brilliance of the entire UMH team.

To read transcripts of the interviews, click here for the interview with Rafael A. Antun, M.D., click here for the interview with Dagoberto Garces, M.D., and click here for the interview with Jolly Varki, M.D.

For this issue, Dean Goldschmidt explored the gravity of strokes and the deleterious effects they can have on the brain, one’s “command center.” To discuss the issue, Dean Goldschmidt spoke with two leading experts: Ralph Sacco, M.D., M.S., professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Miller School, an international authority on the prevention and treatment of stroke, and starting in July 2010, the national president of the American Heart Association; and Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of neurology and a foremost researcher in the epidemiology of stroke.

To read the transcript of the interview, click here for the interview with Ralph Sacco, M.D., M.S., and click here for the interview with Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D.

For this issue, Dean Goldschmidt spoke at length with two of the University’s beacons of hope in the long fight to find a cure for diabetes: Norma Kenyon is the Martin Kleiman Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Biomedical Engineering, director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research, and co-director of the Executive Research Council at the Diabetes Research Institute.

Camillo Ricordi serves as Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Microbiology and Immunology, chief of the Division of Cellular Transplantation, in the Department of Surgery, and he holds the Stacy Joy Goodman Chair in diabetes research. He is also the scientific director and chief academic officer of the Diabetes Research Institute.

To read the final article featured in Medicine Magazine click here.

To read the transcript of the interview, click here for the interview with Norma Kenyon, Ph.D., and click here for the interview with Camillo Ricordi, M.D.

This Dean’s Perspective was written following an interview with Marc Buoniconti, president of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis; and Mary Bunge, Ph.D., Christine E. Lynn Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, professor of cell biology and anatomy, neurological surgery and neurology.

To read the final article featured in Medicine Magazine click here.

To read the transcript of the interview, click here for interview with Marc Buoniconti and click here for interview with Mary Bunge, Ph.D.

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This Dean’s Perspective was written following an interview with Thomas Balkany, M.D., Hotchkiss Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology, after U.S. News & World Report ranked the department No. 17 in the nation for ear, nose and throat care.

To read the final article featured in Medicine Magazine click here.

To read the transcript of the interview, click here.

The inaugural Dean’s Perspective was written following an hour long interview with Savita Pahwa, M.D., who led the effort to win NIH funding for a Developmental Center for AIDS Research at the Miller School.

To read the final article featured in Medicine Magazine click here.

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