Top UM Neurologist Dr. Ralph Sacco Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
A luminary stroke neurologist and researcher, Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., MS, professor and chair of neurology and the Olemberg Family Chair of Neurological Disorders at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
UHealth Board Announcement
With a distinct eye on the future of health care, the University of Miami is pleased to announce the formation of the UHealth Board of Directors, a panel of highly respected leaders who will provide strategic oversight to the University of Miami Health System.
Taming a Toxic Stew
For months, the news has been filled with stories of toxic algal blooms fouling Florida’s waterways and coastline.
Miller School’s Summer Programs Promote Diversity in Medical Education
Three years ago, Luis Gutierrez was losing his focus on a medical career. But after earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Berkeley, he attended a summer program for minority students offered by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Now, Gutierez is a first-year student in the Miller School’s M.D./MPH program focusing on emergency medicine.
Genetic Discoveries in Spinal Nerve Cells Hold Promise for Treating Some Neurodegenerative Diseases
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine took three big steps that could someday help people with neuromuscular diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and hereditary spastic paraplegia.