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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Once Again Ranked No. 1 Eye Hospital
David T. Tse, M.D., professor of ophthalmology (left), is one of 1,200 faculty and staff who teamed up to make Bascom Palmer Eye Institute America's No. 1 eye hospital for the seventh straight year.

For the seventh year in a row, the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the country for ophthalmology in U.S. News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Hospitals annual survey. Three other specialties at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center were also ranked as among the nation's best.

Florida Board of Medicine Honors Barth Green, M.D., For Outstanding Medical Service

Barth Green, M.D., accepts the Florida Board of Medicine award from chairwoman Onelia G. Lage, M.D.
Barth Green, M.D., professor and chair of neurological surgery and co-founder of Project Medishare, has been recognized as an exemplary Florida medical physician by the Florida Board of Medicine. Onelia G. Lage, M.D., associate professor of clinical pediatrics and chair of the state panel, presented Dr. Green with the distinguished Chairman's Recognition Award at the board's June 5 meeting in Fort Lauderdale. He was recognized for his longstanding humanitarian commitment to spinal-cord injured patients through The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and to the Haitian community at home and abroad through Project Medishare.

County Honors Medical Education’s Fit to Play Program

Juan Carlos Del Valle, director UM government relations; Tanyika Stephenson, administrative assistant in the Department of Medical Education; Morgan Sendzischew, third-year medical student; Donna Wiener, M.D., assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and director of the General Primary Care Clerkship; Nadia Amin, M.D., assistant professor of clinical medicine; Raysa Christodoulou, manager of programs for the Department of Community Service; and Donna Peyton, manager of fundraising and development at Miami-Dade County's Parks and Recreation Department.

The Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department paid tribute to the Miller School of Medicine at a meeting of the Recreation, Culture and Tourism Committee. The Miller School was presented with a county proclamation for Excellence in Community Service for its partnership in the Fit to Play Summer Camp Program.

Cut Down on Gas, Parking Expenses and Stress - Join a Van Pool

A van pool organized by Broward County residents is looking for new riders. The van leaves from Pembroke Pines and goes to Jackson Memorial Hospital. If your schedule is from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., this may be your answer.



Grand Rounds
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12 p.m.
Medical Grand Rounds Lecture: “Hepatitis Vaccinations”
Thursday, July 22, 2010 7 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: “Management of Pott’s Disease in Adults and Children”
Thursday, July 22, 2010 8 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds:
"Cardiometabolic Disease After SCI: Best-Practice Approaches to Effective Management of Impairment"
Events
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12 p.m.
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: “TCR Vbeta Repertoire Analysis for Graft-vs-Host Disease”
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12 p.m.
UM Healthy Steps Program Class: “Family Car Safety”
Thursday, July 22, 2010 9 a.m.
Breast Cancer Mini-Conference: “Life After Diagnosis: Taking Control Through Knowledge”
Thursday, July 22, 2010 10 a.m.
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar: “Breast Cancer Brain Metastases and the Role of Their Microenvironment"
Monday, July 26, 2010 12 p.m.
Developmental Center for AIDS Research Seminar: “The Importance of Mentoring”
Friday, July 30, 2010 9 p.m.
Bardot and the Rana Prieta Latin Jazz Project to Benefit UM’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic
Saturday, July 31, 2010 9 a.m.
Spanish Immersion Program
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 10 a.m.
Look Good ... Feel Better
Monday, September 20, 2010 8 a.m.
Register Now! Foundations of Translational Research Bootcamp
Monday, September 27, 2010 5:30 p.m.
Save the Date! 25th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner
Thursday, October 14, 2010 7 a.m.
Save the Date! Annual Masters in Repair of Structural Heart Disease 2010 Conference
Funding and Research
Sylvester Pap Corps Cancer Health Disparities Pilot Grants
Coulter Center’s Biological Modifiers Core Offers Novel Methods to Generate Monoclonal Antibodies
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