Why Choose University of Miami/Jackson Health System for your Training
An unmatched medical education in a truly global city.
Whatever you want to do with your future, whatever specialty you want to practice, you will get the training you need at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System Graduate Medical Education program. There’s no place better to learn, grow, and thrive as you start your career.
Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is to deliver timely, compassionate, state-of-the-art care with integrity and empathy, while embracing the cultural values and needs of our diverse community. We strive to be leaders not just in clinical care but in education, research, and innovation—transforming the lives of not just patients but also our residents and fellows.
At our graduate medical education program, we connect budding physicians with a staff of world-renowned educators, clinicians, and scientists in an environment that is urban, richly diverse, and spans several training venues.
Through research, we promote the development of best clinical practices, the investigation of new ideas, and innovation of new and novel approaches to patient care. Our residents and fellows work to improve health equity in underserved populations and leave our programs as independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and exceptional clinicians.
Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is to deliver timely, compassionate, state-of-the-art care with integrity and empathy, while embracing the cultural values and needs of our diverse community. We strive to be leaders not just in clinical care but in education, research, and innovation—transforming the lives of not just patients but also our residents and fellows.
At our graduate medical education program, we connect budding physicians with a staff of world-renowned educators, clinicians, and scientists in an environment that is urban, richly diverse, and spans several training venues.
Through research, we promote the development of best clinical practices, the investigation of new ideas, and innovation of new and novel approaches to patient care. Our residents and fellows work to improve health equity in underserved populations and leave our programs as independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and exceptional clinicians.
A Partnership for Excellence
Our Graduate Medical Education enterprise is a partnership of more than 50 years between the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Health System. Together we assure our faculty and our programs that we will support their educational missions, provide a healthy and safe environment for our trainees, and deliver high quality patient-centered care.
Research Opportunities
The University of Miami and Jackson Health System offer a wide variety of research opportunities. We are a research powerhouse, having achieved national recognition for advancements in diabetes, cancer, spinal cord injury, AIDS, and others.
We have many well-established centers of excellence right on campus, including:
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (ranked #1 ophthalmology program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report since 2004)
- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- The Diabetes Research Institute
- The Miami Transplant Institute
- Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Schatzi Kassal Project: Newborn Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Holtz Children’s Hospital
- The Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
From the basic sciences to translational research to clinical research—you have many options. For those who have never been involved in research, the GME Research Scholarly Activity program will help you find a mentor and get started.
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A Partnership for Excellence
Our Graduate Medical Education enterprise is a partnership of more than 50 years between the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Health System. Together we assure our faculty and our programs that we will support their educational missions, provide a healthy and safe environment for our trainees, and deliver high quality patient-centered care.
Research Opportunities
The University of Miami and Jackson Health System offer a wide variety of research opportunities. We are a research powerhouse, having achieved national recognition for advancements in diabetes, cancer, spinal cord injury, AIDS, and others.
We have many well-established centers of excellence right on campus, including:
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (ranked #1 ophthalmology program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report since 2004)
- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- The Diabetes Research Institute
- The Miami Transplant Institute
- Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Schatzi Kassal Project: Newborn Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Holtz Children’s Hospital
- The Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
From the basic sciences to translational research to clinical research—you have many options. For those who have never been involved in research, the GME Research Scholarly Activity program will help you find a mentor and get started.
A Message from Leadership
Whatever your passion, whatever specialty you want to pursue, you will get the best training at UM/Jackson. There’s nothing you won’t see in our hospitals, clinics, and other training sites.
Yvonne Diaz, MD, FACP
Designated Institutional Official
Our program will prepare you to take care of an extraordinary range of patients that represent the breadth of our community, from the most underserved and uninsured to executives and CEOs. And because Miami is a global city, and the port of entry for the Caribbean and South America, you will care for individuals with rarely seen diseases, and patients who have never had health care in their life. We get both the most basic and most unusual of cases.
Miami is one of the most diverse communities in the nation and you will train with individuals from around the world who have unique perspectives and skill sets. There is a tremendous richness to our environment that doesn’t exist at any other GME program in the nation — faculty, fellow residents and fellows and the patient population represent the richness and diversity of not just America, but the world.
Whatever your passion, whatever specialty you want to pursue, you will get the best training at UM/Jackson. There’s nothing you won’t see in our hospitals, clinics, and other training sites. If you want to be a researcher, you can do everything from bench research to translational research to clinical trials. If you want to focus on medical education, we have the University of Miami and Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education. If you want to work with our veterans, you have that exposure in the Miami VA Healthcare System, also located on our medical campus. And if your goal is private practice, academic medicine, or indigent care, your experiences in our health system will leave you more than ready to succeed.
Our goal is to produce physicians who are technically proficient and able to provide compassionate care to patients regardless of backgrounds. You will graduate with the skills to provide quality clinical care, use the most advanced technology, perform scientific research, and be leaders in the medical community – locally and globally.
Yvonne Diaz, MD, FACP
Designated Institutional Official
University of Miami/Jackson Health System.
Associate Dean Graduate Medical Education
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Our Institutional Commitment
We provide oversight and support for all programs, including ACGME accredited and institutionally approved non-ACGME programs. Each program is expected to appoint the most qualified applicants, recruit and retain outstanding attending physicians, and offer comprehensive, competency-based educational training. We are committed to training that balances learning, service, and scholarship; and that facilitates professional, ethical, and personal development.
The sponsoring institution, Jackson Health System agrees to:
- Acknowledge the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) as the policy and oversight body of graduate medical education (GME), as recognized by the Medical Executive Committee of Jackson Health System and the Public Health Trust Board of Trustees, Jackson’s governing body;
- Support a central administrative Office of Graduate Medical Education with appropriate staffing to support the GME enterprise and its functions, the program directors and their programs, and trainees and their needs;
- Ensure that all residents and fellows have the opportunity to learn and provide safe patient care under appropriate supervision for their level of training;
- Guarantee that all residents and fellows are treated fairly; that personnel policies and procedures are implemented consistently, and that all trainees have ample opportunity to communicate concerns;
- Facilitate and formalize collaborations and affiliations with other teaching hospitals and community facilities that enhance the training experience;
- Assure patient care support services that lead to an appropriate balance of service and education in all programs, and that support compliance with ACGME duty hours regulations;
- Offer financial, human, and educational resources (library, teaching space, equipment, information systems and common curricula) to all GME programs; and
- Provide adequate on-call rooms, food services, security and other services beneficial to the well-being of all trainees.
Our Institutional Commitment
We provide oversight and support for all programs, including ACGME accredited and institutionally approved non-ACGME programs. Each program is expected to appoint the most qualified applicants, recruit and retain outstanding attending physicians, and offer comprehensive, competency-based educational training. We are committed to training that balances learning, service, and scholarship; and that facilitates professional, ethical, and personal development.
The sponsoring institution, Jackson Health System agrees to:
- Acknowledge the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) as the policy and oversight body of graduate medical education (GME), as recognized by the Medical Executive Committee of Jackson Health System and the Public Health Trust Board of Trustees, Jackson’s governing body;
- Support a central administrative Office of Graduate Medical Education with appropriate staffing to support the GME enterprise and its functions, the program directors and their programs, and trainees and their needs;
- Ensure that all residents and fellows have the opportunity to learn and provide safe patient care under appropriate supervision for their level of training;
- Guarantee that all residents and fellows are treated fairly; that personnel policies and procedures are implemented consistently, and that all trainees have ample opportunity to communicate concerns;
- Facilitate and formalize collaborations and affiliations with other teaching hospitals and community facilities that enhance the training experience;
- Assure patient care support services that lead to an appropriate balance of service and education in all programs, and that support compliance with ACGME duty hours regulations;
- Offer financial, human, and educational resources (library, teaching space, equipment, information systems and common curricula) to all GME programs; and
- Provide adequate on-call rooms, food services, security and other services beneficial to the well-being of all trainees.