Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Miami. Founded in 1952, it is the oldest medical school in the state of Florida. Campus. The main medical campus is located in the Civic Center area of Miami within the UM-Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex. The medical center includes three University-owned hospitals that make up the UHealth System: University of Miami Hospital, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, home to the top-ranked Bascom Palmer Eye Institute . Affiliated hospitals on the medical campus include Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Children's Hospital, and the Miami Veterans Administration Healthcare System. Jackson Memorial Hospital serves as the school's major teaching facility and is one of the largest hospitals in the United States with more than 1,550 beds. Regional campus. From 2004 - 2011, the Miller School offered instruction on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida approximately north of the parent campus in Miami. FAU is a public university, and the State of Florida supported the Boca Raton program with an annual contribution of $15  million. MD students were admitted to either the Miami or Boca Raton programs and spent all four years studying on the selected campus. In April 2005, the Boca Raton program was expanded into a full four-year medical degree program. All graduates of the Boca Raton program received University of Miami degrees rather than FAU degrees. As of 2011, FAU has created its own medical school, independent of the University of Miami. Starting with the Class of 2014, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine no longer offers incoming students the option of attending the Boca Raton campus. Training  sites and Miller School faculty associated with the regional campus are being integrated into the MD/MPH program (see below). The University continues to sponsor multiple residency programs in Broward County and Palm Beach County under the umbrella of the Palm Beach Regional Campus (UMPBRC). Academic programs. Teaching and training affiliates. The majority of residency and fellowship training sponsored by the Miller School of Medicine is offered in conjunction with Miami-Dade County's Jackson Memorial Hospital System. Additional residency programs are available through the Palm Beach Regional Campus Joint programs. The School of Medicine offers joint-degree programs in  coordination with other disciplines in the University: M.D./M.P.H. program. Beginning in 2011, the school and the UM Department of Public Health Sciences initiated a four-year joint M.D./M.P.H. program designed to train public health physicians. This is one of the few programs in the United States that enable students to complete both degrees concurrently. Students in the MD/MPH program spend their first two years studying at the main campus in Miami before moving to the Palm Beach Regional Campus to complete their third and fourth years. In addition to traditional hospital and office based clerkships, students rotate through clinics  located at the Palm Beach County Department of Health. Rankings. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is currently ranked 39th overall for NIH funding, the highest in Florida. In 2012, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked the University of Miami Physical Therapy Department ninth best in the nation. As of 2018, the school ranked 50th in research by "U.S. News & World Report". In 2018, "U.S. News & World Report" listed Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as the number one hospital in the country for ophthalmology for the 15th year in a row. In addition, Holtz Children's Hospital was nationally ranked  in 3 pediatric specialties. In December 2018, Expertscape recognized it as #7 in the world for expertise in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1. Research. The Miller Medical School has more than 1,500 ongoing projects funded by more than $200 million in external grants and contracts to UM faculty. The medical campus includes more than of research space. The recently completed Building I of the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park added an additional of dedicated research space and is the first phase of a five building, lab ready research park. It is located in the Miami Hospital District  and adjacent to the medical campus. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a research center dedicated to research in the field of paralysis and spinal cord injury, with the eventual object of finding a cure for paralyzing injuries. Based at the Miller School of Medicine, it is considered a world leader in neurological injury research. The center was founded in 1985 by a research physician and three people who had dealt with spinal cord injuries. The center has identified a family of genes that may control the ability of the optic nerve to regenerate. The Miller Medical School also  developed the famous "Harvey" teaching mannequin that is able to recreate many of the physical findings of the cardiology examination, including palpation, auscultation, and electrocardiography. The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) and Dr. Joshua Hare are leading cutting edge medicine including injections of a person's own bone marrow stem cells to repair damage from massive heart attacks. Admissions. For the traditional MD-only medical class entering in 2019, 463 out of a total 9,164 applicants were interviewed for a class of 154 students. The entering class presented an average overall GPA of 3.72, science GPA of 3.67, and composite  MCAT in the 87th percentile. For the combined MD/MPH medical class entering in 2018, 173 out of a total 9,164 applicants were interviewed for a class of 54 students. The entering class presented an average overall GPA of 3.66, a science GPA of 3.54, and a composite MCAT in the 84th percentile. Donations. In December 2004, the University of Miami School of Medicine received a $100 million donation from the family of Leonard M. Miller, former president and CEO of Lennar. It was the single largest donation in University of Miami history at the time and the second  largest gift ever given to a university in Florida. The school was renamed in Mr. Miller's honor. In February 2014, Oscar de la Renta recreated his entire Spring presentation, "Designed for A Cure 2014 collection" to raise money for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. In October 2014, The Lennar Foundation announced a $50 million naming donation for a new UHealth ambulatory services center located in Coral Gables, FL. To be located adjacent to the main University of Miami campus, the new Lennar Foundation Medical Center at UHealth Coral Gables  will expand outpatient access to UHealth physicians in South Miami. Future plans include relocating the UMiami Student Health Center to the new facility as well. In May 2015 Stuart Miller, chairman of Lennar and chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees, unveiled a $50 million donation for construction of a new medical education building to be located on the main medical center campus. In popular culture. Plastic surgeons Sean McNamara and Christian Troy from the television series "Nip/Tuck" are graduates of the University of Miami School of Medicine.