SCHIFF CENTER - Key Persons
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- Chairman, Radiation Oncology
- Department: Radiation Oncology
- Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Pollack is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He obtained a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Miami and later graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Ph.D. to M.D. program. He did an internal medicine internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, before doing a residency in Radiation Oncology at U.T.-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. While at M.D. Anderson, Dr. Pollack attained the rank of Professor, was Director of the Residency Training Program and was a co-leader of the Genitourinary (GU) Cancer group before assuming the Chair in Radiation Oncology position at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia in 2001. He held that position and co-led the GU program before being recruited to Miami as Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology and GU program co-leader in 2008. He became interim Deputy Director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2017. He has led the effort to bring proton therapy to Sylvester. Dr. Pollack's clinical and research interests are in the management prostate and bladder cancers.
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- Associate Director
- Director
- Director and Chair, Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center
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- Chairman
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurological Surgery - Spine
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- Associate Dean for Medical Education and Administration
- Member of Committee
- Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Medical Education / Associate Dean for Medical Education / Administration
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- Administrative Operations Manger, GME Office
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- Pathology - Breast Oncology Selective Pathology
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- Investigator, National Cancer Institute
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- Interim Chair, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Neurology / Neuromuscular Medicine
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- Chairman, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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- Executive Dean for Global Health and Community Service
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- HONORS PROGRAM in MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- Member of Committee
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- Council Representative
- Member of Committee
Brian Berman, M.D., Ph.D, Vice-President 2016, Member of the Board of Directors (2008-2013)
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- Senior Associate Dean for Research Operations
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- Member of Committee
- Pathology
- Pathology - Head and Neck Selective Pathology
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- Pathology - Hematopathology
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- Vice Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Radiology - Neuroradiology
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- Vice Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Director, Program Evaluation )
- Member of Committee
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- Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Miami Campus
Christopher B. O'Brien, MD is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Chief of Clinical Hepatology at the Center for Liver Diseases, and Medical Director of Liver Transplant at the Miami Transplant Institute.
Dr. O'Brien received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed a Fellowship in Hepatology at the University of Miami, and a National Institutes of Health Fellowship in Clinical Nutrition and a Fellowship in Gastroenterology, both at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. O'Brien was Medical Director of Liver Transplant at both the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He served as Director of Clinical Activities of the Gastrointestinal Section and was Clinical Director of the Liver Center. He was the Director of the Hepatitis Laboratory and ultimately the Acting Chief of the Gastrointestinal Section at the University of Pennsylvania.
He has published extensively and is the author of more than 180 abstracts, papers, and book chapters. Finally, Dr. O'Brien's research credentials are extensive and he has served as the Principal Investigator of more than 80 Phase 1 to Phase 4 clinical trials investigating new treatments for chronic liver disease. As the Science Reviewer for the Center for Liver Diseases, he has been responsible for the overview of more than 200 clinical research trials at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.
Recently, he was the Principal Investigator of the innovative study "Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Single Ascending Dose Trial of Synthetic Preimplantation Factor in Autoimmune Hepatitis."
Research Interests
Liver Disease
Hepatology
Acute Liver Failure
Liver Transplant Evaluation
Small Bowel Transplantation
Small Bowel Disease
Chronic Liver Diseases
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Transplant Hepatology
End-Stage Liver Disease
Fatty Liver Diseases
Liver Failure/Liver Transplantation
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- Associate Dean for Therapeutic Innovations
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- Manager, Research Support
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- Director
- Director, Comprehensive Drug Research Center
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- Director
- Director, Mailman Center for Child Development
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- Pain Management and Palliative Care
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- Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
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- Plastic Surgery - Integrated
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- Chairman, Desai Sethi Urology Institute ( Dept. of Urology )
- Executive Dean for Clinical Affairs / Research
The long-term research objectives of Dr. Atkins' laboratory are to identify the cellular signaling mechanisms that underlie synaptic plasticity during memory formation and to determine how these synaptic plasticity mechanisms are altered during traumatic brain injury. Currently, Dr. Atkins is funded by the NIH to develop therapeutic strategies for learning and memory rehabilitation of chronic TBI survivors. Dr. Atkins is a member of the Women in Neurotrauma Research society, the National Neurotrauma Society, the Society for Neuroscience, and the International Society for Neurochemistry. In 2013, she was awarded the Brain Injury Association of America's Young Investigator Award. Dr. Atkins is highly active in Brain Awareness Week outreach activities as well as volunteering in her local community to promote the understanding of neuroscience to the general public.
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- Council Representative
- Member of Committee
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- Vice - Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Associate Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
Dr. Cynthia Levy is a native of Brazil, where she graduated from medical school at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She completed residency in Internal Medicine first at her home institution and then at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Levy undertook training in Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, and subsequently went to University of Florida, Gainesville, for a Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, later joining their staff. In 2010 she returned to the University of Miami as an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Levy currently serves as the Associate Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases and is the Program Director for the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. She has a strong research interest in autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases and runs both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored studies. Dr. Levy is also the UM principal investigator for the NIH Porphyria Consortium. She is an American Gastroenterology Association Fellow and a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. She has over 60 peer-reviewed publications, including original papers, editorials, reviews, and book chapters.
Research Interests
Biliary Tract Disorders
Autoimmune Hepatitis
COVID-19
Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Professor, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of dermatology and itch-related diseases. He is leading the Itch Center, which focuses on chronic itch as a disease state. The center serves as an institutional hub for patient-focused care, research collaborations and interactions among investigative dermatologists, neuro- and other bio-medical scientists. These specialists' efforts will focus on a better understanding of chronic itch that may lead to new therapies for this common affliction. Dr. Yosipovitch investigates the causes and treatments of chronic itch in skin diseases and systemic diseases.
Dr. Kalyan Ram Bhamidimarri earned his medical degree from Andhra Medical College in India. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology fellowship training in New York. He obtained MPH in Biostatistics from University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC). In his 10 years of experience as a full-time academic faculty member at the University of Miami, he offers specialty care for patients with chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. He is the adult hepatology counterpart and works with Dr. Miloh at UM's Wilson Disease Center of Excellence. He is skilled in performing various procedures including liver biopsies, and luminal and biliary endoscopy.
He is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Chief of Hepatology at the University of Miami. He formerly served as the medical director of small bowel and multi-visceral transplantation at Miami Transplant Institute. He has authored several articles related to gastroenterology, hepatology, and transplantation. He is a member of AASLD, EASL, AGA, ACG and was recently awarded FACG and FAASLD. He has spoken at several national and international conferences as a guest speaker and chaired sessions at various meetings. He likes beach volleyball, ping pong, and skiing.
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- Member of the University of Miami
Dr. Leopoldo Arosemena, originally from Panama, graduated from medical school at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, in Monterrey, Mexico. He was selected by the William J. Harrington Programs to train in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He subsequently completed training in Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, and Gastroenterology at the same academic institution.
Dr. Arosemena is currently a faculty member of the University of Miami, working at the Miami Transplant Institute as a transplant hepatologist and conducts clinical research at the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases. His publications are mainly on cirrhosis and liver transplantation.
Research Interests
Ascites
Fatty Liver Diseases
Cirrhosis
Liver Transplantation
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- Council Representative
- Member of Committee
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- Council Representative
- Member of Committee
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- Department of Dermatology
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- Faculty Council Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Director
- Chairman & Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Chairman & Director, Ophthalmology
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- Director
- Director, International Medicine Institute
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- Program Coordinator, Fellowships & Education
The mission of Dr. Thomas's program is to develop integrated, multidisciplinary approaches to the study of liver cancer/liver diseases and to bridge clinical medicine and basic science with translation of fundamental knowledge to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of liver diseases. Dr. Thomas is a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (FAASLD). He serves on the National Advisory Board of the American Liver Foundation and he is on the editorial board of Hepatology, Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Translational Medicine. Dr. Thomas currently has over $4 million dollars in program support through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Florida Department of Health (FL-DOH).
Since completing a Doris Duke Clinical Fellowship and graduating from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in May 2007 while simultaneously obtaining both the MD and PhD degrees, Dr. Thomas has made steady progress toward creating and implementing a translational research program focused on preventing liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. His program leverages resources and clinical/scientific expertise available through the Miami CTSI, the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Miami Center for AIDS Research to address the rapid development of liver disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma which occurs in patients with viral hepatitis. Infection by the Hepatitis B and C viruses and HIV impacts our South Florida community significantly and our efforts will help minimize their detrimental effects in our catchment area.
Having been raised in Miami-Dade County, Dr. Thomas has a strong commitment to improving the health of our local community. Through community screening programs, we are identifying HCV-infected individuals and linking them to care so that they can be cured of this deadly virus. In addition, we are also facilitating the ability of uninsured patients to receive these costly medications through patient assistance programs. In addition, we are studying the mechanisms underlying how viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV) cause hepatocellular carcinoma. Lastly, we are developing prediction models to identify patients that are most at risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma.
Dr. Martin is an established Transplant Hepatologist at the Miami Transplant Institute (MTI), a unique affiliation between Jackson Health System and University of Miami Health System, where he holds the position of Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the UM Miller School of Medicine. As a transplant hepatologist, Dr. Martin cares for patients with acute and chronic liver disease and is actively involved in the evaluation process for liver transplantation for patients with end-stage liver disease. He also provides ongoing medical management for post-liver transplant patients. In addition, he serves as the Medical Director of the living donor liver transplant program. Dr. Martin has authored multiple articles in the field of Hepatology, Transplantation, and Gastroenterology with research interests that include transplantation outcomes in alcoholic liver disease, simultaneous liver-kidney transplant, and transplantation of HCV-viremic organs into HCV-negative recipients. He is an active member of AASLD, EASL, AST, AGA, and ACG and serves on the National Liver Review Board as part of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) for liver transplantation. Dr. Martin remains dedicated to the ideals of community outreach and policy development.
Dr. Martin earned his medical degree in 2007 from St. George's University in Grenada, West Indies. He went on to complete both his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After concluding his training with a Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology in 2014 at the University of Miami, he remained on staff as a Transplant Hepatologist. Dr. Eric Martin is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology.
Research Interests
Liver Transplantation
Alcohol Related Liver Disease
Viral Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Fatty Liver Diseases
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- Senior Associate Dean for Health Disparity
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- Director
- Co - Editor of the Twelfth Edition of Schiff 's Diseases
- Director of the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
- Director, Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
Dr. Schiff earned his BA at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. After graduating, he completed his internship at Cincinnati General Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his residencies in internal medicine at Cincinnati General Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. His fellowship in Gastroenterology was conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
Dr. Schiff is the Director of the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Dr. Schiff is the co-editor of the Twelfth Edition of Schiff's Diseases of the Liver and has authored and co-authored more than 450 articles, books, and book chapters concerning liver diseases and related topics. His articles have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, New England Journal of Medicine, and Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is a past President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and a past Chairman of the Biliary Section of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Schiff is a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He was the Governor of the American College of Physicians for the State of Florida for four years. He was a member of the Gastroenterology Subspecialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine and former Chair of the FDA Advisory Committee on gastrointestinal drugs.
Dr. Schiff is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Florida Laureate Award presented by the American College of Physicians, the Distinguished Service Award of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the Society of the Professors of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, and was recently honored as the first recipient of the Emmet B Keeffe Mentorship Award.
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- Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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- Clinical Research Coordinator
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- Faculty Council Representative
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- Director
- Chief Academic Officer, Miami Transplant Institute
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- Pediatric - Endocrinology
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- Program Director
- Radiology
- Radiology - Diagnostic
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- Associate Dean for Curriculum
- Member of Committee
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- Professor & Vice Chair of Education of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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- Chairman, Pediatrics
- Senior Associate Dean for Child Health
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- Executive Director, Information Technology
- Member of Committee
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- Senior Manager, GMEPrograms
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- Program Director, General Surgery
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- Chief Academic Officer
- Dean
- Dean & Chief Academic Officer / University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School
- Interim Chair, Physiology and Biophysics
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- Professor at the Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology
Hideki Mochizuki, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor at the Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. He received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University, School of Medicine. Dr. Mochizuki was a postdoc at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry from 2004-2007 and the National Institute for Physiological Science from 2007-2009. His research interests include brain-skin communication. In particular, he has conducted human brain imaging studies to better understand the basic brain mechanisms of itch and scratching. He studies the pathophysiology of chronic itch using a variety of imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), electroencephalography (EEG), and magnetoencephalography (MEG), as well as noninvasive brain stimulation devices such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
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- Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
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- Council Representative
- Member of Committee
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- Investigator, National Cancer Institute
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- Member of Committee
- Pathology
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- Interim Chair, Neurology
- Neurology / Vascular
- Neurosurgery / Head Trauma
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- Medical Education
- Member of Committee
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- Director
- Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
- Senior Associate Dean for Experimental and Cellular Therapeutics
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- Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Miami and Regional Medical Campuses
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- Interim Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health
- Program Director, Family Medicine
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- Program Director, Med - Peds
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- Clinical Research Coordinator
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- Director
- Director, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy
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- Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute
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- Chairman, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
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- Associate
- Director
- Librarian
- Director, Health Informatics and Deputy University Librarian
- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Chairman of Committee
- Chairman, Department of Medical Education )
- Executive Dean and Chair of the Department of Medical Education
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- Chairman, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery
Leigh Nattkemper, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor, earned her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and her Masters of Science in Molecular Medicine from the University of South Florida. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Neuroscience from Temple University. Dr. Nattkemper's research interests involve the investigation of the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of chronic pruritus. Her basic research focuses on understanding the molecular and neurological pathways that are involved in chronic itch, while her translational research focuses on developing human itch induction models. Dr. Nattkemper works alongside Dr. Gil Yosipovitch in developing new therapeutic compounds and directing the Miami Itch Center's clinical trial program.
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- Supervisor, Research Laboratory
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- Vice - Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship / Professor of Radiology, Neurological Surgery and Ophthalmology
- Member of Committee
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- Director
- Director, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
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- Director, Administrative Operations
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- Director
- Director, Crohn 's and Colitis Center
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- Director
- Director, HIV / AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute
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- Radiology - Nuclear Medicine
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- Chief, Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute.
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- Medical Education
- Member of Committee
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- Associate Director, Housestaff Office
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- Program Director, Radiation Physics
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- Director
- Director, Diabetes Research Institute
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- Chairman
- Member of Committee
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- Orthopaedic - Sports Medicine
- Program Director, Orthopedics Sports Medicine
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- IM - Interventional Cardiology
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- Associate Dean of Business Development for Palm Beach County
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- Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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- Director Interventional Radiology, Holy Cross Hospital
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- Research Support Specialist
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- Administrative Officer ( SAO )
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- Interim Chair, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
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- Chairman, Physical Therapy
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- Vice Chair
- Member of Committee
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- Director
- Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research
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- Manager, Research Laboratory
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- Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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- OB / GYN - Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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- Director
- Director, Clinical Clerkships
- Member of Committee
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- Director, Medical Billing, Clinical and Dermatopathology Services
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- Director, Scholarly Concentration )
- Member of Committee
Prof. Dushyantha Jayaweera MD, FACP, MRCOG (UK), CIP is the Executive Dean for Research and Research Education and a Professor in Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and has been working on HIV for the last 25 years.
Dr. Jayaweera has received grant support from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Jayaweera has led and continues to lead numerous industry-funded trials in HIV and HIV/HCV coinfection and has published extensively.
He was formerly the Associate vice Provost for Human Subject Research overseeing the activities of the ethics committees. He received his M.D. degree in Sri Lanka, and trained in medicine in Sri Lanka, Great Britain, and Loyola University of Chicago. In conjunction with other esteemed faculty members at UM, he has been instrumental in initiating minority HIV and HIV/HCV care clinics in the U.S. Prof. Jayaweera is a frequent speaker and an organizer of international workshops, meetings and conferences.
Research Interests
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV/HCV Co-infection
COVID-19
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- Neurological Surgery - Oncology
- Neurology
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- Associate Dean for Preclinical Curriculum
- Associate Dean for Preclinical Medical Curriculum )
- Member of Committee
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- Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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- Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease
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- Program Director, General Surgery
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chairman, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
- Current Chairman
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- Vice President, Quality Management
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- Pathology - Cytopathology
- Pathology - Molecular Genetics
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- Director
- Director, Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial Hospital
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- Member of Committee
- Professor of Medicine / Director of Educational Technology Development
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- Director
- Director, Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
- Senior Associate Dean for Research in Medical Education
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- IM - Advanced Heart Failure
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- Medical Education
- Member of Committee
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- Director
- Director, Center for AIDS Research
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- Program Director, Anesthesiology
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- Program Director, Orthopedics
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- Chairman, Interventional Radiology
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- Director, Regulatory Support
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- Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine
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- Program Director, Internal Medicine
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- Director
- Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Executive Dean for Research
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Director, National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
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- Director
- Director, Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health
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- Program Director, Internal Medicine
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- Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- Committee Vice - Chairman
- Member of Committee
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- Executive Director, Medical Education )
- Member of Committee
Tasuku Akiyama, Ph.D., joined the department as Assistant Professor in 2016. He received his Ph.D. from the Toyama University under the mentorship of Prof. Kuraishi who is a pioneer of pre-clinical animal models of itch. Dr. Akiyama was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at UC Davis from 2008 to 2012, where he conducted research on the peripheral and spinal mechanisms of itch and pain sensations. His laboratory works on mechanisms that drive chronic itch at the systemical, cellular, and molecular levels. Dr. Akiyama also focuses on brain circuits underlying itch processing. He serves on the section editor for Acta Dermato-Venereologica. He published more than 35 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, 6 of these as corresponding author and 27 as first author.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Senior Program Coordinator
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- Chairman, Public Health Sciences
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- Member of Committee
- Senior Director, Clinical Skills & Competency Assessment )
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- Director
- Director, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- Senior Associate Dean for Discovery Science
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- Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience / Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
- Member of Committee
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- Director, Sponsored Programs
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- Pathology - Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine
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- Associate Dean for Medical Admissions and Enrollment
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- Assistant Dean of GME
- Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
- Chairman, DIO & Associate Dean of GME
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- Ex - Officio
- Member of Committee