Message from the Chair

Our educational, research, and clinical scholars represent a diverse group of individuals passionate about expanding the frontiers of medicine and embracing our community partners to improve the health of our South Florida community.
Medical and Population Health Sciences researchers specialize in unbiased data analysis and collaboration, providing mentorship and leading the way to research that will improve our community. Our Internal Medicine Division focuses on educational and clinical excellence. Our faculty preceptors provide compassionate adult care while engaging in scholarly research collaborations to enhance health care and education. Neuroscience specialists engage in advanced neuro-interventional health care services, including diagnostics, surgical/clinical care, research, and collaborations with community partners like the Miami Neuroscience Institute at Baptist and the Miami Cancer Institute. Our Benjamin Leon Center for Geriatric Research and Education is committed to developing novel approaches in geriatric preventive care, education, and population-based translational research. And world-renowned scientists at our Translational Glycobiology Institute at FIU study sugars or “glycans” looking for new approaches to treating and preventing disease.
We are also proud of our many community partners, with their help, we continue to pursue faculty
research collaborations and discoveries and expand our clinical sites and residency programs.
Together, we join in celebrating our medical students who continually impress us with their outstanding residency matches.
Amalia Landa-Galindez MD, FACP
Associate Professor & Interim Chair, Department of Translational Medicine
Centers and Institutes
Affiliated Hospitals and Organizations
- Aventura Hospital & Medical Center
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Broward Health
- Cleveland Clinic
- Jackson Health System
- Kendall Regional Medical Center
- Miami VA Healthcare System
- Memorial Healthcare System
- Mercy Health
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Palmetto General Hospital
Contact
Florida International University
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Department of Translational Medicine
11200 SW 8th Street, AHC2 685
Tel: 305-348-2047
Fax: 305-348-4331
Department Leadership
Paulo H. M. Chaves, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Benjamin Leon Jr. Family Center for Geriatric Research & [...]
305-348-4789
Paulo.Chaves@fiu.edu
AHC4 221Priscilla Chaves, MBA, MPH, CLSSBB
Director of Operations
305-348-4147
pchaves@fiu.edu
AHC1 - 345Charles J. Dimitroff, Ph.D.
Director, Translational Glycobiology Institute at FIU; Professor, with Tenure
305-348-9069
cdimitroff@fiu.edu
AHC2 678Amalia M. Landa-Galindez, M.D., FACP
Interim Chair of the Department of Translational Medicine; Associate [...]
305-348-2180
alandaga@fiu.edu
AHC2 592Juan Manuel Lozano Leon, M.D., M.Sc.
Chief of the Division of Medical and Population Health [...]
305-348-6063
jlozanol@fiu.edu
AHC1 443Michael McDermott, M.D.
Chief of the Division of Neuroscience; and Professor
305-348-2047
mmcdermo@fiu.edu