Amalia M. Landa-Galindez, M.D.

Chair of Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Department of Internal Medicine


Phone305-348-2180

Emailalandaga@fiu.edu

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Amalia M. Landa-Galindez, M.D.

Dr. Amalia Landa-Galindez oversees the Department of Internal Medicine, supervising faculty recruitment, internal medicine clerkship sites, student educational activities, and curriculum development. She also serves as faculty advisor for students pursuing a residency in internal medicine and contributes to developing our graduate internal medicine residency programs.

Dr. Landa-Galindez teaches in the second-year Musculoskeletal Systems Course and the fourth-year Medical History Through Art Elective. She also provides primary care services at the FIU Health Faculty Group Practice on FIU’s main campus.

Areas of Expertise

  • Primary Disease Prevention
  • Women’s Health Cardiovascular and Rheumatologic Disorders

Research Interests

  • Integration of ethics training
  • Genetics education and evidence-based medicine during the clinical years of medical student education
  • Assessment of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) during clerkships
  • Osteoporosis risk assessment
  • Management and evaluation of outcomes post COVID-19 infection. 

See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.

Committees & Professional Organizations

  • Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Medical Education Research Committee
  • Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Faculty and Academic Societies
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians, Florida Chapter

Honors & Awards

  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2022
  • Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Excellence in Medical School Teaching Award, 2017
  • American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award, 2015 

Education

  • Internal Medicine Senior Residency, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
  • Internal Medicine Internship/Residency, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
  • M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
  • B.S., Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL