Dr. Jorge Mora is board-certified in family medicine and geriatrics. In his role as associate dean for Faculty Affairs, he oversees faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure.
Mora joined FIU in 2009 as a founding faculty member. Before that, he worked at Broward Health Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
While working at the University of Texas, he served as program manager for the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Community Programs for Clinical Research in AIDS at the Houston AIDS Research Team.
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Areas of Expertise
- Medical education
- Cognitive impairment and dementia
- Nutrition
- Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM)
- Polypharmacy
- Family medicine
- Geriatrics
- Public health
Honors & Awards
- FIU Faculty Convocation Award for Excellence in Teaching, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2021
- Top Scholar Award, Florida International University, 2021
- Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award, American Geriatrics Society, 2021
- Harris Professionalism Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2019.
- Florida Academy Family Physicians Exemplary Part-Time Educator Award, 2014
- Susan U. Wager Resident Teacher Award for Demonstrated Interest, Ability and Commitment to Family Medicine Education, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, 2007
Education
- Fellowship, Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL
- Residency, Family Medicine, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital/Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
- MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA
- M.D., National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia