Mariana Viera-Navarro is a certified physician assistant with over 20 years of clinical experience. She is an assistant professor and the assistant director of clinical education in the Master in Physician Assistant Studies Program. She helps manage the clinical curriculum and co-leads all clinical clerkship courses. She also teaches core topics such as dermatology, endocrinology, and immunology, emergency medicine topics related to food allergies and anaphylaxis, and human behavior with an emphasis on human trafficking.
Before joining FIU in 2021, she worked extensively in allergy, immunology, and functional medicine. She also served as clinical director of a high-complexity immunology lab, which received six consecutive Laboratory Excellence Awards from COLA.
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Areas of Expertise
- Allergy / Immunology
- Functional and Integrative Medicine
Current Courses Taught
- Capstone Research Project
- Clinical Medicine I
- Clinical Medicine II
- Clinical Year Clerkship 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Honors & Awards
- FIU Presidential Excellence Award, Nominated, 2025
- America’s Steadfast P.A., American Health Council, 2018
- COLA Laboratory Excellence Award, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Committees & Professional Organizations
- MPAS Student Evaluation and Progress Committee (SEPC), Co-Chair
- MPAS Admissions Committee / Interview Committee
- MPAS Accreditation Committee
- MPAS Curriculum Committee
- MPAS Executive Committee
- MPAS Exam Review Committee
- HWCOM Faculty Assembly meetings
- Quality Assurance and Advisory Committee (QAAC) – Ad Hoc member.
- Fellow: American Academy Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- Fellow: Florida Academy Physician Assistants (FAPA)
- Member: Physician Assistant Educational Association (PAEA)
- Fellow: American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM)
- Fellow: Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM)
- Fellow: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
- Member: Florida Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society (FAAIS)
- Member: Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)
- Member: International College of Integrative Medicine (ICIM) Associate
- Member: American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Affiliate Member: American Health Council (AHC)
Education
- M.P.H., Public Health, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 2002
- B.S., Physician Assistant Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL, 2002
- B.S., Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, 1997
Board Certifications
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants