2015 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITYCollaboration For The Best Possible Care For more than half a century, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has worked in tandem with Jackson Health System to provide world-class medical care to patients from South Florida and around the globe. Nearly 90 percent of the physicians practicing at Jackson Memorial Hospital are faculty members of the medical school – doctors who are training the doctors of tomorrow.
More Transplants Mean More MiraclesEstablished more than 45 years ago, the Miami Transplant Institute has grown to become one of the largest and most comprehensive transplant centers in the world. Here, our surgeons perform more than 450 organ transplant procedures each year. Moreover, we are the only program in Florida to perform every type of organ transplant, including:
A Long Flight For A MiracleIn 2013, Refiye Yilmaz arrived at the Miami Transplant Institute for a multivisceral transplant. She had come a long way from her native Turkey, and she needed immediate help. Suffering from Gardner Syndrome, Refiye had more than 100 tumors and polyps in her bowel. Skilled surgeons removed and replaced her stomach, pancreas, small intestine, duodenum, and a portion of her large intestine. She is now living a full, healthy life. 23