Baptist Health and Florida International University announced a collaboration that will expand physician training, research, and patient care for the benefit of the South Florida community.
Under the new enhanced affiliation with FIU, Baptist Hospital is on track to become a statutory teaching hospital with expanded undergraduate and graduate medical education programs, clinical research, and patient care.
“This enhanced clinical and academic collaboration between Baptist Health and FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine will be transformative in reshaping healthcare in the region,” said Baptist Health President and CEO Bo Boulenger. “The designation as a statutory teaching hospital will launch Baptist Hospital into a pivotal role to attract the most highly specialized physicians to our Institutes, where they lead disease-curing research and clinical innovation to advance medical care in our community.”
Teaching hospitals offer world-class care by attracting groundbreaking physicians and scientists who also are interested in teaching the next generation of doctors.
This alliance builds on years of collaboration between Baptist Health and the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The two organizations have worked together for more than a decade to offer clinical rotations to medical students and an accredited medical residency program at Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital. Some of Baptist Health’s top experts serve as medical school faculty, including department chairs in surgery, orthopedics, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and radiology. With the support of Baptist Health, the College of Medicine provides free primary care and behavioral health services to underserved communities in South Miami and West Kendall as part of FIU’s Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP program.
