FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

06/05/2026

Your ticket to a stronger medical school application is waiting! 🎟️ Our Graduate Certificate in Molecular & Biomedical Sciences program helps aspiring physicians and physician assistants build a stronger foundation in clinical sciences, human disease, and experimental data. Applications close June 15. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. 🔗 Learn more and apply here: go.fiu.edu/gcp-facebook

06/04/2026

M1 Samantha Lakin spent the week at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities as part of the highly selective Otolaryngology Future Scholars Program. 🩺
From OR to clinic—she gained hands-on experience, explored exciting research, and got a real-world look at ENT.

06/03/2026

FIU medical student Adonicah Cummings earns the Clinical Innovation in Brain Injury Award at the University of Florida’s inaugural Florida Brain Injury Research Symposium. 🏆
Shout-out to contributing medical students Hope Cherian and Eric Kunz. Their project aimed to improve how doctors measure the size of bleeding around the brain, comparing traditional methods with computer-assisted tools to better understand how serious the injury is and how well patients respond to treatment.
Special thanks to Baptist Health Brain and Spine Care physicians Drs. Robert Wicks, Italo Linfante, and Michael McDermott--chair of neurosciences at FIU Medicine and system chief executive of Baptist Health Brain & Spine Care-- for their mentorship.

06/03/2026

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Senkowski on his appointment to the Board of Directors for the Association of Program Directors in Surgery!
Proud to see our FIU/Baptist Health General Surgery Residency Program director and FIU Medicine professor recognized at the national level.
🔗Read more: go.fiu.edu/fiubaptist-health-residency
Baptist Health Academics

06/02/2026

After treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, Judi Califano is still moving forward — one treatment at a time, one mile at a time — thanks to the team of experts at Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/she-beat-a-grade-4-brain-tumor-now-shes-back-to-running-marathons

06/01/2026

Proud to see this group sharing their work at the American Psychiatric Association Conference 2026 in San Francisco!👏
In attendance were Dr. Eugenio Rothe and Anabel Lin, M4, both from FIU Medicine. Shout-out to M4s Talia Lall, Lauren Csete, and Samantha Siu, as well as Dr. Nana Aisha Garba, who contributed to the work presented.

06/01/2026

05/28/2026

The ripple effect of mentorship! Isa Sabir, M.D. ’26, is the first FIU Medicine graduate to participate in the Albert E. Dotson Sr. Premedical Program, a journey that helped shape his path to medicine and inspired him to continue mentoring premed and medical students along the way. 🩺
This July, he begins his emergency medicine residency at HCA Florida Healthcare.
🔗 Read more: go.fiu.edu/mentorship-to-md

05/28/2026

What’s it like to go through medical school with your twin? 💙🩺
FIU Medicine graduates Julia and Sofia Steger, M.D. ’26, are featured in an AAMC story about navigating medical school together. After four years side by side, both matched into internal medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System. 🔗 Read the full story: go.fiu.edu/multiples-medical-school

Six sets of twins graduating in 2026 share their experiences going through medical school together.

05/27/2026