Jackson Health System in

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is a nonprofit academic medical system in

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at th ...

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. Governed by the Public Health Trust, a team of citizen volunteers acting on behalf of the

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Board of County Commissioners, Jackson Health System offers Miami-Dade County residents health services based on financial need. Jackson Health System consists of its centerpiece,

Jackson Memorial Hospital Jackson Memorial Hospital (also known as "Jackson" or abbreviated "MJMH") is a non-profit, tertiary care hospital, the primary teaching hospital of the University of Miami's School of Medicine, and the largest hospital in the United States with 1, ...

; Jackson South Medical Center, Jackson North Medical Center, Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, a network of UHealth Jackson Urgent Care centers, multiple primary care, and specialty care centers; two long-term care nursing facilities; and a team of Corrections Health Services clinics. A new Jackson West Medical Center campus is under development in

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Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital opened in 1918 as a 13-bed community hospital and has grown into an accredited, tax-assisted, tertiary

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associated with the

Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) is the University of Miami's graduate medical school in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1952, it is the oldest medical school in the state of Florida. Campus The University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller Sch ...

at the

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. Jackson Memorial Hospital's Miami Transplant Institute is one of the largest transplant centers in the United States. It is one of the only hospitals in Florida to perform every kind of

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for both adult and pediatric patients. It is also home to Ryder Trauma Center, one of the only adult, and pediatric Level 1 trauma centers in Miami-Dade County, and a designated U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team Training Facility, where the military healthcare personnel prepares to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield. Jackson Memorial Hospital operates a graduate program in which it works in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty, offering patient care, educational programs, research-focused clinical settings, and community services that focus on health-related issues. Jackson North Medical Center maintains an affiliation with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at

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Holtz Children's Hospital

Among Jackson's Holtz Children's Hospital specialties is

neonatology Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). T ...

Governance

Jackson Health System is governed by the Public Health Trust Financial Recovery Board, a group of volunteers that act on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. Jackson Health System's current president and chief executive officer is Carlos A. Migoya.

History

The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County was created by county ordinance effective 1 October 1973 to provide for an independent governing body (the board of trustees or Board) responsible for the operation, governance, and maintenance of designated facilities.

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