Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU HWCOM) was established in 2006 at a time when the nation was bracing for a critical shortage of physicians, but the dream to create the medical school had begun many years before. In 1989, FIU Vice Provost for Research Thomas A. Breslin, PhD, launched a formal campaign to develop a medical school as a means to further FIU s recognition as a research university. However, there was little appetite for this idea at the time, and the effort stalled amidst nationwide concerns of a predicted doctor glut. But the predictions...
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU HWCOM) was established in 2006 at a time when the nation was bracing for a ...