Med-Peds Faculty


Division of Med-Peds

Full-Time GENERAL MED-PEDS Primary care/Med-PEDS HOSPITALISTS

Stefanie Brown, MD, MBA

MED-PEDS Division CHIEF, INTERNAL MEDICINE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

General Med-Peds Primary Care/Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds – Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School Chief Residency: Primary Care – Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School

Career Interests: residency education, program and curriculum development and advancing transitional care at the University of Miami

 
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Jonathan Tolentino, MD, MS-HPE

MED-PEDS PROGRAM DIRECTOR; director transition medicine track; director of accelerated MD program; Medical Director, PATH Clinic

General Med-Peds Primary Care/Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Residency:  Med-Peds, University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

 
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Kendra Van Kirk, MD, MAT

MED-PEDS Associate PROGRAM DIRECTOR, director medical education and urban health track, Assistant professor

General Med-Peds Primary Care/Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 
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Anjali Saxena, MD

Director global health track, Assistant Professor

General Med-Peds Primary Care/Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Victor Cueto, Jr., MD, MS

Director of med-peds scholarly Activity, Assistant Professor

General Med-Peds Primary Care/Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Stanford University


Full-Time GENERAL MED-PEDS Primary care

Samantha Gonzalez, MD

Internal Medicine Associate Program Director, Assistant professor

General Med-Peds Primary Care - UHealth at Fisher Island Concierge

Medical School:  Ponce Health Sciences University
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

Career Interests: care of marginalized communities with a focus on the LGBTQIA+ community, global health and the use of technology to improve the patient and physician experience


Full-Time MED-PEDS Hospitalists

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Chad Flowers, MD

Internal Medicine Associate Program Director, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Matthew Imm, MD

Internal Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  Ohio State University School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Christina DeBenedictus, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Tiffani Houston, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  University of Texas Long School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Bryan Leyva, MD

Assistant Professor

Med-Peds Hospitalist

Medical School:  The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Minnesota

Career Interests: I am a physician-activist and educator. I study the intersections of medicine, racism and social inequality. I have a background in community organizing, social justice art, and public health research, and I see all my work as being part of a larger effort to decolonize and diversify medicine and achieve equity in healthcare.


Volunteer med-peds faculty

Tobenna Ubu, MD

Med-Peds Primary Care - University of Miami Medical Group (UMMG) Palmetto Bay

Medical School:  University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Internal Medicine Primary Care, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Madeline Etkin Mlynczak, M.D., M.S.

Med-Peds Primary Care - University of Miami Medical Group (UMMG) Palmetto Bay

Medical School:  University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, Tulane University

Career Interests: integrative medicine and community health outreach

 

Reese Cargioli, MD, MA

University of Miami Student Health Physician

Medical School:  Ponce Health Sciences University
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 
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Roberto Andino, MD

Med-Peds Primary Care - Concierge Medicine, Coral Gables

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

Career Interests: working within my community and serving as a focal point of care to my patients while maintaining variety in my professional career


Med-Peds Trained Physicians

Diana Soliman, MD

Internal Medicine Associate Program Director; Assistant Professor OF Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Adult Endocrinology

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Fellowship: Adult Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes - Duke University

Career Interests: improving the transition from pediatric to adult care for patients with diabetes and other endocrine disorders; medical education and directing the endocrinology course for medical students

 
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Efren Manjarrez, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Adult Hospitalist

Medical School: University of California School of Medicine - San Diego
Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Willa Thorson, MD

Program director, medical genetics and genomics program; Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical and Translational Genetics

Med-Peds Genetics

Medical School:  Creighton University School of Medicine Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Chief Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Fellowship: Medical Genetics, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 

Reuven Bromberg, MD

Med-Peds Rheumatology

Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Fellowship: Combined Med-Peds Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine

 
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Melody Land, MD

Med-Peds Emergency Medicine 

Medical School:  University of Miami School of Medicine Residency: Med-Peds, University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, University of Miami/Jackson Health System

 
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Patricia Jones, MD

Associate Professor of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases

Adult Hepatology

Medical School:  Albany Medical College
Residency: Med-Peds, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Fellowship: Adult Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Fellowship: Transplant Hepatology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

Jessica Mirakov Cohen, MD

Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine

Adult Hospitalist - Miami VA

Medical School:  University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Med-Peds, Virginia Commonwealth University

Career Interests: hospitalist evidence-based medicine, infectious diseases, and teaching our next generation of physicians.

 

Updated 11/20/23