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
Jonathan Tolentino, MD, MS-HPE
MED-PEDS PROGRAM DIRECTOR; director transition medicine track; director of accelerated MD program; Medical Director, PATH PRogram
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
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
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
CORE FACULTY
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
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
Director of LACE - Assessment, Internal Medicine Clerkship Associate 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
CORE FACULTY
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
CORE FACULTY
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
CORE FACULTY
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
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
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
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
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 - Bruce W. Carter Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL
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 10/23/2024