Graduate Medical Education

05/10/2022

04/12/2022

Happy Monday everyone! We are ready to start a busy week of surgeries 🙌🏼🙌🏼

03/23/2022

Larkin Community Hospital's Psychiatry Residency program is thrilled to share our 2022 match results. Congratulations to our incoming class! 🎓

02/26/2022

02/25/2022

01/19/2022

We have the Tools to Fight Omicron
Vaccines- Vaccines remain the best public health measure to protect people from COVID-19, slow transmission, and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging.
•COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations, and death.
•Scientists are currently investigating Omicron, including how protected fully vaccinated people will be against infection, hospitalization, and death.
•CDC recommends that everyone 5 years and older protect themselves from COVID-19 by getting fully vaccinated.
•CDC recommends that everyone ages 16 years and older get a booster shot after completing their primary COVID-19 vaccination series. You are eligible for a booster at 5 months after completing Pfizer-BioNTech primary series, 6 months after completing Moderna primary series, and 2 months after the initial J&J/Janssen vaccine. Individuals ages 16-17 are only eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Masks- Masks offer protection against all variants.•CDC continues to recommend wearing a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high community transmission, regardless of vaccination status.
•CDC provides advice about masks for people who want to learn more about what type of mask is right for them depending on their circumstances.
Testing- Tests can tell you if you are currently infected with COVID-19.
•Two types of tests are used to test for current infection: nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) and antigen tests. NAAT and antigen tests can only tell you if you have a current infection.
•Individuals can use the COVID-19 Viral Testing Tool to help determine what kind of test to seek. -Additional tests would be needed to determine if your infection was caused by Omicron.
-Visit your state, tribal, local, or territorial health department’s website to look for the latest local information on testing.

Until we know more about the risk of Omicron, it is important to use all tools available to protect yourself and others.
cdc.gov
Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus
📞305.558.2500
📍 1475 W 49 Street Hialeah, FL 33012

01/06/2022

12/20/2021

Flu & Pregnancy
A Flu Vaccine is the Best Protection Against Flu
Getting an influenza (flu) vaccine is the first and most important step in protecting against flu. Pregnant people should get a flu shot and not the nasal spray flu vaccine. Flu shots given during pregnancy help protect both the pregnant parent and the baby from flu.
Vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of flu-associated acute respiratory infection in pregnant people by up to one-half.
Pregnant people who get a flu vaccine also are helping to protect their babies from flu illness for the first several months after their birth, when they are too young to get vaccinated.
Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus
📞305.558.2500
📍 1475 W 49 Street Hialeah, FL 33012

12/20/2021

It doesn't matter how busy the OR is during the day, our dream team always finds time to learn more! This week, the Miami Society of Plastic Surgery held an outstanding meeting on Rhinoplasty and opened the floor to discussions on a variety of daily practice topics. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

12/11/2021

National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 6 - 12 and your at urge you to get your flu shot. It will help you and your loved ones stay healthy and safe this flu season. Talk to your healthcare provider about the influenza vaccine today.


Larkin Community Hospital South Miami
📍 7031 SW 62nd Avenue
South Miami, FL 33143
📞 305-284-7500

12/10/2021

CDC Tightens Testing Requirement for International Travel to the US to One Day
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is revising the current Global Testing Order to shorten the timeline for required testing for all international air travelers to one day before departure to the United States. This revision strengthens already robust protocols in place for international travel, including requirements for foreign travelers to be fully vaccinated.
As we learn more about the Omicron variant, this new one-day testing policy will help to protect travelers and the health and safety of American communities from COVID-19.
On December 6, all air travelers, regardless of citizenship or vaccination status, will be to be required to show a negative pre-departure COVID-19 viral test taken the day before they board their flight to the United States.
For example, a passenger whose flight to the United States is at any time on a Sunday would need to have a negative test taken at any time on Saturday.
Further guidance and operational details are available on CDC’s website.

Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus
📞305.558.2500
📍 1475 W 49 Street Hialeah, FL 33012

12/08/2021

The COVID-19 infection is associated with neurological complications involving both the central and peripheral nervous systems. We present a case of a healthy 36-year-old woman who developed symptoms of transverse myelitis (TM) four weeks following a positive COVID-19 infection. She presented with s...

12/08/2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Larkin University is Awarded Candidacy for Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools - Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC)

Miami, FL, December 7, 2021 - The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACS-COC) has granted Candidacy status to Larkin University.

As an institutional, regional accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, SACS-COC accredits nearly 800 institutions primarily in the southern region of the US. The action taken by the SACS-COC Board of Trustees indicates that Larkin University has demonstrated compliance with the accreditation requirements addressed in the Application for Membership and that this compliance has been verified by a Candidacy Committee from the commission. A team of seven reviewers visited the Campus in Miami Gardens in September to meet with administration, faculty, staff and students and to ensure that the university is in compliance with commission’s core requirements, selected comprehensive standards, and the federal requirements.

In 2020 the university outlined its ambitious plan of achieving SACSCOC candidacy by 2021 and full accreditation by 2022. Since its establishment in 2013 the university has made remarkable progress in establishing exemplary health professions programs and growing into a diverse academic community that promotes leadership in the health care professions. Larkin University is one of the most diverse Universities focusing on graduate and professional programs and offers the only PharmD program in Miami-Dade County and the only 3-year PharmD program in the State of Florida. The College of Biomedical Sciences has an extraordinary success record in supporting their students on their path into health professions.

Upon delivering the good news to the university, LU President Dr. Rudi H. Ettrich stated, “Candidacy with SACS-COC represents a notable achievement for our university, as it continues its work to demonstrate compliance with the remaining standards and requirements. I wish to express my sincere thanks to everyone for the considerable effort which was taken for us to achieve this significant milestone in the membership process. We are now just one step away from fulfilling our goal of obtaining institutional accreditation from SACSCOC. This progress is another indicator that we are steering this university towards our mission of empowering diverse graduates who reflect the demographics of the healthcare needs of the communities we serve and establishing LU as a leading institution of higher education through the impact of its education and research in the region”

Larkin University, is a is private non-profit health professions university founded in 2013 and located in Miami Gardens, FL which serves a diverse student body with the goal of bridging the diversity gap within the health profession careers and communities we serve.