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Jeffrey Horstmyer, M.D.
President-elect of the medical staff at Mercy Hospital

Before I go any furher, I would like to invite all FIU alumni to a press conference on Thurs., July 8, at 2 p.m., announcing that FIU is submitting its proposal for a medical school to the Florida Board of Governors. The move is a seminal one in the University's history, and I hope that all of you will join me there in support of your alma mater. Now, on to this month's column!

In April , I addressed the fact that there is an acknowledged shortage of physicians in this country.
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Rosanna Fiske


When Rosanna Fiske ’94 was 9 years old, she decided she wanted to become a journalist. “I would be in the darkroom with my dad as he was developing pictures of presidents and other hugely important people,” says this daughter of a photojournalist who traveled the world with his family. “I used to think, ‘Wow, to have that kind of accessibility into so many different people’s lives would be kind of neat.’”
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FIU boasts the largest university alumni group in Miami-Dade County and currently stands at more than 105,000 strong. Some notable alums include: Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River, the best-selling novel that was turned into an Oscar-nominated motion picture; actors Andy Garcia and Danny Pino (co-star of CBS’s Cold Case); as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, including The Miami Herald’s Liz Balmaseda.