Skip to Main Content
Important information:
Storm Alert: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute continues to monitor Hurricane Milton. If you have an eye concern, please contact our Rapid Virtual Eye Care service at rapideyecare.com.

University of Miami Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center

Appointments

Call or click for an in-person
or virtual visit.

Call us at
305-243-6388

As the largest adult cystic fibrosis center in South Florida, the University of Miami Cystic Fibrosis Center helps adults with this lifelong disease live life to the fullest. The improved treatment options and better diagnostic testing for adults with unusual expressions of cystic fibrosis (CF) have steadily increased the number of adults who need specialized care for this disease.

Our multidisciplinary team of specialists partners with our patients to provide ongoing treatment to control their symptoms, treat complications, and slow disease progression. As part of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network (TDN), we have ongoing clinical trials evaluating new CF therapies' safety and effectiveness.

If you are sick:

  • During business hours Monday - Friday call the pulmonary office at 305-243-6388, ext 3.
  • Afterhours and weekends call the pulmonary pager: 305-277-4297
  • For emergencies, call 9-1-1 or go to your closest Emergency Room

Cystic Fibrosis Providers

Your care team also includes:

Social Worker Page 1
Dietician Page 1
Respiratory Therapist Page 1
Pharmacist Page 1
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Page 1
Nurse / Program Coordinator Page 1
Mental Health Counselor Page 1
Administrative Assistant Page 1

Contact the team

Ask the team for an updated contact information sheet during your visit.

Maria Gabriela Tupayachi Ortiz, M.D.
Email: mtupayachiortiz@med.miami.edu

Lisa Domaradzki, M.D.
Email: Lxd764@med.miami.edu

Sherri Kelly, SW
Email: slk140@med.miami.edu

Clinic

Make an appointment
Call (305) 243-6388

For new patients
Fax your records to our office before your appointment. Fax: (305) 243-6372

What To Expect at your CF Clinic Visit

  • You will see all of your CF team members
  • Your comprehensive visit will last approximately 2 hours
  • A sputum culture will be collected
  • Spirometry will be completed
  • Your prescriptions will be reviewed
  • Depending on the last time you had baseline blood work, you may be asked to complete these either at the hospital or at a Quest or LabCorp lab
  • Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, when needed
  • Six Minute Walk/Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Test may be requested by your doctor

You will be advised when you should return to clinic for routine follow up.

We recommend you sign up for MyUHealth so that we can reach you via email and release diagnostic tests after they have been reviewed by the attending physician. Please ask at front desk for instructions.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation requires patients to be seen every 3 months in clinic.

When on IV, patients need to come more frequently, either weekly or biweekly based on severity.

We offer periodic telehealth visits for certain patients.

During Your First Visit, You Will Meet: Page 1
Message From the Team Members: Page 1

Address, Directions, and Parking

UHealth Tower Wound Center

UHealth Tower West

iconmonstr-location-1
Doctors Office West, Suite 204
1321 NW 14th Street
Miami, FL 33125
Get Directions
iconmonstr-location-1
Call us at
305-243-6388

(Look for the Emergency Room sign – the entrance is next to it.)

Directions:
When you arrive, you will enter and check in the front desk on the right. Once you check in downstairs you will see elevators on the left. Take the elevators and go to the second floor.

Once you get off the 2nd floor you will make a left when you get off the elevators and go to suite 204 (the 2nd door to your right). You will see another front desk where you will do another check-in.

Parking:
There is a garage to the right of the building where you can self-park or option for valet. Please take a parking ticket with you for validation. For more information, please go to UHealth parking.

Admissions

CF Patients are admitted to UHealth Tower (1400 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136) under the direct care of the Pulmonary / Cystic Fibrosis team. Patients are admitted through the ER, we do not do direct admissions.

Pregnant, pre- and post-transplant CF patients are admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital (1500 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136) under the obstetrics or lung transplant team. The Cystic Fibrosis team will coordinate care with them.

Transplant

Transplants are done at the Miami Transplant Institute (MTI), a joint program between the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital.

The cystic fibrosis care team members collaborate with the MTI Transplant Team at Jackson Memorial Hospital to provide cystic fibrosis care during the transplant journey.

We also refer and work with other transplant centers.

Helpful Cystic Fibrosis Resources

Discover a range of helpful resources for understanding Cystic Fibrosis.




Questions? We're here to help.

Our appointment specialists are ready to help you find what you need. Contact us today.