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Why Choose UHealth

UHealth – University of Miami Health System delivers leading-edge patient care by the region’s best doctors, powered by the groundbreaking research of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. As South Florida’s only university-based medical system, UHealth is a vital component of the community that is leading the next generation of health care.

UHealth combines exceptional patient care, breakthrough research, and novel education to create an innovative approach to health care. Within the UHealth system, patients can participate in clinical trials and benefit from the latest discoveries that are fast-tracked from the laboratory to the bedside.

UHealth is made up of more than 1,800 providers and scientists who are highly trained specialists focused on providing state-of-the-art medical care. From diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, physicians work in teams to deliver care that is tailored to each patient.

Patients from around the world turn to UHealth in their search for expert care from our top ranked physicians. UHealth is home to the number one eye hospital in the United States, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the only NCI-designated cancer center in South Florida, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, a pioneering minimally invasive cardiac surgery program, and offers expertise in more than 100 medical specialties. UHealth’s comprehensive network also includes more than 30 outpatient sites in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Collier counties, including The Lennar Foundation Medical Center.

UHealth is ranked among the best hospitals in Florida by U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2023-24 — recognized in 15 areas of care with high-performing ratings in three adult specialties and ten procedures and conditions and a national ranking in two adult specialties:

  • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute—No. 1 in ophthalmology for the 22nd time.
  • Ranked among the best in the nation for neurology and neurosurgery for the third consecutive year.
  • Hospitals that earned a High Performing rating were significantly better than the national average, as measured by factors such as patient outcomes, complication rates, patient experience, and level of nursing care.

USNWR Best Regional Hospital 2023-2024

International patients come for consultations with our renowned physicians, advanced treatment technologies, leading-edge medical therapies, and state-of-the-art surgical procedures. Whatever your particular reason for coming to UHealth International, you receive customized medical care delivered within a compassionate, multicultural setting.

The Lennar Foundation Medical Center
The Lennar Foundation Medical Center.