$162 million academic medical center breaks ground at FIU
Key Highlights
- Florida International University and Baptist Health South Florida have begun construction on the $162 million Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center.
- The seven-story, 163,000-square-foot building is being developed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami.
- The center will combine learning spaces for medical students and residents with multi-specialty care, diagnostic imaging, same-day surgery, infusion services, and an outpatient pharmacy.
- Stantec is providing architecture, medical planning, sustainability consulting, and specialty services; Robins & Morton and Thornton Construction Company are part of the construction management team.
- Completion is scheduled for 2028.
Construction has begun on a $162 million academic medical center at Florida International University that will bring medical education, clinical training, and outpatient care together in a new facility on the university’s Miami campus. The project is a collaborative effort between FIU and Baptist Health South Florida.
The new seven-story, 163,000-square-foot Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center is designed to support the continued growth of FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine while strengthening the university’s clinical and research partnership with Baptist Health. Students, residents, clinical faculty, and patients will share the facility, allowing medical education and patient care to take place within the same environment.
Stantec is providing architecture, medical planning, sustainability consulting, and other specialty services for with Robins & Morton and Thornton Construction Company as part of the construction management team. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2028.
Dr. Juan C. Cendan, FIU Medicine dean and senior vice president for health affairs at FIU, said in a statement:
“Our students already receive outstanding clinical training across Baptist Health and our other clinical affiliates. What’s different here is location and integration. With an academic medical center on campus, education, research, and patient care are woven directly into the daily life of the university.”