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Accreditation Update for Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program
Written on in Dentistry, Medical Education, Residency Programs.

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The American Dental Association's Commision on Dental Accreditation (CODA) met Thursday January 30th, 2014 for their annual Winter Session and has granted Larkin Community Hospital initial accreditation for their Advanced Education in General Dentistry 1+1 Residency Program.
 
This Dental Residency consists of a 12-month program with an optional second year 12-month program with emphasis on hospital dentistry and advanced ...

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Larkin Community Hospital welcomes Dr. Jonathan Coffman, as the Founding Dean for the College of Biomedical Sciences
Written on in Larkin University, Medical Education.

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Larkin Community Hospital is proud to welcome Jonathan Coffman, Ph.D. to our family as the Founding Dean for the Larkin College of Biomedical Sciences (to be part of Larkin Institute of Health Sciences). Dr. Coffman received his undergraduate degree at Southeastern College, his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Tennessee ...

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Zoning Board Approves Campus in 4-0 Vote
Written on in Medical Education.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 16th, 2013 Larkin Health Sciences Campus, LLC. (LHSC) under its proposal to develop its related health sciences campus as a private University was awarded unanimous approval by the COMMUNITY ZONING APPEALS BOARD 15 of South Dade in a 4-0 vote. The Board further concurred that given the typical intensity of development ...

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Larkin Community Hospital Hires Founding Dean for College of Pharmacy
Written on in Medical Education.

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Dr. Gary M. Levin Will Also Serve As Chief Academic Officer

and Acting Vice President for Education

South Miami, Florida, August 21, 2013 - - Larkin Community Hospital (LCH), one of Florida’s twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the nation,, has hired Gary M. Levin, PharmD. as the Founding Dean ...

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Larkin Hospital Closes 48-Acre Purchase for Medical School Campus
Written on in Medical Education.

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Larkin Community Hospital has closed on a 48-acre purchase for a new medical school campus in the Naranja Lakes community near Homestead.  The 10-year, $68 million investment would create 500 jobs in an area with an unemployment rate of 25.3 percent.  In addition, the project will create "a world class educational facility that will prepare ...

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New Mohs Fellowship at Larkin Community Hospital
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Larkin Community Hospital is proud to announce that Shauntell Solomon, D.O., has received the the prestigious Mohs Fellowship as part of the Dermatology Residency Program led by Program Director Stanley Skopit, D.O., MSE, FAOCD.  The Fellowship is under the directorship of Dan Rivlin, M.D. To read more about Dr. Solomon's studies and accomplishments, please visit  ...

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LCH receives Initial Accreditation from ACGME for Psychiatry Residency Program
Written on in Accreditation, Medical Education, News, Psychiatry, Residency Programs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October, 2011

LCH receives Initial Accreditation from ACGME for Psychiatry Residency Program

New Psychiatry Residency program will help produce more board certified psychiatrists to work in medically underserved communities experiencing a shortage of healthcare providers

SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. — Larkin Community Hospital (LCH) announced it recently received initial accreditation from the Accreditation ...

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Larkin and Nova Southeastern University to launch new Residency Training Programs
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SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. — Larkin Community Hospital and Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine recently announced they have received approval from the American Osteopathic Association to start several new osteopathic medicine residency training programs.

The AOA’s Program and Trainee Review Committee granted the hospital approval to train residents in programs such as traditional rotating ...

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