Health District (Miami)

The Health District, also known as the Civic Center, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami, Florida. The Health District is bound roughly by Northwest 20th Street and 14th Avenue to the northwest, the Dolphin Expressway and the Miami River to the south and west, and the Midtown Interchange and I-95 to the east.

Health District
Civic Center
Neighborhood of Miami
Miami's Health District with the Midtown Interchange (foreground) and Miami International Airport (background) in June 2010
Miami's Health District with the Midtown Interchange (foreground) and Miami International Airport (background) in June 2010
Health District ("Civic Center") within the City of Miami
Health District ("Civic Center") within the City of Miami
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyMiami-Dade County
CityMiami
Government
 • City of Miami CommissionerRichard Dunn
 • Miami-Dade CommissionersAudrey Edmonson
 • House of RepresentativesCynthia Stafford (D)
 • State SenateLarcenia Bullard (D)
 • U.S. HouseFrederica Wilson (D)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,705
 • Density5,565/sq mi (2,149/km2)
Time zoneUTC-05 (EST)
ZIP Code
33136
Area code(s)305, 786

The Health District has the country's largest concentration of medical and research facilities after Houston.[1] The neighborhood is composed primarily of hospitals, research institutes, clinics and government offices, and is the center of Miami's growing biotechnology and medical research industry. It is the home of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the University of Miami's Life Science and Technology Park.[2][3] The Health District is approximately five minutes north of downtown Miami via rapid transit on the Miami Metrorail.

History
Jackson Memorial Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the largest hospital in the United States with 1,547 beds[4]

The neighborhood has its roots as a health district with the opening of Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1915, with some of the original buildings, such as The Alamo still standing. Today, the Alamo serves an era museum of Jackson's history throughout the years. Jackson Memorial Hospital is the major public hospital of Miami, and Jackson's hospital in the Health District is the health system's primary hospital.[5]

Hospitals and research institutes

The Health District is the center of Miami's medical, research and biotechnology industries, and as such is home to many of the city's largest hospital systems. The largest is the public hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, which also has two branch hospitals in northern and southern Miami-Dade County. Jackson has affiliations as teaching hospitals with the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine since 1952 and more recently with Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Other hospitals include: Miami VA Medical Center, University of Miami Hospital (formerly Cedars Medical Center), and Holtz Children's Hospital.[6]

Some of the research institutes in the Health District are:[7]

Transportation

Civic Center is served by Metrobus throughout the area, and by the Miami Metrorail at:

The Health District is served by Civic Center station, a station of the Metrorail rapid transit system. It connects directly to all the major hospitals and research centers, and connects the district to Downtown Miami, Dadeland, and Hialeah, as well as to Miami's commuter rail system, Tri-Rail. In March 2012, the new Miami Trolley system inaugurated its first route which passes through Civic Center on its way to Marlins Park.

Education
The University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine campus in the Health District in July 2016

Colleges and universities

Historic Civic Center
Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami, Florida

References
  1. "A new University of Miami research park hopes to jumpstart Miami's science industry - Business Monday - MiamiHerald.com". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. "Miller School of Medicine - University of Miami". www.med.miami.edu.
  3. "University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park". www.umlsp.com.
  4. "100 of the largest hospitals and health systems in America", Becker's Hospital Review, July 2010
  5. "404". www.jhsmiami.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-09. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  6. "University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park". www.umlsp.com.
  7. "University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park". www.umlsp.com.
  8. "Medical Campus - Miami Dade College". www.mdc.edu.

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