University of Miami
Biomedical Research Building
1501 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 909
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 243-7444
www.isci.med.miami.edu
The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami was established to pioneer work in the use of adult stem cells for the repair of malfunctioning human organs. The goal of the Institute is to find new treatments for heart disease, neurological disease, bone disease, diabetes, cancer, eye diseases and other chronic, debilitating, or incurable diseases. University of Miami scientists have led in the development of procedures to extract adult stem cells from bone marrow, and have conducted ground breaking research in cell-based therapy for the diseased human heart. This type of procedure can be adapted for other diseased tissues, such as liver, lung, spinal cord disease, bone disease, and diabetes. The end result of stem cell therapy is a cure for diseases that have as yet defied conventional therapies.
Established: 2008
Director: Joshua M. Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Joshua Michael Hare, M.D., is chief of the Division of Cardiology, Louis Lemberg professor of medicine, professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology, and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Hare graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He did his residency at Hopkins and fellowships at Hopkins, Harvard University and The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Hare was Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and director of cardiac transplantation at Johns Hopkins, leading their heart failure program, before he joined the faculty at University of Miami.