{"id":362436,"date":"2026-08-04T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362436\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:10:11","slug":"helen-and-jacob-shaham-academic-medical-center-miami-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362436\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen And Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center, Miami: First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHelen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center, Miami<\/p>\n<p>The Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center in Miami represents a partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida International University<\/a> (FIU; Miami) and <a href=\"https:\/\/baptisthealth.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Baptist Health South Florida<\/a> (Coral Gables, Fla.), bringing together patient care, education, and research under one roof.<\/p>\n<p>Funded through a $158 million State of Florida appropriation, the 7-story, 163,000-square-foot building will be the university\u2019s first on-campus academic medical facility. The center will support interprofessional training across FIU\u2019s nursing, physician assistant, occupational therapy, and other allied health programs.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating outpatient care with medical education<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated learning spaces for medical students and residents will be integrated alongside outpatient services, including multispecialty care, diagnostic imaging, same-day surgery, infusion therapy, and a retail pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p>Expected to open in 2028, the project aims to address Florida\u2019s projected physician shortage by expanding medical education, clinical training, and healthcare access in the community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: fill;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/interactive-186438570069.png\" alt=\"Healthcare Design NL\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AI-driven planning strategies, flexible learning environments<\/p>\n<p>The project team, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stantec.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stantec<\/a> (Miami and Philadelphia), is incorporating artificial intelligence-driven planning strategies while designing flexible learning environments with lounge areas and teaching alcoves embedded throughout the clinical floors.<\/p>\n<p>Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center project details<\/p>\n<p>Location: Miami<br \/>Target completion date: 2028<br \/>Owner: Florida International University<br \/>Total building area: 163,000 sq. ft.<br \/>Total construction cost: Not disclosed<br \/>Cost\/sq. ft.: Not disclosed<br \/>Architect: Stantec<br \/>Interior designer: Stantec<br \/>General contractor: Robins &amp; Morton, Thornton Construction Company<br \/>Engineer: BNI Engineers (structural), TLC Engineering Solutions (MEP)<\/p>\n<p>Project details are provided by the design team and are not vetted by Healthcare Design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center, Miami The Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center in Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-362436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}