South Florida’s most prominent, best-known female philanthropists will attend a lunch and fashion event Friday at the Biltmore Hotel to raise money for student scholarships for Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM). The invitation-only event takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, February 12, at the Biltmore Hotel, Alhambra Room, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, 33134. The event is open to members of the news media.
A celebration of the new medical school’s current and future growth, the luncheon includes presentations from Dean John Rock, M.D., and Executive Associate Dean for Student Affairs Sanford Markham, M.D., as well as several medical students who benefited from scholarships. The event also includes informal modeling of local designer Victoria Lopez Castro’s spring 2010 collection.
About the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
The FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM), which admitted its first class in August 2009, has announced its mission to train a new breed of high-quality physicians who are culturally sensitive and dedicated to serve the local community’s needs. Its innovative programs include Neighborhood HELP, which will send medical students into the community along with their counterparts in social work, nursing and public health. The HWCOM is expected to have a multi-billion-dollar economic impact on Miami-Dade County, creating thousands of local jobs and eventually contributing millions every year to the state’s coffers. For more information, visit http://medicine.fiu.edu/