By HFT Staff

Construction recently started on the new Stantec-designed seven-story, 163,000-square-foot Helen and Jacob Shaham Academic Medical Center, a collaboration between Florida International University (FIU), South Florida’s public research university, and Baptist Health South Florida. 

Located on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus, the US$162 million advanced facility underscores FIU’s commitment to academic excellence and clinical research and reflects the growth of the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. 

The design reflects the brand identity and shared values of FIU and Baptist Health, further strengthening their collaborative partnership. Stantec is providing architecture, medical planning, sustainability consulting and other specialty services.  

The facility will bring education and patient care together in a powerful way, enabling medical students, residents and clinical faculty to learn and work together in the same environment where patients receive care every day. The center also will support interprofessional training for students across FIU’s health care disciplines, including nursing, physician assistant, occupational therapy and other allied health professions. 

It will include dedicated learning spaces for medical students and residents, along with a range of outpatient services. These will include multi-specialty care, diagnostic imaging, same-day surgery and infusion services. It also will feature an outpatient retail pharmacy, supporting coordinated, convenient care for patients in one location.  

The project is scheduled for completion in 2028.