What is University of Miami Health System Hiding?

University of Miami Health claims it stopped woke policies, but the details tell a different story.
What is UHealth Hiding?

Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI):

The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) deleted evidence of its DEI policies, but still has DEI at the core of the health system.

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Transgender Procedures:

UHealth recently deleted webpages highlighting its LGBTQ+ procedures and has a documented history of offering these services to kids.

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Climate Activism:

UHealth and the Miller School of Medicine is part of the GreenU initiative and committed to 3 pillars of sustainability.

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Questionable Hiring Practices and Lack of Oversight:

UHealth has also demonstrated an extreme lack of oversight—prioritizing woke practices and making questionable hiring decisions

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Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

  • The UHealth About Us page, says that they can only accomplish their mission by  “nurturing diversity, equity, and inclusivity.”
  • UHealth deleted evidence of its DEI policies, but still has DEI at the core of the health system.
  • In an article titled “Access for All” the UHealth Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center framed “achieving racial health equity” as a critical part of its mission and received a grant for its “robust ability to accrue minority/underserved populations.”
  • On since deleted webpages, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine stated it was “committed to fostering diversity” and hosted a “Task Force on Racial Justice.”
  • On the Miller School of Medicine’s “Culture Change” webpage, it “seeks to promote an affirming and energizing environment for our faculty.”
  • The med school also hosts steering committees and domain teams to push DEI-type policies. These groups lay out priorities such as “Analyze salaries of all faculty by department/division, share and discuss with leadership for developing recommendations to increase fairness and equity,” “Develop process for an annual review of faculty composition, including rank, female faculty and underrepresented minority (URM) faculty within each department,” and “Establish guidelines and milestones for reducing disparity among members in the same tracks.”
  • In an article announcing the Miller School’s Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, it states: “At the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, diversity is not just a goal, it’s essential to the business of health care.”
  • The med school’s also partnered with Miami Dade College to “expand opportunities for underrepresented students.” This program, administered through the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, “is free to participants and includes MCAT preparation, individual mentoring, portfolio review and development, mock interviews, clinical shadowing, and more. Students who attend in person also receive housing, meal, and transportation stipends.”

Transgender Procedures

  • In an interview, the director of UHealth’s Gender Affirmation Program stated publicly that 30% of her transgender patients were teenagers and that she was observing a shift toward younger patients.
  • Dr. Lydia Ann Fein leads the “transgender health program” and provides services for patients as young as 12-years-old.
  • UHealth also touted a top rating from the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index.
  • In 2024, the UHealth Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted the inaugural LGBTQ+ cancer summit to promote “health equity.” UHealth partnered with groups such as Aqua Foundation for Women, BLINC (Black LGBTQ+ Liberation, Inc.), The Pride Center, SunServe and Transinclusive Group to put on the event.
  • The UHealth Rapid Wellness Clinic still offers transgender services, including “prescriptions for feminizing and masculinizing hormones” and “referrals for consultations with surgeons and other specialists.”

Climate Activism

  • These commitments include eating less meat and serving more sustainable food, and reducing energy consumption.

Questionable Hiring Practices and Lack of Oversight

  • A UHealth doctor was fired after sharing graphic photos of transgender patients’ genitalia on his personal Instagram account.
  • In 2025, a patient, had his heart surgery canceled “last-minute” after UHealth surgeon Joseph Lamelas overbooked multiple patients. This same doctor was implicated with two other surgeons in a $15 million civil settlement where they were illegally billing Medicare by claiming they were performing multiple heart procedures simultaneously.
  • In 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would decertify and close the University of Miami’s “failing organ agency” after “years of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic underperformance, understaffing, and paperwork errors.”