

Our Devotion to
Enriching Lives
We are a team of more than 1,200 healthcare professionals who share a common goal: providing the highest quality of care to all who come to us for help.
Our Devotion to Enriching Lives
We are a team of more than 1,200 healthcare professionals who share a common goal: providing the highest quality of care to all who come to us for help.

A Greater Purpose
With an 80-year history, Miami Jewish Health has been built with a focus on tomorrow, hosting the latest clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, offering a comprehensive line of health services, managing senior living facilities and programs, and employing an innovative care model centered on empathy.
But our purpose extends far beyond the tasks we perform. We are here to have a positive impact on someone’s life and to become better as professionals and people. We count on each other’s skills and compassion, celebrate achievements and offer peace of mind in the face of challenges. We are empathic caregivers, advocates and partners who champion the healthy aging and life goals of our patients, residents and participants.
We stand for health and for a life lived to its fullest.
Mission
Our mission is to honor and enrich lives with empathy, purpose and grace.
Vision
Our vision is to be the leading source of healthy aging through our innovative continuum of care.
Values
Our core values are the guiding principles for our actions.
Safety
Respect
Compliance
Excellence

We value safety above all else. Our actions protect the well-being of everyone in our community.

We value respect and treat everyone with dignity, value their contributions and help one another succeed.

We value compliance and uphold the highest ethical and regulatory standards in our practices.

We value excellence, as we strive to be the best in everything we do and to continually improve.
Find Us
Miami Jewish Health Main Campus
- Skilled Nursing
- Nursing Home
- MIND Institute
- Independent Living at Irving Cypen Tower
- Assisted Living at Hazel Cypen Tower
- Administrative offices
- Foundation
Douglas Gardens North
Florida Pace Center - Miami
Florida Pace Center - Hialeah
Florida Pace Center - Westchester
Florida Pace Center - Miramar
An 80-Year Legacy
Since 1940, Miami Jewish Health has been a pioneer in geriatric care, growing to become an internationally renowned leader in healthcare.
1917
1939
1945
1954
1960s-70s
1980s-90s
2002
2004
2008
2013-2014
2019
Today
WWI Rescue
1917
A Jewish merchant rescues Adam Reiss from a mob attack fueled by WWI anti-German hysteria.

Historic Endowment
1939
As a gesture of gratitude, Adam Reiss leaves $10,000 to Ida Cohen for the establishment of a home for Miami’s elderly widowed Jews.
The late matron Ida Cohen and other civic leaders sign the articles of incorporation for the Jewish Home for the Aged.

Modest Beginnings
1945
“The Home” opens its 23-bed facility in a modest one-story house.

Unprecedented Growth
1954
The Douglas Gardens Campus opens and decades of growth begin.

Skilled Nursing Advances
1960s-70s
“The Home” becomes a national leader in geriatric long-term skilled nursing care.

Comprehensive Expansion
1980s-90s
Miami Jewish Health transforms from a nursing home to a continuing care campus, offering a wide range of services.

Comprehensive Care for Everyone
2002
Douglas Gardens Hospice is launched, along with the state’s first and only Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

Chronic Pain Breakthrough
2004
The Rosomoff Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, established in 1974 to treat patients with complex and chronic pain, moves to the Miami Jewish Health campus.

A Growing Campus
2008
Douglas Gardens North, a 26-acre site in Pembroke Pines, opens its doors.

Vital Partnerships
2013-2014
Miami Jewish Health partners with Seasons Hospice, and an inpatient hospice unit opens its doors on campus.

Memory Center Reinvention
2019
The MIND Institute is established by Dr. Marc Agronin to promote brain health and early diagnosis, management and support for people living with Alzheimer’s and other neurocognitive disorders.

Excellence in Numbers
Today
Together, Miami Jewish Health and its partner agencies now have more than 1,200 employees.

Our Leadership

Board of Directors
- John Richard – Chairman of the Board
- Ronald Fieldstone – Vice Chairman
- Jeffrey P. Freimark – President and CEO
- Susan R. Baker, MD PhD
- Wayne A. Cypen
- Patrick Martin
- Ellen Brown, EdD
- Jeffrey Rittenberg
- Ryan Shear
- Jay Solowsky
- Ricardo Garbati
- Arthur Unger
- Ronald Fieldstone