Testimonials
Board of Directors
Jeffrey L. Horstmyer, M.D.
Jeffrey Horstmyer is a member of the United HomeCare (UHC) Board of Directors. He is the founding chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Florida International University (FIU) Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. In addition, Horstmyer is chairman of the FIU Council of 100, a member of the FIU Board of Directors, a member of the FIU Advisory Board of Biomedical Engineering and of the Frost Art Museum.
Prior to joining the UHC Board, Horstmyer practiced medicine in the Miami area for more than 20 years. He has held a number of leadership positions in the medical and academic communities of Miami, including president of the Mercy Hospital Medical Staff and member of the hospital's Board of Trustees, Chief of the Division of Neurology at Mercy Hospital, chairman of the Emergency Room Committee at Health South Doctors Hospital, and a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in South Florida. He is also a founding member of the Dade County Stroke Consortium. Dr. Horstmyer is a founder and chairman of the MS Centers of Florida Foundation and the Founder of the MS Center of Miami.
For his 10 years of dedication towards procuring a medical school at FIU, he was awarded the Kal Kovens Distinguished Community Service Medallion. In addition, he has received numerous honors from the community such as the awards from the Penalver Clinic, Camillus House and San Juan Bosco Clinics for providing free neurological care to homeless and indigent patients.
Horstmyer is a graduate of Emory University Business School and the University of Miami School of Medicine.