Welcome to the Neighborhood: UHealth SoLé Mia

Just a short drive from Aventura Mall, UHealth SoLé Mia Medical Center in North Miami brings nationally ranked academic medicine into the heart of the community. The seven-story, 363,000-square-foot campus pairs top specialists and advanced technology with a setting designed to heal.

“Our vision for UHealth SoLé Mia is to expand the delivery of the future of academic medicine today,” says Vandana Pathak, AVP, Ambulatory Operations. “This facility brings together world-class specialists, leading-edge technology, and an unparalleled patient experience, all in one destination… now in their own community.”

A New Destination for Academic Medicine

As UHealth’s largest ambulatory center, SoLé Mia is a cornerstone of the system’s plan to bring high-acuity care where people live and work. It joins UHealth Doral Medical Center and The Lennar Foundation Medical Center, extending the expertise of the flagship hospital in downtown Miami into a neighborhood setting.

“SoLé Mia represents a transformative leap forward for health care delivery in South Florida,” Pathak explains. “Patients benefit from access to nationally ranked institutes, advanced diagnostics, outpatient procedures, surgery capacity, and a seamless digital patient experience. It’s academic medicine reimagined for accessibility, convenience, and excellence.”

Inside, patients encounter the programs that define UHealth’s reputation in cancer, eye health, urology, and more, working together in what Pathak calls “a unique clinical ecosystem.”

“Patients benefit from coordinated, multidisciplinary care led by experts who set national standards in their fields,” she notes. “For the community, it means rapid access to comprehensive care plans, clinical trials, advanced treatments, and expertise that historically required travel to our flagship hospitals.”

Technology, Design, and Care

Every physician at SoLé Mia is AI-enabled on day one, and the center is designed to feel as welcoming as it is advanced.

“AI at UHealth SoLé Mia is not a future concept — it’s embedded in care today,” Pathak explains. “Physicians use AI-assisted clinical tools such as ambient documentation, automated coding support, guided scheduling, and smart check-in technology. This means less time typing, less administrative burden, and more face-to-face time with patients.”

The building itself follows the same philosophy. Natural light, calm sightlines, curated artwork, and quiet lounges soften the experience of a clinical visit. The details are intentional, created with feedback from the patients themselves, because healing is not only clinical; it’s also emotional, sensory, and human.

That experience is anchored by UHealth’s Magnet with Distinction™ nursing culture, the gold standard in nursing, and a recognition UHealth holds as the only health system in Florida. “Our Magnet-recognized nursing culture shines at SoLé Mia through compassionate, evidence-based care and a strong focus on safety, patient advocacy, and continuous improvement,” Pathak says.

What It Means for the Community

For many families in North Miami and Aventura, the level of care UHealth provides once meant a long drive to the downtown medical campus. UHealth SoLé Mia changes that equation.

“Today, it’s minutes from home,” says Vandana. “Being located in the heart of the SoLé Mia community brings advanced specialty medicine to families in North Miami, Aventura, and surrounding communities, making life-saving expertise more accessible and reducing barriers to care.”

Looking ahead, UHealth SoLé Mia is designed to be a model for what comes next across the health system, from expanded specialty services and same-day capabilities to deeper use of AI and digital tools that personalize care. The approach being piloted here, patient-centered, technology-enabled, and rooted in academic expertise, will inform how UHealth grows across the region.

For Aventura Mall guests and neighbors, it adds up to something simple and powerful: the level of innovation, expertise, and compassion once associated only with a major medical campus is now part of everyday life—close to home and built for the community that surrounds it.