Monica Broome MD, FACP, FAACH, FAMWA

Dr. Monica Broome is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Communication Skills Program for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Her interest is in the neuroscience of communication, specifically physician-patient communication. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Communication in Healthcare. 

Dr. Monica Broome was the Director of the new Communication Skills Program for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine until her retirement in 2022, as well as the CEO of Arete Medical Enterprise, LLC. Her interest is in the neuroscience of communication specifically physician-patient communication. The scope of this program includes the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty development levels. Dr. Broome completed a three-year fellowship under the Director of Education Development in the Department of Medical Education, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. During her fellowship, she completed programs in the Macy Institute for Health Communication Curriculum Development and is certified as a master trainer of the Institute for Healthcare Communication. Her scholarly work includes presentations and workshops nationally for the Association of American Medical Colleges, Society of General Internal Medicine, and Southern Group on Educational Affairs, and internationally for the European Association for Communication in Health Care, the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, and the International Association of Law and Mental Health with the focus on communication skills training concerning conflict and bullying. She serves on the American College of Physicians Legislative Action Program for Health Care Reform and participated as a Florida delegate for Leadership Day in Washington DC. She served on the Editorial Board of Medical Encounter and Chaired the Committee on Communication and Technology for the 2006 American Academy on Communication in Healthcare Annual Research and Teaching Forum. Dr. Broome co-chaired the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare held in the USA in Miami, in October 2009.

Dr. Broome, formerly Dr. Harris, is an alumnus of the University Of Miami School Of Medicine. Her specialty is Internal Medicine for which she has received recognition and accolades from colleagues and patients, including a service award from the State of Virginia Department of Disabled American Veterans. She was the Founder and former Medical Director of the Women’s Veterans Comprehensive Health Program, in Hampton Virginia. Dr. Broome was selected as one of the representatives from the state of Florida to participate in a National Summit on Women’s Veterans Health Issues at the White House which resulted in a position paper for Congress. To continue her interest in promoting women’s health, Dr. Broome served on the Institutes for Women’s Health Education/Academic Training Subcommittee and currently serves on the Women in Academic Medicine at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Communication in Healthcare. Dr. Broome served for 2 years on the Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis Test committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and concurrently for the United States Medical Licensing Examination. USMLE is the sole licensing examination for allopathic physicians in the United States. She now serves on Communication Test Committee.