Welcome to the Florida Chapter of the IMIA. The IMIA's goal is for all IMIA Chapters to flourish to meet all the needs of the members of each region. While the IMIA is international it believes in the 'Think Global, Act Local' motto. We will have periodic conference calls to allow members in this region to network and find ways to advance the profession together in the region. Please email your representative with ideas, issues, and topics that you think should be discussed. The IMIA believes that organizing an IMIA Symposium each year in each state should be a key goal of the Chapter. If you are willing to volunteer to assist, please let your representative know.
 
Events
To find or post medical interpreting conferences or events in Florida go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/events/default.asp
 
Trainings
To find or post trainings and workshops in Florida go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/education/trainingnotices.asp.
 
Interpreters
To find IMIA members in Florida go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/corporate/find.asp
 
Corporate Members
To find IMIA Corporate members in Florida go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/corporate/corporatememberdirectory.asp
 
Registry
To be listed in the IMIA Interpreter Registry go to:
http://www.imiaweb.org/members/application.asp

FLORIDA INFORMATION & RESOURCES

Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
http://www.fridcentral.com/
 
Association of Translators and Interpreters of Florida  (ATIF)
http://atifonline.org/
 
Florida Hospital Association
http://www.fha.org/

Doctoring accross the language divide
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/25/3/808.full?rss=1

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Cities for National Board Written Exams:
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Miami
Orlando
Tallahassee
Tampa
West Palm Beach

For more information please visit http://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/

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The IMIA is pleased to announce that Grisel Hart is the IMIA State Chapter Chair for Florida. To reach her please email IMIAFlorida@imiaweb.org.

Grisell Hart, a language consultant with a Bachelors Degree in Modern Languages from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela. She is a Certified Medical Interpreter, Public Speaker and Proposal Writer.  She supervised the Language Services Department for a nationwide organization in Lake Mary, Florida where, she offered webinars on Diversity and Cultural Competency for insurance companies, and recruited and evaluated interpreters and translators in several languages.  She currently handles Grants, Special Projects and Events Coordination for the second largest City in the State of Florida, while still providing language consulting services, and coaching diverse organizations in the importance of Language Access.

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State Vice Chair Position Vacant

To Apply Please See Requirements for IMIA Representation:
http://www.imiaweb.org/uploads/docs/Requirements_for_IMIA_Representation.pdf.

Please Note:
Only one letter of recommendation is required for vice-chairs, not two.

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Former Florida State Reps
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Habib Serrano