Phillip Frost
CEO and Chairman
Miami Connection
Frost donated $35 million in 2011 for the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Downtown Miami's Museum Park, followed by $10 million in 2015 for its planetarium, creating a key hub for science, aquarium exhibits, and Everglades education. He endowed the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, boosting arts and music programs. The Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology at UM reflects his lasting medical legacy in South Florida.
About
Born around 1936, Phillip Frost is a trained dermatologist who served in the U.S. Public Health Service and taught at the University of Miami School of Medicine before chairing dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He founded IVAX Corporation, a multinational pharmaceuticals firm in Miami, and later became chairman of TEVA Pharmaceuticals. Frost invented a disposable punch biopsy tool and therapies for rhinitis, cell disease, and diabetes, earning induction into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Deeply connected to Miami, he resides on Star Island with his wife Patricia and serves on the University of Miami board of trustees. Currently, he is CEO and Chairman of OPKO Health, a Miami-based healthcare company focused on diagnostics and therapeutics.