COVID-19 did not stop their match. It did not stop their graduation, and now as they take their positions as doctors across our nation, UCF’s newest physicians are helping to stop COVID-19. Last month, 117 UCF medical students became Physician Knights in a virtual graduation personalized with their thanks to family, friends, faculty, and even their patients. COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Lake Nona – You’re Now Part of Our New Academic Health Sciences Center
When classes began at UCF last month, the Lake Nona community became part of the university’s new Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC). And I hope you will be as excited as I am about the opportunities that lie before us. This new center brings together all of UCF’s health-related colleges and programs with the goal of increased opportunities for interprofessional education, … [Read more...]
Med School Can See, Count Cancer Cells in Blood Thanks to Patient’s Family
On a computer screen, the enemy is a misshapen neon-colored blob – a metastatic cell that’s spreading cancer to the lungs, brain and liver. Thanks to a donation from a Winter Park cancer patient’s family, UCF College of Medicine researchers now have machines that can isolate, photograph and count these cancer cells from a single tube of blood. With the technology, scientists … [Read more...]
Nemours Children’s Hospital Receives Accreditation for Pediatric Residency Program to Begin July 2019
Lake Nona’s own Nemours Children’s Hospital has officially received the much sought-after credentials from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and will launch its first Pediatric Residency Program in July 2019. This program is not only a step forward for Nemours but also for the state of Florida as a whole, being that Florida currently ranks 41 out … [Read more...]
How Food Can Be ‘Thy Medicine’
UCF medical student Emily Freisen carefully measures out a teaspoon of mustard that will go into salad dressing. At other workstations, her classmates are chopping carrots and peeling onions. The group of 13 students has traded in their white coats for chef’s whites as part of a six-week collaborative culinary medicine course run by UCF’s College of Medicine and the Rosen … [Read more...]