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UCF College of Medicine: Research, Patient Care, Education, Service

Making Our History

The University of Central Florida College of Medicine was established in 2006 by the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors to address the growing physician shortage nationwide and provide economic benefits to Central Florida and the state.

We welcomed an outstanding charter class of 41 students in August. The college will gradually increase class size and by 2013 will admit 120 students each year. The charter class had the highest average MCAT score and GPA of any incoming class of medical students in Florida this year, and with more than 4300 applicants, the college was among the most selective in the nation.

Each of the first 41 students received a full scholarship – tuition and living expenses – for all four years. This is an unprecedented opportunity in the history of medical education. Our charter class has been selected with care and will establish a permanent legacy for all classes to come.

As a new medical school, the college offers students opportunities not available anywhere else. Our M.D. program allows students to prepare for careers in every discipline of medicine and to focus on an individualized area of study and interest through research.

We Offer Degrees in:

  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Breaking New Ground

Comprehensive and innovative, the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona will be a state-of-the-art complex for medical education, health sciences education and biomedical research. The medical school is building strong partnerships with the surrounding medical city at Lake Nona and the Central Florida community. The emerging life sciences cluster will help transform the Central Florida economy. According to the most recent economic impact study, by 2017 the UCF College of Medicine, combined with the adjacent community partners, will help create more than 30,000 jobs and have a projected annual economic impact of $7.6 billion. More...

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OBJ Recognizes Dr. Kolattukudy

Dr. Pappachan Kolattukudy, director of UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, has been named among the Orlando Business Journal's 2009 Health Care Heroes. Each year the OBJ recognizes leaders in the community who are making significant contributions to health care in their respective fields. More...

Brain Cancer Research Offers Hope

Researchers at the UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, in partnership with Florida Hospital, have identified a specific gene marker present in brain tumor stem cells. Knowing how tumor stem cells are different from normal cells, scientists may be able to find ways to stop tumors from developing. More...

Med Students Volunteer at RMH

Twenty medical students from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine will cook and serve meals to families of ill children Saturday, November 7, at the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Arnold Palmer Medical Center. It will be the first official community service event for the 41-member charter class, which began classes in August. More...

Dr. Alex Cole Receives Gates Grant

University of Central Florida Associate Professor Alex Cole just landed a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Grand Challenges Explorations grant will support an innovative global health research project led by Cole. The research shows promise in reviving a dormant gene found in humans and coaxing it to produce retrocyclin, a protein that resists HIV. More...

M. D. Anderson Center Opens at BSBS

The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has opened its new research facility in the UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building. This is the third institution to open its doors at the medical city at Lake Nona. More...

Medical City in Florida Trend

The cover story of October's Florida Trend magazine features the medical city at Lake Nona.The article "Medical City is Changing Florida's DNA," discusses Florida's new biotech cluster forming around UCF College of Medicine's new campus. More...

Professor Lands NIH Grants

UCF College of Medicine Associate Professor and child advocate Cristina Fernandez-Valle just landed two federal grants worth $2 million to research a disease that can leave children and young adults deaf, partially paralyzed, or brain damaged. More...

Encore Presentations of WFTV Special

UCF TV will air encore presentations of WFTV special: UCF College of Medicine: Players, Vision, and Future at the following times:

  • Sunday, 10/11/2009 at 2:00 p.m.
  • Friday, 10/16/2009 at 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, 10/17/2009 at 4:00 p.m.

You can watch it on UCF TV/WBCC Digital Channel 68.2, Bright House Networks Digital Cable Channel 1, or Central Florida on Demand Bright House Networks Channel 300. More...

Scientist Finds New Bacteria Path

UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that plays an important role in the spread of a deadly food-borne bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. More...

Luminary Series Event

University of Central Florida professor Dr. Ella Bossy-Wetzel will discuss the mysteries of aging and neurodegeneration at the upcoming College of Medicine Luminary Series program on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at the Orlando Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are required. More...

BSBS Team Finds Fat-Cell Regulator

A team of scientists from UCF College of Medicine's Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, headed by director Dr. Pappachan Kolattukudy, have discovered the gene that controls development of fat cells and could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity. More...

UCF Welcomed the Charter Class

UCF welcomed the Charter class of College of Medicine students with a community event that featured a surprise announcement, record-breaking achievements, and promises for the future. More...

Students Discuss Opportunity

Orlando's WKMG, Channel 6 ran an episode on UCF College of Medicine's inaugural class featuring interviews with incoming students. "I chose UCF because I was going to be part of making history," student Serena Amin said. Serena and her peers will be part of the White Coat Ceremony on Monday morning. More...

Mayors Declare White Coat Day

First students begin classes at the med school August 3. They will begin their first day by participating in a special White Coat Ceremony - a tradition that welcomes students into the medical profession as apprentices. Orange County and Orlando City Mayors Richard T. Crotty and Buddy Dyer declared this date White Coat Day to show their support for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. More...

Medical Students Arrive at UCF

Ten days away from the opening of the UCF's highly anticipated new medical school, the college welcomes two students of the Charter class on a walk-through. More...


COM Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is an integral part of the College of Medicine. In addition to the M.D. program, the College of Medicine includes undergraduate and graduate programs in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences housed in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. The College of Medicine is committed to promoting excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, building innovative interdisciplinary research programs, and discovering solutions for important biomedical problems, while providing a highly creative environment to foster our educational programs.

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Construction Continues

The Medical Education building and the Burnett Biomedical Sciences building comprise the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona. Work on the Burnett building is expected to be fully completed soon. Classes at the new Medical Education building are scheduled to begin in August 2010. The medical city at Lake Nona also includes the completed Burnham Institute for Medical Research, as well as the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nemours Children’s Hospital, and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando Cancer Research Institute among others. More...

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