Commencement 2025 — “I Knew Medicine Was My Calling”
05/16/2025Vasiliki Beleri wiped tears from her eyes moments after graduating as a UCF Physician Knight. Nearby stood her father, who had once lost three fingertips...
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News & Information Archive
Graduating Seniors Reflect on Biggest Lessons Learned at UCF
05/02/2025As they gathered for the last time before graduation, UCF College of Medicine seniors celebrated on Friday their memories, accomplishments and lessons from the last...
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Graduating Biomedical Sciences Students Achieve Success
04/30/2025Personal health experiences — and opportunities UCF provided through its DirectConnect program — have culminated in academic success, undergraduate research experience and exciting futures for...
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“I Have Seen the Differences a Great Doctor Can Make”
04/24/2025Throughout medical school at UCF, Katherine Cohen has been inspired by how dedicated, caring physicians improve the lives of their patients. That inspiration and her...
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Improving Patient Care Through Better Communication
04/07/2025Data shows that communications problems are the most frequent root cause of serious patient safety events. As part of the UCF College of Medicine’s commitment...
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11 Students Match Into UCF-HCA Healthcare Residencies
03/21/2025Elizabeth Culberson and Sean Kennedy are now double UCF Physician Knights – After graduating from medical school in May, they will do their residency training...
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100% Match Placement – UCF Medical Students Open Doors to Their Futures
03/21/2025An accidental meeting with an orthopedic surgeon changed J.D. Schwartzman’s life when he was in middle school – and Friday, 20 years later, the dream...
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Serving Veterans Inspires UCF Med Student’s Residency Choice
03/19/2025UCF medical student Zachary Self hadn’t decided on a specialty for his medical career – until he cared for patients at the Orlando VA Medical...
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FIRE Celebrates Medical Student Research
03/10/2025A love for pickleball turned UCF medical student Isaac Soloveychik into a medical researcher who discovered that physical activity outdoors improves mental health more than...
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Dr. Kyle Benkel Honored as 30 Under 30 Alumni
02/28/2025Dr. Kyle Benkel, a 2024 College of Medicine graduate who traded his UCF football jersey for a white coat, was named Friday as a UCF...
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Meet Our Preceptors — Richard Henriquez, M.D., Orlando VA Medical Center
02/24/2025Dr. Henriquez is a two-time UCF graduate. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Health Sciences from UCF and after graduating from Ross...
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Meet Our Preceptors – Dr. Helen Thuy-Duong Vo, Orlando VA Medical Center
01/21/2025Dr. Helen Thuy-Duong Vo offers an Anesthesiology elective for our fourth-year medical students at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona. An associate professor,...
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