Kelsey’s Kids – UCF Med Student Juggles Crisis Care With Medical Training
05/19/2016The 5-year-old was so terrified he was trembling, refusing to cross the threshold into the house. Twenty minutes later, he was rough housing with a...
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Class Day 2016 Celebrates Med School Journey
05/19/2016Amid cheers, chants and high-fives with the UCF mascot Knightro, College of Medicine seniors gathered for the last time before graduation May 18 to celebrate...
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Med Students Prep For Hospital Rounds With Simulated Training
05/16/2016Going from the classroom to the hospital can be nerve wracking for rising third- year medical students entering their clerkships. And with a recent report...
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KNIGHTS Event Honors Service To Others
05/13/2016Johanna Soto came to the College of Medicine May 11 to say thank you – for the healthcare she can’t afford because she doesn’t have...
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Scientific Diversity Highlights Graduate Research Symposium
05/12/2016A dozen graduate student scientists presented their research addressing health conditions from tuberculosis to heart disease May 5 at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences...
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“The Epitome of Empathy” — Medical Students Respond to Classmate’s Tragedy
05/02/2016UCF medical student Kesha Thomas was driving home from surgical training in Davenport when she received the call from one of her teenage daughters: Their...
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M.D. Student David Cantu Honored By Medical Board
04/22/2016The Florida Board of Medicine recently honored UCF medical student David Cantu with its Chairman’s Recognition Award for “exemplifying the professionalism, moral character, compassion, and...
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Med Student Creates Another Winning Invention
04/18/2016 A UCF medical student has won a statewide innovation and entrepreneurship award for a computerized imaging process that could help doctors diagnose diseases of...
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High Tech Teaching Draws Would-Be Students At “Second Look”
04/11/2016At one end of the classroom, Dr. David Harris, associate professor of physiology, demonstrated a computerized mannequin that mimics symptoms and shows vital signs on...
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Match Gift Honors Memories
03/18/2016Neesha Patel is passionate about children, global health, volunteerism – and art. And on March 18, the fourth-year UCF medical student used her lifelong crafting...
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Match 2016: UCF Dreams Take Flight
03/18/2016Ramone Eldemire ripped open his sealed envelope with shaking hands, let out a “whoop,” jumped in the air and said four words that summarized his...
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AOA Inducts 19 Students, 2 Residents
03/17/2016The College of Medicine’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, inducted 19 M.D. students and for the first time two residents...
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