Reactions To Opening Of UCF Lake Nona Medical Center
03/01/2021“On behalf of the nearly 1.4 million residents who call Orange County home, thank you for your commitment to bringing this important resource for hope...
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News & Information Archive
See Inside UCF Lake Nona Medical Center
03/01/2021On March 1, the UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, which was developed in partnership with HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division, will begin to serve the...
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Remembrance Event Brings Call for Equity, Acceptance
02/27/2021“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” Maya Angelou Medical students on Feb. 25 unveiled artwork in remembrance of those lost to racial...
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Dr. Rohde Receives Grant To Fight Infection Common in CF Patients
02/25/2021An estimated 30,000 people in the United States suffer from cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that makes patients prone to persistent lung infections. One of the most debilitating...
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Med School Names New Diversity Leader
02/24/2021Tracy MacIntosh, M.D, M.P.H., M.S., FACEP, is the College of Medicine’s new Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Selected after a national search, Dr....
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How Racial Injustices Continue to Impact Women’s Healthcare
02/18/2021Black and indigenous women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy and birthing complications than whites, according to the Centers for...
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COM Grads Featured on FOX 35 Black History Month Series
02/18/2021UCF College of Medicine graduates Drs. Gabe Williams and Monet Winslow were featured by FOX 35 Orlando as part of its Black History Month highlights....
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GME Psychiatry Faculty Member Wins National Teaching Award
02/11/2021Dr. Daniel Witter, who leads the UCF-HCA psychiatry residency program at North Florida Regional Medical Center, has received a national award for the way he...
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Black History Month Talk Highlights One of Orlando’s First Black Doctors
02/11/2021During segregation, when most white doctors wouldn’t treat African Americans, residents of Orlando’s historically black neighborhood relied on care from Dr. William Monroe Wells, a...
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Everybody Has A Story – Student, Staff Share Experiences At Human Library Event
02/04/2021Nader Tabsh credits Lady Gaga with helping him accept his homosexuality as a Muslim teenager growing up in the United Arab Emirates. Her song, Born...
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Virtual Global Health Conference On Pandemics Gets Record Number of Attendees
02/01/2021“Think globally. Act locally.” These are the words infectious disease expert Dr. Lilian Abbo said guided her pandemic response efforts at Miami’s Jackson Health System...
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M.D./Ph.D Student is First To Receive NIH Grant
01/27/2021The American Cancer Society estimates that about 1 in 21 men and 1 in 23 women in the United States will develop colorectal cancer during their lifetime. Michael Rohr,...
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