Med Student Earns Scholarship for Community Service Efforts
08/12/2020As a young girl, Lisvet Luceno saw firsthand the importance of community service as her family depended on free clinics for their healthcare. Now a...
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Physician Staying In Osceola To Care For “The New Family I Love”
08/07/2020As a young physician, Mustafa Kinaan helped build UCF’s new residency and fellowship programs. After five years of training, he’s staying in Greater Orlando to...
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M.D. Admissions Go Virtual
08/03/2020Medical school interviews have gone virtual this year as the UCF College of Medicine supports public-health efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. Rather than...
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Burnett School Graduates 100+ Scientists Amidst Pandemic
07/30/2020On Saturday, 121 young scientists will graduate from the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in a virtual commencement due to COVID-19 physical distancing requirements. Those...
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As Med School Begins, “You Are Needed Now More Than Ever”
07/27/2020 Kyle Benkel traded his UCF football jersey for a white coat Monday — even though his new uniform, recognizing him as a physician-in-training, came...
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UCF Cancer-Fighting Technology Licensed To Pharmaceutical Giant
07/21/2020 One of the biggest pharma companies in the world will use a nanoparticle technology developed at the UCF College of Medicine in hopes of...
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COM Says Farewell To Two Founding Faculty
07/13/2020The College of Medicine recently bid farewell to two founding faculty members – Drs. Mujtaba Husain and Genaro Lopez – who officially retired from service...
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Dr. Klapheke Takes On New Role In Psychiatry Residency Program
07/09/2020As the UCF-HCA Orlando Psychiatry Residency Program enters its third year, Dr. Martin Klapheke who previously served as the program’s director has been named director...
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UCF and HCA Programs Celebrate Graduating Residents
06/19/2020The taskforce of healthcare workers battling COVID-19 got a much-needed boost with the addition of 137 newly trained physicians who are ready to enter practice....
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Study Creates First Ever 3D Map of Heart’s Neurons
06/12/2020A team of UCF College of Medicine scientists have helped develop a virtual 3D heart that shows the body’s neurons and their connection to the...
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UCF White Coats For Black Lives – “This Is What Love Directs Us To Do”
06/09/2020UCF medical students Lake Lindo and Joshua Salzman have known each other since kindergarten – they grew up together in Orlando, played YMCA basketball together....
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UCF Researchers Start Projects to Fight the Pandemic
06/09/2020As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, College of Medicine researchers are doing their part to fight it. The medical school recently awarded $20,000 in...
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