Class of 2019 Celebrated
05/16/2019 The 117 members of the Class of 2019 were celebrated for their resilience throughout their medical school journey at the annual Class Day event...
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News & Information Archive
Lyme Disease Research Featured On NBC-Affiliate News
05/16/2019Lyme disease is the leading tick-borne bacterial disease in the world resulting in more than 30,000 cases per year in the US alone. Lyme disease’s symptoms...
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Graduation Spotlight: A Heart For Service
05/15/2019Having served patients at free clinics from California to New York, Jeff Chen says helping to lead UCF’s student-run KNIGHTS Clinic has been “the best...
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Burnett Symposium Showcases Student Research
05/10/2019Having watched her big brother suffer from arthritis, Namita Varudkar knew at an early age she wanted to help solve medical mysteries. Now a third...
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Supporting Students Gave Her Joy
05/10/2019After eight years of providing academic counseling and support to future physicians, Zoe Brown-Weissmann’s retires from UCF College of Medicine May 10, after seeing her...
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Graduation Spotlight: A Second Chance To Make A Difference
05/08/2019Before medical school, Jason Smith was a corporate investigator who helped catch thieves, “but at the end of the day, I’d go home and those...
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UCF Lake Nona Medical Center Hosts “Topping-Out” Celebration
05/03/2019Construction teams placed the final steel beam atop UCF Lake Nona Medical Center May 3 in a “topping-out” ceremony for a new hospital one worker...
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From the Stage to the Lab – Burnett Graduate Aims To Cure Brain Disease
05/03/2019Anna Leonard found her passion for singing at an early age. But after watching family members suffer from brain diseases, the classically trained singer shifted...
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Graduation Spotlight: A Voice For Children’s Health
04/29/2019 Morgan Beebe fell in love with musical theater as a teen because “performing was the one thing I felt like was my own. All...
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Medical School Well-Wishers Leave Mark On Hospital’s Final Beam
04/29/2019First-year medical student Pooja Selvam’s words will forever be part of UCF Lake Nona Medical Center as she joined students, faculty and staff April 29...
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Two Faculty Members Honored for Teaching Excellence
04/29/2019In recognition for their productivity and excellence in teaching, two College of Medicine faculty members, Dorilyn Hitchcock, assistant professor at the Burnett School of Biomedical...
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Lessons in Compassion From A Patient’s Memoir
04/24/2019Mallory Smith was only three when her chronic cough and runny nose were diagnosed as cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disease that would eventually take...
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