Citizenship Equals Service
03/21/2019Dr. George Yazigi raised his right hand, took his oath of American citizenship, and then sped off to care for immigrant farmworkers in one of...
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News & Information Archive
“Today Is Joy”
03/15/2019 Gabriel Williams opened his match envelope, fist-pumped and cheered, “I got Nemours!” – capping off a Match Day at the UCF College of Medicine...
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UCF-HCA Residencies Blossom At Match Day 2019
03/15/2019 UCF’s residencies have 193 new residents and fellows after Friday’s National Match Day – including nine students who will graduate from the College of...
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Match Is Second Chance To See Grandson Fulfill Dream
03/15/2019Evelyn Stoeckert beamed with pride as she watched her grandson, Jacob Sambursky, take a step closer to becoming one of those healers who gave her...
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Student Recognized By Florida Board Of Medicine
03/15/2019Medicine and the military run in Jeremy Tran’s family. He grew up as a self-described “Navy brat” – his father is a 28-year veteran and...
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Dr. Salazar Says Farewell
03/15/2019“Match Day is always an emotional time but it’s more emotional for me than usual. I’m vested in these students – more than any other...
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Huntington’s Disease Research Featured on Midwest ABC Affiliate
03/15/2019Scientists describe Huntington’s disease as having Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) all at the same time. A mutant gene causes the disease...
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Every Second Counts: Learning How To Treat An Opioid Overdose
03/11/2019“Can you hear me, Mr. Smith?” UCF medical student Monet Winslow asks as she leans over her patient, a 65-year-old man found unconscious in his...
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A Med Student’s Perspective on Physician Suicides
03/11/2019Third-year med student Anthony Brenner couldn’t help but notice an atmosphere of gloom in the first days of his anesthesiology clerkship at a local hospital....
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College of Medicine Women Shaping UCF History
03/08/2019Three College of Medicine faculty are among 31 women being honored by UCF during March, Women’s History Month. The honor recognizes women who have helped...
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AOA Honors Service Excellence
03/08/2019Twenty medical students and four residents were recently inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national honor society of medical students, which recognizes scholarship, leadership,...
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Providing Patient Care in the Wild
03/05/2019 Johnathen Diaz was stranded in the wilderness, confused, nauseous and taking rapid, shallow breaths. When rescuers arrived, they noticed the mucous membranes in his...
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