UCF Military Officers Match Into Residencies, Ready To Give Back
12/18/2017mili Michael Povlow has always had “inner calling” to serve his country and that’s why he joined the Army before going to medical school. And when...
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WATCH: Standardized Patient “SP Dave” Wins Healthier Community Award
12/18/2017 David Shaheen is a retired NASA finance manager who has volunteered as a “Standardized Patient”, an SP, since the charter class entered UCF’s medical...
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Hearing Patients’ Stories Is Key To Good Care
12/18/2017Listening to patients “is the single most powerful tool in medicine,” and will never outweigh high-tech innovations, a national patient care advocate told medical students...
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“Doctor Mommy” Earns Ph.D., Stays At UCF To Continue Finding Cancer Cure
12/16/2017 Ana Carr’s passion is helping people with cancer. She lost her grandfather to the disease, volunteered at a pediatric oncology hospital in her native...
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Ailing Teen Gets Wish To Be Med Student For A Day
12/14/2017Tears streamed down Karen Culler’s face as she watched her teenage daughter Hannah receive her white coat from the UCF College of Medicine dean. The...
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UCF Research Aims To Create Smart Prosthetic Implants
12/14/2017UCF research may lead to an exciting future where blind people see again, neurostimulator implants help relieve chronic pain and war veterans feel the sensation...
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First-Generation Graduate Fulfilling Her Father’s Dream
12/13/2017 Jeanine Garcia was too young to remember the day her father Lazaro set sail from Cuba on a raft made of beer kegs and...
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“SP Dave” Wins Growing Bolder Award For Improving Community Health
12/11/2017A standardized patient who has helped educate medical students since UCF’s medical school opened in 2009 was honored December 6 for helping build a healthier...
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New Genetic Counseling Program Moving Forward
12/04/2017The College of Medicine has hired a program director for its new M.S. in Genetic Counseling program and hopes to begin teaching its first students...
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KNIGHTS Clinic Bridging The Health Care Gap In Central Florida
12/04/2017Like many Central Floridians, 60-year-old Shelly Garza does not have health insurance. But for the past three years, she has been able to get medical...
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Burnett Student Wins State Community Service Award, Featured In Forbes
12/04/2017What started off as a small project among a trio of friends providing blood pressure screening opportunities for the homeless has earned a pre-med student...
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New Test For Zika On Course For Commercialization
12/03/2017A new diagnostic test that can detect a Zika viral infection within 30 minutes could be headed to hospitals in the next year thanks to...
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