120 Students Join UCF to Become Physician Knights
Pepi Dostal was inspired to enter medicine by his grandmother, a physician who cared for her village in the Czech Republic. Often paid with eggs…
Medical Students Scatter Donor Ashes, Paying Respects to Their First Patients
UCF Medical students recently traveled to the Atlantic Ocean to spread the ashes of their first patients – donors who willed their body to science to train the next…
New UCF Study Links Microgravity, Space Radiation to Accelerated Aging
What happens to the human body in space may help scientists create new anti-aging therapies. UCF’s Michal Masternak and his team have identified molecular changes…
Meet Our Preceptors: Dr. Kayla McGrath, Nemours Children’s Health
Dr. Kayla McGrath is a board‑certified pediatric anesthesiologist and assistant professor of anesthesiology at Nemours Children’s Health and UCF’s College of Medicine. She completed her…
UCF Researcher Studying Probiotics to Fight Acid Reflux, Esophageal Cancer
Patients with acid reflux, which occurs when stomach acid pushes up into the esophagus, know the symptoms all too well: heartburn, belching, chest pain and…
UCF Scientist Leads Research to Break Through Harmful Bacterial “Fortresses”
College of Medicine Assistant Professor Renee Fleeman continues to refine a powerful therapy for drug-resistant bacteria that pierces the gooey coating that anchors and protects such germs…
Improving Quality of Care, Patient Safety
Mary Claire Stark cares for newborns in intensive care. Maria Tadros helps military veterans suffering from heart failure. Both are focused on improving healthcare and…
UCF Researcher Develops “Smart, Tiny Bubbles” to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease
A cell 500 times thinner than a human hair could heal hearts and kill cancer cells, thanks to a patent-pending technology created by a UCF…
UCF Graduates 109 New Physician Knights
Holly Moots spent 13 years at UCF, fulfilling her dream to become a physician-scientist who can advance medical care for Floridians. Jemual Shaylor is a…
“FIRE’D” Up About Med School Research
College of Medicine students presented their original research May 11 — on topics ranging from cancer to whether patients trust when their doctors use artificial…
UCF Scientist Sends Blood Clotting Research to Space
When NASA launches its latest voyage to the International Space Station on May 12, it will carry a blood clotting experiment from the UCF College…
Meet our Preceptors: Dr. Sampathkumar (Sam) Shanmugham, Florida Neurology, PA
Known to learners as Dr. Sam, Dr. Sampathkumar Shanmugham has been involved in teaching College of Medicine students since 2009, first as a volunteer/affiliated faculty…