UCF Research Advances Understanding of Sarcomas

A UCF College of Medicine researcher is working with researchers from Yale School of Medicine to expand the understanding of sarcomas – a rare and…

Stroke Patient Thanks Physicians Who Saved Him

Lauren Brown awoke at 4:30 AM and found her husband, Alex, rocking back and forth on the side of the bed.  She asked what he…

Meet Our Preceptors: Drs. Castaneira and Cooper

More than 600 community physicians serve as preceptors at the UCF College of Medicine – educating third- and fourth-year medical students going through clerkship, elective,…

“Bras For A Cause” Supports Mammograms for Underserved Women

UCF Lake Nona Hospital will hold its annual “Bras for a Cause” event Oct. 2-6 to raise funds to provide mammograms for underserved women. And…

UCF Research Expands Understanding of Leukemia

UCF researcher Hatem Kaseb is advancing medicine’s understanding of the genes involved in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), one of the most aggressive and deadly forms…

UCF Lake Nona Hospital Is LEED Gold Certified — A First In Florida

UCF Lake Nona Hospital announced Friday it received LEED Gold certification — the first and only hospital in Florida and only the 28th in the…

Med School Part of Historic Civilian Space Flight to International Space Station

When the first four civilians travel to the International Space Station April 8 they will be working with a team of University of Central Florida…

UCF/HCA Gain Historic Numbers of Residents

A record number of medical students – 200 – matched into UCF/HCA Healthcare residencies Friday as the graduate medical education (GME) partnership, one of the…

UCF/HCA Begin First Tallahassee-Based Residencies In Dermatology, Psychiatry

UCF’s College of Medicine and HCA Healthcare are starting their first residencies at Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee — in dermatology and psychiatry, two…

Med Student, Community Say Thank You To First Responders

When medical student Brittany Perry told leaders of UCF’s new hospital she wanted to provide treats for first-responders treating COVID-19 patients, they thought she might…

HCA Opens New Simulation Center to Train Nurses

HCA Healthcare North Florida Division announced the opening of a $5.5 million state-of-the-art simulation training center in Central Florida designed to empower and support nurses…

UCF Lake Nona Medical Center Offers Incisionless Brain Surgery Essential Tremor Treatment

UCF Lake Nona Medical Center announced today it is the first hospital in Central Florida to provide incisionless brain surgery to treat essential tremor and…