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…
Drop Off Unwanted Prescription Drugs at UCF Lake Nona Medical Center April 24
On Saturday, April 24, UCF Lake Nona Medical Center will participate in the 20th Drug Take Back Day, an initiative organized by the Drug Enforcement…