Biomed Student Earns UCF’s First Voyager Scholarship

UCF junior Andrea Hernandez Gomez, a biomedical sciences and chemistry major, was one of 100 college students selected nationwide to receive the 2024 Voyager Scholarship…

UCF/HCA Florida Healthcare Create First Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

The UCF College of Medicine and HCA Florida Healthcare announced today the partnership’s first Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. The ACGME-accredited program will be located at HCA…

Celebrate SimWeek: 2 Clinical Skills Staff Members Receive International Certification

As the College of Medicine celebrates SimWeek 2024, two staff members have earned international certification by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Mary Ann…

Meet Our Preceptors

We continue featuring physicians who serve as preceptors at UCF’s College of Medicine. Today we highlight Dr. Jose Torres-Miranda, a psychiatrist at the Orlando Veterans…

UCF Welcomes M.D. Class of 2028

Before med school, Calvin MacDonald helped create 3D-printed bionic arms for children. Natalie Marshall hopes to become her family’s fifth generation physician, and in honor…

Sanford is Home to Inaugural UCF-HCA Healthcare Residency

This week, two young physicians began their Internal Medicine residency training at HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, FL – another first for the…

Meet Our Preceptors: Dr. Darwin Ang

We continue our series featuring community physicians who serve as preceptors at UCF’s College of Medicine. Today we highlight Dr. Darwin Ang, a surgeon at…

UCF to Expand Space Medicine Research, Curriculum Aimed at Keeping Space Travelers Healthy

UCF’s College of Medicine has hired an internationally recognized space medicine expert to expand research into how spaceflight affects humans and create a space medicine…

UCF Graduates 117 New Physician Knights

They started medical school during a worldwide pandemic, when ICUs were full and a vaccine undiscovered. They met during Zoom classes from their off-campus homes….

Two Earn College’s First M.D./Ph.D. Degrees

Friday’s UCF College of Medicine commencement brings the program’s first M.D./Ph.D. graduates – physician-scientists who conducted advanced research while learning to care for patients.  Michael…

Prospective Students Preview UCF M.D. Program

Prospective Students Preview UCF M.D. Program Students from across the United States came to the UCF College of Medicine recently to preview the college before…

Meet Our Preceptors: Dr. Schweizer

We continue our series of features on community physicians who serve as preceptors at the UCF College of Medicine. Today we highlight Dr. Heather Schweizer,…