Mon Apr 20
UCF Health, the College of Medicine physician practice, is extending its telehealth services, adding more specialties to the platform and offering care via computer or phone to new and established patients. The expansion comes as healthcare providers nationwide respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing orders from local and state governments.…
Fri Apr 17
Stars of HOPE Program Manager Kelly Burns is urging others to share their stars with a message of support to healthcare providers and first responders, including grocery store clerks, delivery drivers and sanitation workers. The UCF College of Medicine is promoting a new way of thanking healthcare providers and other first responders on the front…
Thu Apr 16
Dr. Caridad Hernandez, professor of internal medicine and a leader in providing care to Orlando’s homeless, has been accepted as a fellow in the 2020-2021 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. ELAM is a core program of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of…
Thu Apr 16
Anne Showalter put on her interview suit, checked the Wi-Fi connection to her computer and took a seat at the desk in her bedroom. She logged into Zoom and waited. After six years of researching metastatic breast cancer at UCF, she was ready to present her dissertation defense — the process where. Ph.D. candidates must…
Wed Apr 15
Zeynep Elshaer, who is majoring in biomedical sciences and Spanish at UCF, wants to be a doctor who won’t let language get in the way of delivering good care. In her own family, Elshaer has seen firsthand the struggle of her Middle Eastern mother to grasp what exactly a doctor is telling her. It wasn’t just a language barrier,…
Wed Apr 15
FLAGSHIP, UCF’s online research journal channel for the College of Medicine, is expanding to medical schools across Florida to increase submissions from students, medical residents and faculty. Since opening in 2016 within the Cureus.com platform, FLAGSHIP has published 135 articles with nearly 60,000 content views. Its research — from basic sciences to clinical case reports — can…
Fri Apr 10
Through mentorship, Dr. Luciana Garbayo transforms students’ learning experiences. Students of Dr. Luciana Garbayo get more than a lecturing professor. They get a research partner, a collaborator and a highly engaged mentor. “I love working with students,” says Garbayo, assistant professor, College of Medicine. “The authentic desire to learn and the openness for self-discovery are…
Wed Apr 8
Masks that protect doctors and nurses from COVID-19 only block the virus before it reaches their faces, but UCF researchers are working to create a protective coating that would include a novel mask material that would catch the virus and kill it within seconds. Sudipta Seal, an engineer specializing in material science and nanotechnology, initiated this project…
Mon Apr 6
Three faculty members and one student from the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences are among UCF’s annual Founders’ Day awardees. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements of the faculty members, staff and students. This year’s winners are: Claudia AndlAssociate ProfessorExcellence in Graduate Teaching Award Dr. Andl is a member of the cancer research division at the…
Mon Apr 6
ACollege of Medicine faculty physician and retired Air Force colonel-select has been recalled to military service to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeff LaRochelle, assistant dean of medical education, reported today to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey and was immediately sent to the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan to care for patients. The…
Wed Apr 1
As a legislative correspondent on healthcare policy for then U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, David Gittess knew he wanted to have a more direct impact on patients. The quest led him to UCF’s College of Medicine, where his passion for helping has earned him a national Excellence in Public Health Service Award. The honor, given by the…
Mon Mar 30
Andrea Berry, the College of Medicine’s director of faculty life, was elected chair of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs, (SGEA), an organization that enhances the development of medical educators. The organization represents apart of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and represents 50 medical schools in the southern United States. As chair elect,…
Mon Mar 30
“What’s the craziest thing you’ve experienced in the ER?” I’m often asked that question when people find out I practice emergency medicine. I became a doctor because I find great fulfillment in the charge and challenge of helping people who are suffering. Though I’m sure innocent curiosity drives that inquisitiveness, sharing the suffering of others…
Tue Mar 24
UCF’s Board of Trustees approved Tuesday the first four partners for a new university cancer center that will bring a new level of cancer care and research to Orlando’s growing Medical City. Trustees approved four leases that will bring in $1.87 million a year in rent of the $2 million-a-year mortgage payment UCF is initially making on the center. College…
Mon Mar 23
Taylor Murphy ’15 and Marisa Taddeo met on their first day of medical school, and on Friday — as newlyweds — they became the latest residents to match into UCF residency programs with HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division. Murphy will do his internal medicine residency and Taddeo her psychiatry training at the UCF-HCA Greater Orlando residency…
Fri Mar 20
Jaclyn Marrinan spent a year in West Africa fighting the Ebola outbreak. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to redefine society’s new normal, the UCF medical student learned Friday she’ll do her residency training at Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital. Marrinan was one of 120 College of Medicine students who virtually experienced their long-awaited Match Day,…
Tue Mar 17
Almost a year since beginning his pediatrics residency at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Dr. Gabriel Williams strides confidently through the hospital halls and is greeted warmly by nurses and staff as he enjoys a lull in his hectic day of seeing patients, updating attending physicians and overseeing patient care. “Being at Nemours keeps me grounded on…
Tue Mar 17
U.S. News & World Report today ranked 27 UCF graduate programs in the top 100 of their fields nationally, according to the publication’s 2021 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Seven of the programs are taught in the College of Community Innovation and Education, including UCF’s highest-ranking program, Emergency and Crisis Management, which was ranked No. 2 in the…
Wed Mar 11
Lara McElderry, a life coach and podcast host of “Married to Doctors,” spoke at the UCF College of Medicine on March 5, about seven contentious issues in relationships that can be especially challenging with medical providers: traditions, roles, goals, values, sex, money and the past. “When you add medicine into a relationship, you add more to those…
Mon Mar 9
Five College of Medicine faculty are among 31 women being honored by UCF Faculty Excellence during March for Women’s History Month. The women were nominated by peers and colleagues for their impact on campus and the wider community. This year’s College of Medicine honorees include physicians, a racecar-driving molecular biologist, a librarian and a researcher…