Mon May 23
“so this is what it feels like,” Naina Sharma said as she donned the cap and gown she borrowed from a graduate after Friday’s College of Medicine commencement. Now an internal medicine resident at Hofstra University in New York, Sharma graduated from UCF in 2020 but because of COVID-19 only had a virtual ceremony. Friday…
Thu May 19
For future emergency physician Michael Chiang, medicine and hospitality go hand-in-hand in ensuring a patient-centered experience. On Friday, he will become the first UCF student to graduate with his M.D as well as a master’s in hospitality as part of the College of Medicine’s 10th graduating class. The newest Physician Knights mean UCF’s young medical…
Thu May 19
A new clinic has opened at UCF to best support Huntington’s disease (HD) patients and their families. The UCF clinic and its sister site at the AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute is designated as a partner site to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the University of South Florida. UCF’s clinic offers multidisciplinary…
Tue May 10
(Photo by Jason Greene) Sanjeev Gurshaney is caught in a crossroads of enthusiasm at 9 a.m. The UCF junior would like to take time to explain his research on immunotherapy-based medical treatments. But he really would like to start his daily 30-minute commute to the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in Lake Nona. “If I’m awake,” Gurshaney…
Thu May 5
The literary character Sherlock Holmes is best known for his uncanny ability to crack unsolvable cases through the power of observation and by making connections often missed by the average person. Meet the microbiology world’s Sherlock Holmes – UCF Assistant Professor of Medicine Salvador Almagro-Moreno. His work in the field over the past 20 years and…
Thu May 5
J Justin Barthel loves science and medicine — the meticulous details of how the body’s systems, chemicals and cells create health and fight disease. After he graduates with university honors from UCF May 6, he will join Mayo Clinic to conduct cancer research — the next step toward his dream of becoming a physician and…
Mon Apr 25
More than 50 young people from across the nation engaged with the College of Medicine April 15 as part of the largest gathering of unrepresented minority medical students in the nation. The Student National Medical Association’s Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC) met in Orlando over four days and included a visit to the UCF Health…
Thu Apr 21
As a teenager, Sahiba Ahmed sold bagels to raise money to fight cystic fibrosis (CF), a progressive disease that causes persistent lung infections, limits breathing, and also afflicts her cousin. Today, as a sophomore at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, the young scientist is spearheading her own research to help to find better treatments…
Tue Apr 19
In episode 22 — the eighth of season two of Knights Do That — we speak with Michael Chiang ’20MS, who is specializing in emergency medicine and is the first UCF student to graduate with a dual-degree M.D. and master’s in hospitality, shares what drew him into these fields, how he plans to use both…
Tue Apr 19
The residency, which recently received initial ACGME accreditation, is the third UCF/HCA graduate medical education program at the hospital — Obstetrics/Gynecology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation began last year. With the latest addition, the UCF/HCA consortium has 33 accredited residency and fellowship programs across Florida, training almost 520 doctors to meet the state’s physician shortage.…
Tue Apr 19
The residency, which recently received initial ACGME accreditation, is the third UCF-HCA graduate medical education program at the hospital — obstetrics/gynecology and physical medicine and rehabilitation began last year. With the latest addition, the UCF/HCA consortium has 33 accredited residency and fellowship programs across Florida, training almost 520 doctors to meet the state’s physician shortage.…
Mon Apr 11
Students from various health-related programs are once again teaming up to provide health screenings and resources to a population of underserved farmworkers in Apopka, Florida. By working together, students learn what it means to put the patient at the center of care and to rely on various health professionals to bring their area of expertise…
Mon Apr 11
An innovative device developed by University of Central Florida and Orlando Health researchers can save doctors critical time during life-or-death operations, like heart surgery. Their real-time blood monitor provides instant blood analysis to let surgeons know if a deadly problem in many surgeries — blood coagulation — is happening. Current tests can take up to 30 minutes,…
Thu Apr 7
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 doctors to study how space travel affects the human body, particularly the eyes and brain. Three faculty physicians at UCF Health, the College of Medicine’s clinical practice, are collaborating with Axiom Space…
Thu Mar 31
On April 7 – UCF Day of Giving, the UCF College of Medicine is inviting the community to support our future physicians and scientists by making a gift to support their education. First held in 2018, UCF Day of Giving is a university-wide campaign that invites the community to make a direct impact by donating…
Mon Mar 28
While growing up Joseph Vaccaro ’21MS was told that the mind is a beautiful thing that should be used to improve the world. It’s that parental mantra that helped him discover his path from Montrose, Pennsylvania, to College of Medicine Professor Saleh Naser’s laboratory at UCF. Naser studies the association of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis(MAP) with Crohn’s disease…
Wed Mar 23
As UCF medical students, they devoted themselves to the forgotten — farmworkers, the homeless, the uninsured. And at Friday’s National Match Day, as they learned where they will do residency training, many of the soon-to-be physician Knights took the next step in helping those in need. The 107 students who matched into residencies include the…
Tue Mar 22
Included in the new residents are 16 students from UCF’s College of Medicine – the largest in the history of the UCF/HCA consortium that began in 2014. By July, UCF and HCA will be training over 560 residents and fellows in 31 accredited programs across the state. “We are thrilled with the high level of…
Mon Mar 14
Our human bones are under constant attack. From the moment we are born, they are fending off against aging and degenerative diseases. Some begin to crumble under the weight of cancer and there is evidence that time in gravity free space also weakens our bones. At UCF, Melanie Coathup is working to find ways to…
Wed Mar 9
Drs. Salvador Almagro-Moreno and Kyle Rohde, infectious disease experts at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, are this year’s winners of UCF’s Research Incentive Award for the College of Medicine. The award recognizes outstanding research, scholarly or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. Dr. Almagro-Moreno’s research focuses on a…