UCF College of Medicine: Research, Patient Care, Education, Service

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Making Our History

University of Central Florida College of Medicine was established in 2006 by the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors to address the growing physician shortage nationwide and provide economic benefits to Central Florida and the state. The college currently includes M.D. program and the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences.

In August 2009, we welcomed an outstanding charter class of 41 students. The class had the highest average MCAT score and GPA of any incoming class of medical students in Florida, and with more than 4,300 applicants, the college was among the most selective in the nation. Starting 2013, the M.D. program will admit 120 students each year, while Burnett School is already home to more than 2,300 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

As a new medical school, we offer students opportunities not available anywhere else, allowing them to prepare for careers in every discipline of medicine and focus on individualized areas of study and research. More...

We offer degrees in:

Biomedical Sciences
Biotechnology
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Medicine
Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Breaking New Ground

UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona is a state-of-the-art complex for medical and biomedical education and research. We are building strong partnerships with the surrounding medical city and local community. The emerging life sciences cluster will transform the Central Florida economy and by 2017 will help create more than 30,000 jobs and have a projected annual economic impact of $7.6 billion. More...

News

Florida Crossroads Features UCF

02/04/10

UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences Associate Professor Dr. James Turkson will be featured on Florida Public Broadcasting's Florida Crossroads. The episode also spotlights FSU and FIU's medical colleges. Locally, the program will broadcast at 10:00 a.m. on February 7 and February 14, on WMFE-Channel 24.1, Orlando and WDSC-Channel 15.1, Daytona Beach. More...

First Dual Malaria/Cholera Vaccine

01/26/10

UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences researcher Dr. Henry Daniell has developed what promises to be the first low-cost dual vaccine against malaria and cholera. The new technique using genetically engineered tobacco and lettuce plants provides a way to get vaccines to people who need them most and can least afford them. More...

Students Tour College Of Medicine

01/26/10

Ten students from Orlando's Bishop Moore High School toured the UCF College of Medicine Tuesday in the college's first "real world" learning experience for local young people who are interested in medicine. More...

Stroke's Death Signal Discovered

01/21/10

Biomedical scientists from the University of Central Florida and Louisiana State University have identified a way to block a "cell death signal" that they believe triggers brain damage during strokes. Strokes, also known as cerebral ischemia, are caused by inadequate blood flow to the brain and are the third-leading cause of death in the United States. More...

Florida Newsmakers of 2009

01/01/10

Past year saw culmination of years of effort that went into creating a "medical city" in southeast Orlando - a bustling biomed hub predicted to transform Central Florida's economy. UCF College of Medicine welcomed charter class in August. Burnham Institute opened the doors of its new facility in October. Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, also home to new M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Institute, opened as well. More...

Aggressive Brain Tumor Treatment

12/21/09

Biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida have found a protein that could hold the key to treating one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults. Glioblastoma multiforme, the type of malignant brain tumor that killed the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, is difficult to treat because it spreads cancerous cells to other parts of the brain very quickly. More...

UCF Story of the Decade

12/18/09

More than 2,000 votes were cast to select the top University of Central Florida stories from the 2000s, a remarkable "Decade of Opportunity" for the university. First on the list was UCF opening the doors to its College of Medicine in 2009, the culmination of an opportunity that had been years in the making. More...

Grand Rounds with Dr. DeCampli

12/01/09

UCF College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty Member William DeCampli, M.D. will speak during the Pediatric Grand Rounds on "Outlook for Survival and Neurodevelopment in Children with Congenital Heart Disease" at Winnie Palmer Hospital, Auditorium, Classroom 2 at 8:00 a.m. More...

OBJ Recognizes Dr. Kolattukudy

11/10/09

Dr. Pappachan Kolattukudy, director of UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, has been named among the Orlando Business Journal's 2009 Health Care Heroes. Each year the OBJ recognizes leaders in the community who are making significant contributions to health care in their respective fields. More...

Brain Cancer Research Offers Hope

11/10/09

Researchers at the UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, in partnership with Florida Hospital, have identified a specific gene marker present in brain tumor stem cells. Knowing how tumor stem cells are different from normal cells, scientists may be able to find ways to stop tumors from developing. More...

Med Students Volunteer at RMH

11/05/09

Twenty medical students from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine will cook and serve meals to families of ill children Saturday, November 7, at the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Arnold Palmer Medical Center. It will be the first official community service event for the 41-member charter class, which began classes in August. More...

Dr. Alex Cole Receives Gates Grant

10/21/09

University of Central Florida Associate Professor Alex Cole just landed a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Grand Challenges Explorations grant will support an innovative global health research project led by Cole. The research shows promise in reviving a dormant gene found in humans and coaxing it to produce retrocyclin, a protein that resists HIV. More...

M. D. Anderson Center Opens at BSBS

10/20/09

The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has opened its new research facility in the UCF College of Medicine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building. This is the third institution to open its doors at the medical city at Lake Nona. More...

Medical City in Florida Trend

10/13/09

The cover story of October's Florida Trend magazine features the medical city at Lake Nona.The article "Medical City is Changing Florida's DNA," discusses Florida's new biotech cluster forming around UCF College of Medicine's new campus. More...

Professor Lands NIH Grants

10/05/09

UCF College of Medicine Associate Professor and child advocate Cristina Fernandez-Valle just landed two federal grants worth $2 million to research a disease that can leave children and young adults deaf, partially paralyzed, or brain damaged. More...

The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is an integral part of the College of Medicine, making it a research-intensive medical school where cutting edge medical research spans the entire spectrum from laboratory bench to bedside. The Burnett school vigorously pursues its mission to build nationally recognized research and education programs in biomedical sciences. The school is committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education and building innovative interdisciplinary research programs to discover solutions for important biomedical problems that will help find cures for major diseases and provide a highly creative environment for education programs. More...

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Construction Continues

The Medical Education building and the Burnett Biomedical Sciences building comprise the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona - part of the growing medical city. The Burnett building is complete and work on the The Medical Education building is expected to be fully completed in May 2010. More...

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