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Medicine and motherhood

“I never wanted to do anything in life except be a doctor and a mother,” she told an auditorium of medical students during her Sept. 8 lecture at the UF College of Medicine. The talk was part of the monthly History of Medicine lecture series.

COM welcomes new PhD students

The Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences at UF College of Medicine hosted a reception to welcome 30 new doctorate students on Aug. 17.

The gift and lesson of listening

There is a meaningful tradition that happens every year during the new student orientation week at the UF College of Medicine. The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs presents a surprise gift made possible by an anonymous donor to all first-year medical students.

A week of firsts for new med students

The 136 members of the UF College of Medicine’s class of 2015 arrived at the Communicore Building Monday morning in their best suits, ready to begin the challenging—and rewarding—journey that is medical school.

Dr. Peter Small’s challenge to 2011 grads

“I ask each of you new physicians here to take on a really big problem, a deep inequity, and work to solve it. There is no shortage of such problems if we open our minds to them. It is my belief that a shrinking and flattening world makes…

Outfitting tomorrow’s physicians

The UF College of Medicine’s class of 2013 was joined by nearly 1,000 family, friends, faculty, alumni and staff as they marked the transition from basic science education to clinical training during the 14th Annual White Coat Ceremony on Sunday, May 15.

Countdown to Graduation and White Coat ceremonies

This weekend, medical students of the class of 2011 and 2013 will share the stage of the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for two very important events in their medical careers: the College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony and White Coat Ceremony.

Someone to look up to

It’s telling, perhaps, that one of the first things Maureen Novak, M.D., did after accepting the 2011 College of Medicine Hippocratic Award was dish out a little praise of her own.