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The day after her graduation from the UF College of Medicine, Sonja Boulware is planning to start a new life on the other side of the U.S.

Fourth-year medical student Liliana Bustamante knew she wanted to be a doctor, even as a child in Colombia, South America. But when her family emigrated to South Florida when she was 16, she struggled to speak English and wasn’t even sure how to apply to medical school in the U.S.

Twenty-one students chose a primary care specialty, such as family or internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics/gynecology. Twenty-seven percent will stay in Florida for their residencies, with 17 percent doing their residency at UF, said Patrick Duff, M.D., the college’s associate dean for student affairs.

People — patients, medical students, residents and colleagues — are what a five-decade career in the UF College of Medicine has been about for neonatologist Donald Vern Eitzman, M.D., a distinguished service professor emeritus of pediatrics.

The Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, which celebrates compassion in medicine, inducted 24 medical students, six residents and two faculty members during an event at the Paramount Plaza Hotel and Conference Center.

Taking an unauthorized photo of a patient and posting it on Facebook is a giant no-no for health-care providers, who follow strict federal guidelines protecting patient privacy. But what if the patient is a little girl in Ecuador……

Dr. Marian C. Limacher has been named senior associate dean for faculty affairs and professional development for UF’s College of Medicine……

Second-year medical students Alejandra Fuentes and Diana Mora are this year’s Project HEAL trip leaders……

Christian Jeannot, born and raised in Haiti, remembers waking up to his grandmother crying every morning……

The 130 members of the UF medical class of 2010 received their medical degrees Saturday, May 22……