Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ College of Medicine<\/a> will celebrate its 10th anniversary with fireworks and a one-of-a-kind culinary experience.<\/p>\nThe event will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the medical education building in Lake Nona and feature stations of cuisine from Orlando\u2019s top chefs and restaurants, as well as live entertainment from Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s talented students. Guests will commemorate the college\u2019s past, celebrate its present and get a glimpse of its future.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a decade together, I am still continually amazed by what we can achieve when we work together,\u201d said Dr. Deborah German, vice president for medical affairs and founding dean of the medical school. \u201cTen years ago, President Hitt\u2019s vision was of a medical school that would serve our Central Florida community by offering the very best in medical education, research and patient care. Today that dream has become a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The medical school stands at the hub of an emerging Medical City that includes one of the nation\u2019s largest VA hospitals, the VA\u2019s national simulation center and Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital. Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s medical students rank in the top quartile nationally in all measures of student performance. The college is unique nationally because of its almost 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students studying biomedical sciences. Through a partnership with Hospital Corporation of America, the medical school is growing residency programs at hospitals across Central Florida that will help alleviate the state\u2019s physician shortage.<\/p>\n
At the College of Medicine\u2019s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, researchers are developing collaborative approaches across disciplines, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ and the community to treat many of the diseases that plague humanity, including cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. The college now has three locations of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Health, its physician practice, where faculty physicians care for patients around the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next decade will see expanded growth in research and patient care,\u201d German said, noting that Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ is working to establish a partnership academic teaching hospital in Lake Nona with HCA and intends to expand its partnerships throughout the community. \u201cI can only imagine what we will accomplish together in our next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets are still available for the event. Proceeds support all College of Medicine missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2006 the state approved a new medical school for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½, and on Saturday the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ College of Medicine will celebrate its 10th anniversary with fireworks and a one-of-a-kind culinary experience. The event will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the medical education building in Lake Nona and feature stations of cuisine from Orlando\u2019s top chefs and restaurants, as…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":16987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[31,5,6,12],"tags":[653,1238,3356,15761,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-74660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-business-administration","category-colleges","category-community","category-health","tag-burnett-school-of-biomedical-sciences","tag-deborah-german","tag-nemours-childrens-hospital","tag-pegasus-briefs","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\n
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