UCF Health Ophthalmologist Offers Advice on Cataracts, Treatment
June 19, 2024
Cataracts unfortunately come with age, and recently UCF Heath Ophthalmologist Dr. Monika Farhangi visited the university’s Legacy Pointe retirement community to tell residents about cataracts and how they can be treated. Cataracts occur when the eye’s lenses become cloudy over time, causing blurry vision, colors appearing faded and difficulty seeing at night. The condition is…
Lifestyle Medicine Group Sessions
March 22, 2024
Starting April 26, 2024 Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Group Visits to Empower you to make lifestyle changes which will help if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or metabolic syndrome. If you have any of these conditions set up a lifestyle medicine visit with Dr. Sharon Wasserstrom to qualify for enrollment in group…
UCF-Trained Physician Joins Faculty Practice
March 18, 2024
Dr. Azin Azarfar, a rheumatologist trained in the College of Medicine’s residency programs, is returning to Orlando to join UCF Health, the medical school’s faculty physician practice. Dr. Azarfar will see patients at both UCF Health locations – in East Orlando and in Lake Nona. She is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and…
UCF Health Physicians Are Orlando’s Top Docs
January 3, 2024
Seven faculty physicians at UCF Health, the College of Medicine clinical practice, were honored as Top Docs in Orlando Magazine’s 24th annual survey. The magazine has two yearly recognition lists. “Top Doctors” honorees are determined by Consumers’ CHECKBOOK, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization. The “Premier Doctors List” is a peer reviewed study done by an…
UCF Health Adds 2 Primary Care Docs
October 18, 2023
UCF Health, the College of Medicine faculty practice, continues to grow, with two new primary care specialists joining the practice this month. All UCF Health physicians are faculty at the medical school. Both new physicians will be caring for patients at UCF Health’s East Orlando location, just blocks from the main UCF campus, at University…
UCF Health Physicians Named Top Docs
August 9, 2023
Nine UCF Health doctors were recently recognized as the community’s 2023 Top Physicians in an online poll by Orlando Family Magazine. The physicians, like all at UCF Health, are faculty at the UCF College of Medicine and teach medical students, residents and fellows while also conducting clinical research. This year’s honorees are: UCF Health is…
