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Dr. Mehul Patel performed cataract surgery, combined with minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, for three siblings six weeks before Christmas in time to enjoy the season’s holidays. Jacqulyn Thompson’s holiday season is much brighter than it’s been in years. Thanks to the care of UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice’s ophthalmologist Dr. Mehul Patel, Thompson and her…

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UCF unveiled a new 38-foot UCF Heath Mobile Health Clinic on Wednesday, designed to bring free, high-quality healthcare directly to communities that need it most. The clinic also serves as a mobile classroom, preparing UCF healthcare students in programs including medicine, nursing, physical therapy and speech-language pathology with hands-on experience delivering community-based care. “This new…

Orlando Family Magazine has recognized 10 UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice doctors as among the community’s finest. The honorees include physicians in multiple specialties and are based on reader nominations. Here are the Orlando Family Magazine honorees: All UCF Heath Faculty Physician Practice doctors are faculty at the UCF College of Medicine and care for…

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…

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…