Faculty News

Lifestyle medicine promotes healthy lifestyle choices, allowing the body to protect and heal itself, which in turn prevents, treats and often reverses the underlying lifestyle-related causes of disease. Lifestyle medicine is evidence-based and constantly evolving, and it can help improve the lives of patients in a way that works for them. In a radio interview with…

2018 continues to be a great year for UCF Health as the practice expands. To top it off, six UCF Health physicians have been named top/best doctors in the Orlando area in 2018 by Orlando Magazine. The awarded physicians include: Dr. Marcia Katz – Pulmonology & Critical Care Medicine Dr. Maria Cannarozzi – Internal Medicine Dr. Mariana…

Dr. Paulson recently earned the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) diplomate credential. According to the ABOM, “Certification as an ABOM diplomate signifies specialized knowledge in the practice of obesity medicine and distinguishes a physician as having achieved competency in obesity care.” Obesity is the most common chronic disease in our society. Patients can visit…

Your health is the key to so many aspects of positive aging. One of the biggest threats is one of the most overlooked — arthritis. One out of every four people lives with arthritis and it’s the number one cause of disability today. One of the most debilitating forms of it is rheumatoid arthritis, something…

Some eye conditions are related to growing older. But that does not mean you have to live with it. Listen to this radio interview with Dr. Patel for insight into common eye conditions in older adults and what you can do to protect and improve your vision. Listen to the full interview

Dr. Shazia Beg, a UCF Health rheumatologist at our Lake Nona office, has published a study along with Dr. Saleh Naser from the UCF College of Medicine that shows a link between rheumatoid arthritis and a common bacteria found in about half the cows in the United States. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, known as MAP, may be…