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AdventHealthforChildren.com/ER A part of AdventHealth Orlando 19-SYSTEM-04547 19-SYSTEM-04547 Nonahood News June Feel Whole.indd 1 5/14/19 4:21 PM LOCAL LEADERS the College of Medicine came out of the agree to serve their country for ground. “I remember the college when it one year for each year of scholar- We Graduated was just grass,” she said. “The UCF College ship. So, in addition to graduating of Medicine was in my backyard. It was al- Friday, Tran received a military th ways my dream to be here.” promotion along with four other Our 609 medical school military officers. The day before graduation, Emmanuel was Now he’s off to Walter Reed Na- honored as one of the Class of 2019’s top Physician tional Military Medical Center in students – she earned all A’s during four Bethesda, Md., where he will train years of medical school. In June, she be- in orthopedic surgery. Knight gins her pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. “I don’t want to sound “UCF has been a huge part of my BY DR. DEBORAH C. GERMAN, M.D. cliché, but UCF does stand for opportu- life – I’ve spent about a third of my nity,” she said. “Ever since I came here, so life here,” he said. many opportunities have opened up for me. UCF double Knight Arron Smith I’ve been able to meet mentors and teach- served in Iraq as an Army nurse ers who have helped shape my values and and met his future wife, Melissa, showed me how to be a good doctor. They there – she was also an Army have definitely helped shape the way I will nurse. They earned their nursing practice medicine in the future.” degrees at UCF, worked as nurs- Jeremy Tran, also a “double Knight,” did es, and then decided to pursue cancer research as a UCF undergraduate medical school. Dr. Melissa Smith and was selected for the Order of Pegasus graduated in the Class of 2018. – the university’s most prestigious student This year, dressed in full military honor. As a medical student, he helped uniform, she pinned her husband lead the student-run free KNIGHTS Clinic with his new military rank after and earned the Florida Board of Medi- he received his M.D. diploma. Ar- cine’s Chair’s Recognition Award as a fu- ron will join his wife in residency ture leader in the medical profession. A training at Madigan Army Medi- self-described “Navy brat,” Tran entered cal Center in Washington state. the military’s Health Professions Schol- “It’s exhilarating for both of us to Dr. Deborah German arship program, which covers tuition and be part of the UCF legacy,” he said. living expenses for medical students who UCF undergradu- This graduation season, the UCF College ate and now UCF- practice here. UCF has basically been with of Medicine graduated 117 new doctors, trained physician me this entire journey.” and with the Class of 2019, we’ve gradu- Lauren Fragapane grew ated 609 Physician Knights in the last up in Oviedo and gradu- As our new doctors begin their residencies four years. ated with honors as an at hospitals across our community, state undergraduate biomedi- and nation, they will be strong ambassa- This year’s class included 18 students who cal sciences major. She dors for our emerging Medical City. They also did their undergraduate work at UCF was named the Class of have done well. I can’t wait to see them – the most in our history. These “double 2019’s top student, re- fulfill their dreams. Knights” include a UCF-trained Army ceiving the Dean’s Award nurse who served in Iraq and a musical for academic, clinical and theater actress who found her medical professional excellence. Deborah German, M.D. is the Vice calling while caring for the poor. She will do her neurology President for Health Affairs and Found- Jais Emmanuel is one of the UCF under- residency at the Univer- ing Dean of the UCF College of Medicine.