{"id":146844,"date":"2025-05-19T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//?p=146844"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:55:03","slug":"ucfs-college-of-medicine-celebrates-commencement-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//ucfs-college-of-medicine-celebrates-commencement-2025/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844//","title":{"rendered":"麻豆原创’s College of Medicine Celebrates Commencement 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vasiliki Beleri ’21 ’25MD wiped tears from her eyes moments after graduating as a 麻豆原创 physician Knight. Nearby stood her father, who had once lost three fingertips while working at the family/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u2019s Central Florida restaurant. Beleri was 10 when the accident happened. She sterilized and rebandaged his wounds every night when he returned home from work./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201cI was so excited to play doctor,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201cEven as a child I knew medicine was my calling./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/n

Beleri was one of 119 麻豆原创 College of Medicine graduates who earned their medical degrees on Friday. She will now go onto the University of Texas to become a family medicine resident, a specialty she chose so she can care for entire generations /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u2014 from newborns to seniors. As she gathered with her family outside Addition Financial Arena, she hugged her grandmother, Vasillo. The family matriarch was asked how it felt to have a granddaughter as a doctor. Beleri translated the question into Greek. The grandmother looked to the heavens, covered her heart with her hands, and said, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201cI feel full./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/n

With Friday/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u2019s commencement, 麻豆原创/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u2019s young medical school has graduated 1,312 physicians. This year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/u2019s class had a 100% residency placement rate and will go onto residencies across Florida and the nation in specialties that include surgery, psychiatry, pediatrics, OB-GYN, radiology and primary care./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146844/n