{"id":153234,"date":"2026-05-18T12:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=153234"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:14:44","slug":"ucf-graduates-109-new-physician-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-graduates-109-new-physician-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Graduates 109 New Physician Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holly Moots \u201917 \u201924PhD<\/strong> spent 13 years at UCF, fulfilling her dream to become a physician-scientist who can advance medical care for Floridians. Jemual Shaylor \u201921<\/strong> is a U.S. Naval officer who will care for our nation\u2019s heroes. Isabella Castellano \u201922<\/strong> and Paxton Threatt met during medical school, got engaged and are now going onto Johns Hopkins \u2013 one of the nation\u2019s top hospitals \u2013 for residency training.<\/p>\n

All were among 109 College of Medicine graduates who became Physician Knights on May 15 and promised to become what their dean calls one of \u201cthe Good Doctors \u2013 a UCF tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s M.D. program commencement was the medical school\u2019s 14th and the last for Vice President for Health Affairs and founding Dean Deborah German<\/a>, who announced earlier this year she will transition from the role she has held for 20 years.<\/p>\n