India, April 19 -- Nemours Children's Health, one of the nation's largest multistate pediatric health systems, and UCF today announced a formalized, expanded partnership aimed at improving the health of children in Central Florida and beyond. Together, they will establish the UCF College of Medicine - Nemours Children's Health Department of Pediatrics to train the next generation of pediatric physicians. In addition, Nemours Children's has signed on as UCF's first Pegasus Partner whose sole focus is pediatric healthcare.

With projections forecasting a shortfall in the number of physicians needed to meet the demand within the state of Florida in the coming years, this expanded partnership aims to help address those potential shortages by ...