Magdalena Pasarica MD, PhD

Dr. Pasarica is a physician educator, board-certified in Family Medicine with a PhD in Nutrition and Obesity. She serves as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, where she serves as Medical Director for the Student-run free clinic, Editor for the UCF Flagship Medical Journal and Family Medicine Chair of Education.

Dr. Pasarica is actively seeing patients in primary care clinics and performs quality improvement projects for the delivery of optimal evidence-based primary care. Through her 10+ years of translational and clinical research in nutrition and obesity, Dr. Pasarica is translating her expertise in evidence-based medicine and lifestyle medicine into medical education and education research.

Dr. Pasarica has been invited by numerous organizations to give CME talks on Primary Care Topics and has published extensively in this field. Her work was recognized by awards from national organizations, including the American Association of Medical Colleges and Bipartisan Policy Center.