Emily Mavrakis

Writer, UF College of Medicine


Emily Mavrakis joined the UF Health Communications staff in 2021 as a writer for the UF College of Medicine. She previously served as the business reporter for the Gainesville Sun newspaper and the science writer intern for the Florida Museum of Natural History. She now contributes to UF College of Medicine publications, serving as assistant editor for Florida Physician magazine and the Doctor Gator newsletter. She additionally produces alumni features, news releases and copy for special publications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UF.

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UF Health Shands main hospital building
A grid of eight portraits of masked faces of all colors
Juan Pablo Santana, Nicole Diaz and Hassan Perera pose dressed in scrubs at a University of Florida Family Medicine clinic.
Megan Still and three colleagues operate on a patient in Cambodia.
Exterior of the University of Florida Health Heart & Vascular Hospital, with a pond in the foreground.
A man in graduation regalia leans in to hug a loved one who is holding flowers for him after attending the medical student commencement ceremony.
Six faculty members of the University of Florida College of Medicine medical physics program stand in a line and smile outside a building on campus.
Eight student officers pose in a line outside of the University of Florida Equal Acccess Clinic's Eastside location.
A woman dressed in graduation regalia holds a sign that reads #GatorPhD and smiles next to her mother.
University of Florida School of Physician Assistant Studies 50th anniversary promotional logo.
Shelley Collins hugs a student.