Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Orlando, FL (February 2, 2026) – Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital celebrated with team members on Friday, January 30 to recognize five years of serving the community. The hospital has added specialized healthcare services, earned patient quality accolades and built strong community partners since opening its doors in 2021.

Major accomplishments include:

• Building a cardiac catheterization lab program
• Becoming a Certified Primary Stroke Center to care for patients suffering from a stroke
• Expanding orthopedic care and earning Joint Commission certification for disease specific care regarding hip, knee and shoulder replacement
• Leapfrog straight 'A' grades for three consecutive semesters
• Opening new outpatient services in the Davenport area with primary care, cardiology and general surgery clinics
• Stationing a dedicated pediatric critical care transport at Orlando Health Emergency Room – Reunion Village

“Our team has accomplished so much in the last five years and I’m really excited for what’s still to come,” said Joe Khayat, Orlando Health vice president and president of Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital. “As this area grows, so does our hospital, so we are very intentional about tailoring new services to what is needed in this community, with safety and quality always at the forefront.”

Patients can expect to see expansions in women’s services, neurology and urology care over the next year. Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital and Orlando Health Emergency Room – Reunion Village currently employ roughly 400 team members. Over the last five years, Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital has served nearly 200,000 patients.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)