Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute expands to Tampa Bay

St. Petersburg, FL (July 14, 2025) – The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is pleased to welcome a group of esteemed orthopedic and sports medicine physicians to its team, further expanding its nationally recognized orthopedic care across Florida’s east and west coasts, including the Tampa Bay area. As leaders in patient care excellence, innovation, and medical education, the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is committed to advancing orthopedic and sports medicine care in these communities.

On the west coast of Florida, 20 physicians, along with 16 physician assistants with Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health are joining the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute team. Existing orthopedic clinic locations in Brandon, North Tampa, South Tampa, Wiregrass, and Zephyrhills will be rebranded as Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute in the coming months. The St. Petersburg orthopedic clinic location is set to move to the Orlando Health Medical Pavilion – Institute Square campus this fall, reopening as Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute.

Along Florida’s east coast, the orthopedic practices and physicians who joined Orlando Health following its recent acquisition of Steward Health Care’s east Central Florida locations are now part of the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute team, bringing the institute’s exceptional orthopedic and sports medicine care to Melbourne, Sebastian, and Vero Beach. Six physicians, along with seven physician assistants, are part of this transition.

“We are thrilled to provide greater access to the wide range of specialized musculoskeletal care offered by Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute and welcome our newest physicians and team members,” said Michael Jablonski, MD, senior vice president of Orlando Health, and president of Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute and Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute. “Our physicians are committed to advanced training, with most completing sub-specialty fellowships in their areas of expertise. We are excited to bring this level of orthopedic care to more communities and expand patient access to our orthopedic specialty hospital in Orlando.”

The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute Downtown Complex is Florida’s first dedicated orthopedic hospital, providing advanced orthopedic care to over 320,000 patients annually. The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute operates 24 clinics across Florida, employs 94 physicians and 118 advanced practice providers.

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.)