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  • Three Doctors Tell How They Lost the Weight

    If you’re overweight, shedding some pounds may improve your odds for enjoying a healthier, longer life. That’s because losing weight can lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and certain types of cancer.

  • Orlando Health Announces Plans to Build Regional Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute

    Orlando, FL (Feb. 6, 2025) – On Thursday, Orlando Health submitted plans to the City of Orlando to build a state-of-the-art Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute that will serve patients throughout the southeastern United States. The two-story, 28,000-square-foot medical office building will be the new home of Orlando Health bariatric service lines including weight- loss surgery, endoscopic procedures, obesity medicine, revision and conversion procedures, robotic procedures and surgical body contouring. The Institute will dedicate space to its psychiatry and nutrition programs, including group meeting spaces and a demonstration kitchen. The Institute will also house an advanced training environment known as a Bioskills Lab.

  • Orlando Health will leverage Epic to enhance patient care and experience

    Orlando, FL (December 14, 2018) – Orlando Health will streamline health data and care delivery for patients and clinicians through the adoption of Epic, the most widely-used and comprehensive health records (CHR) system.

  • After 116-Pound Weight Loss, Woman’s Medical Issues Disappear

    As an adult, Sonia Rodriguez was always overweight, at about 200 pounds, but she went about life with a full-time bank job, a husband and two school-age daughters. That all changed in 2016, when she entered a five-year plummet as her 22-year marriage ended, both her parents died, and crippling panic attacks led to her retiring early.

  • 200-Pound Weight Loss Leads to Good Health, Love and a College Dream

    For Dorsey Hernandez, folding the laundry is a pleasure. So is washing her car, vacuuming the floor, even cleaning the bathroom. The customer service rep couldn’t do any of those tasks without exhaustion for a decade. That was before she lost 200 pounds.

  • Girl with Feeding Tube Asks for a Miracle

    Halloween candy. Thanksgiving pies. Holiday cookies. These are the things a kid waits for all year. But for Aubrey Harris, there was none of that — not even a slice of birthday cake.

  • The Long View — It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint

    Staying healthy over a lifetime is a marathon, not a sprint. And like most marathon runners will tell you, crossing the finish line takes planning and commitment. Good health also requires a long-term strategy — the long view — to help you reach your future goals and stay there.

  • Bodybuilder Shows the Way to Post-Ostomy Life

    Take a peek at Jim McCarty’s Instagram, and the man makes a big first impression. Followers and visitors alike will find weightlifting videos that showcase his 6’2”, 260-pound frame. McCarty didn’t always look – or feel – that big.

  • ORMC Surgical Areas Add More ORs

    With the additional operating rooms, ORMC will have 21 operating rooms.

  • Orlando Regional Medical Center continues advances in stroke care services, receives state designation as comprehensive stroke program

    Learn how UF Health Neurosurgery is improving stroke care services.