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• After Knee Replacement Surgery, 74-Year-Old Says ‘I Feel Young Again’

  “You look so young!” friends exclaimed to Helen Pennacchio after her knee replacement surgery.

• Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups merge

  ORLANDO, Fla. (April 1, 2016) --- Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups have joined to form one of the largest cardiovascular practices in Florida. Mid-Florida Cardiology Specialists and Orlando Heart Center will begin the merger process on April 1, 2016. Named the Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the new combined practice consists of 42 physicians, 280 team members and 13 locations throughout Central Florida. For patients and their families, the new practice means diverse expertise, vast experience, greater efficiency and added conveniences.

• Breakthrough Technology Offers New Treatment For Patients With Hard-to-Reach Tumors

  Orlando, Fla - An enormous high tech machine is providing new hope to patients across the country with inoperable tumors. Proton therapy is a precise radiation technique that reduces the side effects often accompanied by traditional treatment options. Thanks to this remarkable technology, a new proton therapy center at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health is saving the eyesight of a new mother who was diagnosed with a tumor behind her eye during her second trimester of pregnancy.

• July 12 Event - Transfer of 49 Pulse Tribute Crosses from Orlando Health to History Center

  Monday, July 11, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

• Ballet offers a new routine for children with special needs

  Young children with special needs learned ballet positions to pirouette and plié their way to new opportunities to move and express themselves through dance. Orlando Ballet company dancers were en pointe with an innovative program to provide dance lessons to children with physical challenges. Orlando Health team members worked with the dancers to provide helpful tips and instruction for choreography.

• How Motion-Analysis Technology Helped a Teen Athlete Recover from Double Knee Injury

  High school sophomore Fabricio Mendez Diaz was in a competitive soccer game when he jumped up to hit the ball with his head and suddenly found himself on the ground. His torso was facing one direction and his legs -- one with a badly twisted knee -- the other. He couldn’t stand on the injured leg.