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  • Mending the Hole in His Heart

    When Julia Montgomery Stewart was pregnant with her second child, she never imagined that she could pass on a hereditary trait causing her baby to be born with a hole in his heart.

  • Making Self-Care a Daily Deal

    #SelfCareSunday may be the trendy hashtag, but nurturing body and soul should be a daily deal, says Dr. Meredith Watson-Locklear, an OB-GYN with Orlando Health Physician Associates. “My number one rule is ‘Make time for yourself,’ ” she says. “Even if it’s just 15 minutes a day.  Everyone can find at least 15 minutes in their day, every day, to devote to self-care.” Hitting the pause button on your day doesn’t have to be complicated. To commit to self-care, schedule time each day to focus on yourself. Program it into your schedule, if you have to. When the time comes, walk around the block, listen to a podcast, take a bath or grab some crayons and color. Meditate. Call a friend for a quick chat. Take a power nap.

  • Restoring Hope for an Active Life

    For Will Whitlock, life in Central Florida always had meant enjoying the outdoors and his favorite pastimes of hunting and fishing. But over the past three years, he spent more and more of his spare time sidelined on the sofa with chronic back pain. Some days it was an ache, other days it felt like somebody was “putting a screwdriver in my back,” he says. And then there were the multiple back spasms each day.

  • Orlando Health Receives Highest Quality Rating for Heart Care and Cancer Care

    Orlando Health received an Overall 3 Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for quality care provided to patients undergoing bypass

  • Orlando Health Receives Highest Quality Rating for Heart Care and Cancer Care

    Orlando Health received an Overall 3 Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for quality care provided to patients undergoing bypass surgery and lobectomy for lung cancer. Only ten percent of hospitals receive a 3 Star Rating.

  • New Breast Imaging Center Brings Greater Access to Healthcare for West Orange

    Orlando Health - Health Central Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of a new Breast Imaging Center to give residents of West Orange County

  • Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital Earns Prestigious Recognition for Joint Replacement Program

    Orlando, FL (April 15, 2025) – Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital is proud to announce its joint replacement program has earned the Joint Commission's certification for disease specific care regarding hip and knee replacement. The designation ensures patients are receiving the highest level of care for joint replacement surgery through the latest evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines.

  • The Evolution and Revolution of Women’s Health Care

    Women are part of an evolving healthcare movement that only within the past 30 years has recognized their specific wellness and treatment.

  • Orlando Health infuses first Covid-19 patient with convalescent plasma

    Orlando, FL (April 10, 2020) – Doctors at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center infused their first COVID-19 patient with convalescent plasma Wednesday, April 8. Fifty-two-year-old Michael “Kevin” Rathel received the investigational therapy around midnight; a mere 12 hours after compatible blood was donated.

  • Orlando Health's academic chairman named Master of Critical Care Medicine

    ORLANDO, Fla. (March 3, 2016) --- The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) recently awarded Orlando Health’s Jay L. Falk, MD, the title of Master of Critical Care Medicine. This honor was presented at the SCCM 45th Critical Care Congress held in Orlando. Dr. Falk joins only 73 practitioners to receive this distinction.