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• Should You Exercise When You’re Sick?

  By Julie Vargo, Editorial Contributor

• Orlando Health Awards 2024 Community Grants

  Orlando, FL (Dec. 19, 2023) – Orlando Health has awarded grants to 18 local organizations through its community grant program. As part of Orlando Health’s ongoing commitment to be engaged and involved in Central Florida, the organization offers competitive grants to assist in coordinating, enriching and supporting efforts that help promote health and wellness in the community.

• Orlando Health Opens Florida’s First Orthopedic Hospital

  Orlando, FL (August 24, 2023) – Orlando Health is proud to announce the grand opening of Florida’s first orthopedic hospital. With a longstanding track record in providing excellent patient care and a highly skilled team of physicians and other healthcare professionals, the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute aims to raise the bar for orthopedic care throughout the region.  

• Shoulder Injury Threatens To Keep Athlete from Activity He Loves

  Scott Starr has been a competitive athlete for decades, playing soccer in high school and — for a short time — in a British professional league. Later, he discovered CrossFit, the popular high-intensity strength and conditioning training regimen. He loved it so much he and his wife, Marisol, opened a CrossFit gym in Eustis.

• Staying Active On Spring Break

  By Shaista S. Safder, MD

• Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute Opens New Clinic In Melbourne

  Orlando, FL (December 16, 2024) – The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is thrilled to open a new clinic in Melbourne this week, expanding its unparalleled orthopedic and sports medicine care to the Space Coast. The practice will serve as a one-stop-shop for patients suffering from various musculoskeletal injuries or conditions.

• Orlando Pride Players Surprise Pediatric Cancer Patient

  ORLANDO, FL. (July 11, 2016) – It was special day at Orlando Health as a pediatric cancer patient got a surprise visit from some of his soccer idols. Orlando Pride soccer players Aubrey Bledsoe (goalkeeper), Christina Burkenroad (forward), Jamia Fields (forward) and Dani Weatherholt (mid-fielder) dropped in at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health to surprise 12-year old Zayne Burton who was completing his final round of proton therapy treatment. Zayne, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year, made history when he became the first pediatric patient to undergo proton therapy treatment here in Central Florida at the Center for Proton Therapy at Orlando Health. The players brought Zayne a signed Alex Morgan jersey and then helped him with the ceremonial ringing of the bell to celebrate completing his proton treatment.

• Orlando Health Opens Florida’s First Orthopedic Hospital

  Orlando Health is proud to announce the grand opening of Florida’s first orthopedic hospital. With a longstanding track record in providing excellent patient care and a highly skilled team of physicians and other healthcare professionals, the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute aims to raise the bar for orthopedic care throughout the region. 

• Orlando Health Team Members Help Educate the Community on Heart Health

  On September 29, Orlando Health partnered with Seminole County EMS for the second year in a row for World Heart Day to teach the community of

• Orlando Health Helps Stop the Bleed in the Community and our Hospitals

  Last year, Orlando Health’s Level One Trauma team launched a bleeding control training known as Stop the Bleed. Through this program, first