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  • New Mail-Away DNA Test for Breast Cancer Worries Experts

    By Julie Vargo, Editorial Contributor

  • Orlando Health Opens Community Grant Program to Central Florida

    Orlando, FL (September 7, 2021) – Orlando Health opened the 2022 cycle of the Orlando Health Community Grant Program on September 7, 2021. As part of its ongoing commitment to Central Florida, the program offers competitive grants to assist local organizations and Orlando Health team members in their efforts to improve health and wellness in the region.

  • Orlando Health further expands COVID-19 vaccination program

    Orlando, FL (January 10, 2021) – Orlando Health remains actively engaged in ensuring the COVID-19 vaccine is available and accessible to the communities it serves.  

  • Orlando Health Launches New Helicopter for Children & Adults

    Orlando, FL (July 22, 2025) – This week, Orlando Health Air Care officially launched its newest aircraft: a larger, specialized helicopter to transport critically ill children and adults. When it comes to emergencies, every second counts. This new helicopter’s larger size and specialized design enhances the ability to quickly transport both children and adults to Central Florida’s only Level One Trauma Center: Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) along with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. The new Airbus H145D3 is now the fifth aircraft in Orlando Health’s helicopter ambulance fleet.

  • Orlando Health Team Members Give Back to the Community

    Orlando Health team members recently participated in two volunteer projects with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando and Osceola. The leadership

  • Orlando Health Opens Community Grant Program to Central Florida

    Orlando, FL (October 16, 2020) – Orlando Health opened the 2021 cycle of the Orlando Health Community Grant Program on Monday, October 12. As part of its ongoing commitment to Central Florida, the program offers competitive grants to assist local organizations and Orlando Health team members in their efforts to improve health and wellness in the region. 

  • Orlando Health Unveils Name for Highly Anticipated Proton Therapy Center

    ORLANDO, FL. (March 8, 2016) – In just a matter of weeks Orlando Health will open the first proton therapy center in Central Florida, providing patients with a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer. Now, that center has a name, and one with special meaning - The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy. Marjorie Williams, a patient at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, passed away in September of 2015 following a courageous battle with cancer. In her memory, her husband, Leonard, and the Williams Family Foundation is providing a leadership gift in her name to Orlando Health to support proton therapy treatment.

  • Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Joins the Orlando Health Family

    St. Petersburg, FL (October 1, 2020) – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is now officially part of Orlando Health Inc. Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Central Florida, officially closed on the hospital purchase from Community Health Systems (CHS) on Wednesday, September 30. The City of St. Petersburg, which owns the land that the hospital sits on, approved transferring the lease to Orlando Health in July. 

  • New Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg, FL (February 15, 2021) – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg’s President, John Moore recently announced the hospital has confirmed Trina Espinola, MD, FACS as Chief Medical Officer, and Lorraine Parker, RN, MSN, CENP as Chief Nursing Officer and Assistant Vice President at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. Both women were serving in those roles in an interim capacity prior to the announcement.

  • Orlando Health Doctors & UCF Students Team Up to Invent AI Technology for Surgeries

    The project is called the AIMS system (Artificial Intelligence for Medical Surgery system). This past Spring, Dr. Alexis Sanchez, Director of Robotic Surgery at Orlando Health, and Laura Brattain, UCF biomedical engineer, put their heads together in the operating room (OR). While observing a robotic surgery, the pair came up with an idea to track surgical tools in ORs. Through the new partnership, UCF students developed the idea into reality.