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Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Behavioral Health Hospital To Serve Greater Orlando Area
APOPKA, Fla. (February 15, 2024) – Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare today held a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on a previously announced 144-bed behavioral health hospital that will expand access to critical mental health services in the Orlando metro area. The event occurred on the site of the new hospital – located at 1452 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka, Florida – and celebrated the joint venture partnership between Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare.
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Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Behavioral Health Hospital to Serve Greater Orlando Area
Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare today held a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on a previously announced 144-bed behavioral health hospital that will expand access to critical mental health services in the Orlando metro area. The event occurred on the site of the new hospital – located at 1452 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka – and celebrated the joint venture partnership between Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare.
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Orlando Health Level One Trauma Team and Orange County Office of the EMS Medical Director launched bleeding control training to help save lives following man-made or natural mass casualty events
The two entities joined to announce their response to a national call to provide special training to first responders and civilian bystanders to help
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Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute Announces Participation in Leading International, Multicenter Clinical Trials
Orlando, FL (March 5, 2024) – The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute has become a center in three international, multicenter clinical research trials that seek to improve orthopedic surgery outcomes for people around the world. Sports medicine surgeon Bruce Levy, MD, who served as a site principal investigator in his previous role at the Mayo Clinic, brought the clinical trials to Orlando Health when he joined the team last fall. He’s now the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute academic chief of sports medicine and director of the sports medicine surgical fellowship program.
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Orlando Health Helps Lead the Way in FDA Approval of Advanced Melanoma Treatment
Orlando, FL (February 22, 2024) – Physicians at Orlando Health who pioneered a breakthrough protocol using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) to treat aggressive, late-stage melanoma and other advanced cancers is now available for patients.
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CDC Spotlights Orlando Health Pediatrician Leading HPV Vaccination Initiative
ORLANDO Fla., Jan. 29, 2019 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recognized Alix Casler, M.D., chief of pediatrics at Orlando Health Physician Associates (OHPA) and medical director of Orlando Health’s department of population health and value based care, for her leadership role in a quality improvement project to increase HPV vaccination rates at OHPA offices throughout Central Florida.
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Orlando Health plans additions to downtown Orlando campus
Orlando, FL (January 24, 2019) – Orlando Health has announced plans for two new additions to its downtown Orlando campus. This week, plans for a new building located at 1800 S. Orange Avenue were submitted to City of Orlando’s planning division to begin the review and approval process. The one-story, 6,800 square foot facility will become home to a new Orlando Health Imaging Center. The new site will include state-of-the-art MRI, Open MRI, Radiology, CT Scan, Interventional Radiology and Mammography.
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Orlando Health Receives its 30th A Grade from the Leapfrog Group
“Maintaining our high standards for quality patient care is our top priority and an ongoing effort,” said Thomas Kelley, MD, vice president, quality and clinical transformation, Orlando Health. “While the criteria and methodologies of the various rating services continually change, our focus remains on providing our patients with safest, highest quality care available.”
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Orlando Health Magnet Program Director Appointed to American Organization for Nursing Leadership 2020 Board of Directors
Orlando, FL (November 18, 2019) – The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) appointed Joy Parchment, PhD, RN, system director of the Magnet program at Orlando Health, as a member of its 2020 leadership board. The organization boasts a membership of 9,800 nurse leaders from around the country and acts as a voice for nursing leadership in healthcare.
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Pink Public Safety Vehicles Parade Kicks Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Orlando, FL (October 4, 2019) – Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a parade of pink public
