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  • Elementary School Surrounded by Food Desert Plants Seeds for Healthier Lives

    Orlando, FL (October 14, 2022) – Orange Center Elementary School students spent the day planting herbs and vegetables in their very own teaching garden located on the school’s campus. The students planted seeds for various plants with the help of teachers and Orlando Health team members and will harvest produce as it ripens throughout the school year. The teaching garden, which was sponsored and built by Orlando Health, has been used as a tool to introduce and help develop an appreciation for nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables.

  • Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital celebrates anniversary by announcing enhanced patient safety measures

    St. Cloud, FL (July 1, 2022) – Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital is observing two years of operating under the Orlando Health umbrella by announcing patient safety and quality measures that have been introduced since being acquired by Orlando Health July 1, 2020.

  • Robotic Surgery Specialist Joins Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital

    Orlando, FL (June 30, 2022) – Dr. Francisco Couto, a board-certified general surgeon specializing in general and minimally invasive surgery, has joined the Orlando Health Medical Group Surgery, and will be practicing at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Florida.

  • 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.

  • Orlando Health Opens First Proton Therapy Center in Central Florida

    ORLANDO, FL. (April 4, 2016) –Central Florida has a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer. Orlando Health has officially opened The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy, bringing state-of-the-art cancer treatment options to those battling cancer in Central Florida. The center, the first to offer proton therapy treatments in Central Florida, joins an elite group of proton therapy centers around the world. It is the third pro-ton therapy center to open in the state of Florida and only the 23rd in the nation. Currently there are 67 proton therapy centers worldwide.

  • 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.

  • Orlando Health Treats First Pediatric Patient using Proton Therapy

    ORLANDO, FL. (May 26, 2016) – When Zayne Burton’s parents, Lori and Chaz, heard the diagnosis that their 12-year-old son had a medullablastoma, a tumor of the brain and spine, they were in shock. Quickly, however, their focus turned to treating the curable cancer so their son could go on to live a healthy life. Their journey brought them to The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, which had just opened, becoming the first proton center in Central Florida to treat patients us-ing proton beams, a type of radiation therapy, to shrink tumors. Just weeks after his diagnosis and surgery to remove the tumor, Zayne, a 7th grader from Orlando, began proton therapy treatment at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, becoming the first pediatric patient treated in Central Florida with this revolutionary treatment option.

  • New Health Central Hospital ED Grand Opening

    When: July 9, 2016 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

  • ORMC Trauma ICU and Trauma Step-Down Unit earn silver Beacon Awards for Excellence

    National recognition marks a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and achieving a healthy work environment

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

    Monday, July 11, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE