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• Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center introduces new technology that breaks barriers in coronary artery disease

  Orlando, Fla. (August 31, 2021) – Cardiologists at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center are breaking through heart disease with new technology. The doctors are the first in Central Florida to offer shockwave technology to break up severely calcified plaque in heart arteries. The new technology for severely calcified coronary artery disease uses sonic pressure waves to break away problematic calcium so heart arteries can be safely expanded, and blood flow restored. The treatment is also a new way to use lithotripsy - an approach that has been used for decades for kidney stones. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the technology to treat coronary arteries.

• Orlando Regional Medical Center continues advances in stroke care services, receives state designation as comprehensive stroke program

  Learn how UF Health Neurosurgery is improving stroke care services.

• Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, FACHE named President of new Orlando Health freestanding rehabilitation institute

  Orlando, FL (September 20, 2022) – Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, FACHE has been named president of Orlando Health’s new freestanding inpatient rehabilitation institute. Located on the Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital campus, the 54-bed inpatient facility will provide a full range of advanced rehabilitation services and will specialize in care for patients suffering from complex neurological conditions.

• St. Petersburg Hospital Wins International HealthImpact Daisy Award

  St. Petersburg, FL (November 27, 2024) – Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital’s emergency room team won the 2024 HealthImpact DAISY Nurse Leader Team Award in Compassionate Policy, for their work to advance care for patients struggling with addiction.

• The bariatric program at Orlando Health - Health Central meets all criteria as a Comprehensive Center according to national quality standards established to deliver safe, high quality bariatric patient care.

  The bariatric program at Orlando Health - Health Central meets all criteria as a Comprehensive Center according to national quality standards established to deliver safe, high quality bariatric patient care.

• Orlando Health Burn Center achieves national verification designation

  Orlando, FL (February 7, 2019) – Orlando Health’s Burn Center at Orlando Regional Medical Center recently achieved verification as an adult burn center by the American Burn Association. The designation reflects Orlando Health’s commitment to excellence and its dedication to providing quality care to patients. Orlando Health’s Burn Center is the only verified burn center in Orlando. 

• Orlando Health nurses receive national recognition

  Orlando, FL (April 19, 2019) – Four Orlando Health nurses were recently recognized for their unique contributions to the nursing profession. Susan Fowler, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAHA was named Researcher of the Year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS). The award acknowledges nurses for accomplished sustained programs of research that significantly contribute to advancing the theory and practice of nursing. Dr. Fowler’s body of research includes an examination of new graduate nurses’ experiences in a nurse residency program; the training, planning and preparation nurses need to ensure the safety of hospitalized children with tracheostomies; and the novel use of a nurse-led stroke-responder telemedicine system.   

• Orlando Health, TransLife, and GR8 to DON8 celebrate Donate Life Month with ceremony and unique, interactive artwork dedication

  Orlando, FL (April 5, 2019) – Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) celebrated National Donate Life Month with a ceremony and unique, interactive artwork dedication to honor organ, tissue and eye donors, and celebrate the gift of life, and build awareness about donation. The event was held Thursday, April 4, at ORMC.

• Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute adds nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeons to team

  Orlando, Fla. (October 21, 2021) – Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute recently added two new cardiothoracic surgeons to its multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, heart surgeons, vascular surgeons and other clinical staff and health care professionals.

• Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center reaches 200th stroke-prevention device implant for heart patients

  Photo credit: Janine Moore-Starling, BSN, RN, CCRN | Orlando Health Health & Vascular Institute