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  • Surgeon J. Ryan Williams, MD to Lead Colorectal Surgery Practice at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg, FL – (October 22, 2021) – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg announced J. Ryan Williams, MD, will serve as director for Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Medical Group’s new Colorectal Surgery Department. This new service line will work with patients seeking support with colon and rectal related issues. Prior to this new role, Dr. Williams served as the vice chief of surgery for Bayfront Health St. Petersburg since 2020.

  • Orlando Health Takes Proton Therapy to the Next Level with Advanced Image Guidance

    Orlando, Florida (January 25, 2017) – UF Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health is working with Mevion Medical Systems to take the next step in the evolution of the health system’s proton therapy center. The organizations are enhancing Orlando Health’s proton therapy system with the integration of a mobile, diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scanner. 

  • 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

  • Domestic Medical Tourism Has more Patients Flocking to Florida for Treatment

    The development of domestic medical tourism.

  • 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. 

  • St. Petersburg City Council approves Bayfront Health land lease agreement with Orlando Health

    St. Petersburg, FL (July 9, 2020) – Today, Orlando Health received approval from the St. Petersburg City Council on a 50-year agreement to lease the land on which Bayfront Health is located. City approval of the land lease was required in order for Orlando Health to move forward with its acquisition of the hospital. In June, the healthcare organization signed a definitive agreement with Community Health Systems (CHS) to purchase Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.