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  • Implant derived from coral material offers new treatment for patients suffering from knee pain

    Orlando, FL (November 15, 2024) – An Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute surgeon is the first in Florida to implant new technology that utilizes a natural compound found in coral to heal cartilage injuries. Dr. Abhishek Kannan completed the procedure to treat a patient suffering from chronic knee pain on November 11.

  • Orlando Health Forms Joint Venture with Acadia Healthcare to Expand Behavioral Health Services in the Region

    ORLANDO, Fla. and FRANKLIN, Tenn. (December 1, 2021) – Orlando Health and Acadia Healthcare Company announced today that they have formed a joint venture designed to enhance and expand behavioral health services in the region.

  • 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 Provides Patients with Improved Outcomes Through Increased Access to Innovative Oncology Treatments by Joining the Excelera Network

    Orlando, FL (July 23, 2020) — Orlando Health is the first health system in Florida to partner with Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, to further optimize its specialty pharmacy services and to provide patients with increased access to limited distribution drugs (LDDs), which include innovative oncology treatments. The partnership will lead to improved outcomes for complex patients by streamlining the patient journey and providing comprehensive care through an in-network, integrated care team that includes a specialty pharmacist.

  • A New Treatment Option for Knee and Hip Replacement

    Your joints are involved in almost every daily activity. For those with osteoarthritis, the condition over time may wear away at your cartilage and cause pain, as bone rubs against bone. Knees and hips are most frequently affected by this condition. When pain medication and other treatments no longer work, you may face the option of joint replacement surgery.

  • Pain in the Vein

    When it comes to circulatory system malfunctions, heart health corners the conversation. We feel chest pains and know to head for the nearest ER. Pains in our veins, however, often get ignored. Which makes peripheral artery disease (PAD) all the more dangerous.

  • Prostate Cancer Pre-Treatment Eases Radiation Side Effects

    Preventing side effects is an important element of any cancer treatment plan. That’s especially true within the pelvis, where the prostate resides.

  • Experimental Treatment Uses Targeted Radiation To Treat Advanced Heart Disease

    Radiation oncologists usually avoid the heart at all costs, but an emerging therapy targets the heart to correct arrhythmias.

  • 5 Experts Share Insights on Avoiding Back Pain

    From strains and fractures to bulging disks and arthritis, back pain can affect anyone at any time. How can you avoid that aching back? Five experts share their insights to help you avoid and manage back pain — instead of letting it manage you.

  • Orlando Health hospitals receives ACC Chest Pain Center Accreditation

    Orlando Health is a $3.4 billion not-for-profit healthcare organization and a community-based network of hospitals, physician practices and outpatient care centers across Central Florida. The organization is home to the area’s only Level One Trauma Centers for adults and pediatrics, and is a statutory teaching hospital system that offers both specialty and community hospitals. More than 2,900 physicians have privileges across the system, which is also one of the area’s largest employers with more than 20,000 employees who serve more than 112,000 inpatients, more than 2.4 million outpatients, and more than 10,000 international patients each year.  Additionally, Orlando Health provides more than $450 million in total value to the community in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at www.orlandohealth.com.