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  • VITAS Healthcare Makes Pledge for Family Room at ORMC

    VITAS Healthcare has pledged a philanthropic gift of $250,000 in support of a Family Retreat Room at Orlando Regional Medical Center Tower.

  • Certified Excellence in Mother and Baby Care

    By Lisa Nickchen, Editorial Contributor

  • UF Health Cancer Center — Orlando Health Receives 2015 Women’s Choice Award As America’s Best Breast Center

    Cancer Center honored for providing exceptional patient care and treatment.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Orlando Health Opens Proton Therapy Center, First in Central Florida

    Central Florida now 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 proton therapy center to open in the state of Florida and only the 23rd in the nation. Currently there are 67 proton therapy centers worldwide.

  • 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. 

  • Making Self-Care a Daily Deal

    #SelfCareSunday may be the trendy hashtag, but nurturing body and soul should be a daily deal, says Dr. Meredith Watson-Locklear, an OB-GYN with Orlando Health Physician Associates. “My number one rule is ‘Make time for yourself,’ ” she says. “Even if it’s just 15 minutes a day.  Everyone can find at least 15 minutes in their day, every day, to devote to self-care.” Hitting the pause button on your day doesn’t have to be complicated. To commit to self-care, schedule time each day to focus on yourself. Program it into your schedule, if you have to. When the time comes, walk around the block, listen to a podcast, take a bath or grab some crayons and color. Meditate. Call a friend for a quick chat. Take a power nap.

  • Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Celebrates First Birthday of Seacrest Studios

    Orlando, FL (December 3, 2021) – This week Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children celebrated the first birthday of its Seacrest Studio, a broadcast media center that radio and television host and producer, Ryan Seacrest, and his family, developed to help patients explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media.

  • Orlando Health Opens Florida’s First Orthopedic Hospital

    Orlando, FL (August 24, 2023) – Orlando Health is proud to announce the grand opening of Florida’s first orthopedic hospital. With a longstanding track record in providing excellent patient care and a highly skilled team of physicians and other healthcare professionals, the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute aims to raise the bar for orthopedic care throughout the region.