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  • How to Prepare for a Specialist Visit

    Typically, you’ll see a primary care doctor for most of your basic health care needs, like getting your annual exams and screenings.

  • 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.

  • Preparing for Your First Virtual Visit

    We offer convenient virtual care visits. You can have an appointment with an Orlando Health doctor online using your computer, smartphone or tablet in the privacy and comfort of your home.

  • Program Information

    The Department of Surgical Education at Orlando Health is dedicated to graduate medical education, offering a five-year, ACGME accredited general surgery residency program as well as accredited fellowships in Surgical Critical Care and Colon and Rectal Surgery. 

  • Program Information

    Orlando Health is a 1,780 bed system consisting of 8 hospitals:

  • How to Care for Ulcerative Colitis

    If you frequently have abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, fatigue, fever and weight loss, you may have an irritable bowel disease called ulcerative colitis (UC). UC occurs when the lining of the gastrointestinal tract –most typically the colon and rectum--becomes chronically inflamed. When that happens, ulcers can form on the surface of the large intestine. Less commonly, UC also can cause joint pain, eye irritation and certain rashes.

  • Questions to Ask Before a Hysterectomy

    Many people are confused about what a hysterectomy is. If you’ve been told you need this type of surgery, it is important to understand what it is and what processes are involved.

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Baby Poop…Really!

    Here are the other colors you will notice:

  • How to Enjoy Thanksgiving for People with Diabetes

    Angela Hamilton, MS, shares some nutrition tips that will help diabetics have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving Day.

  • Have Emergency Medical Kit Ready for Trip to ER

    It’s late at night and your head is throbbing, so you head to the bathroom for some ibuprofen. Three steps away from the bed, you pass out and fall to the floor unconscious. The noise wakes your teenage son, who finds you and quickly calls 911. When paramedics arrive, they start asking your son questions about your health – but he doesn’t know the answers. That limits how they can care for you.