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• Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program

  The Pediatric Brain Tumor Program is a comprehensive team dedicated to the care of patients diagnosed with brain and spinal cord tumors.

• Pediatric Neurosurgery

  The Neurosurgery Program at Arnold Palmer Hospital provides highly specialized care to children with neurological problems.

• Orlando Health is the First Hospital in Florida to Perform Life-Changing In-Utero Surgery

  Orlando, FL (August 28, 2018) – Orlando Health announced today that it is the first hospital system in the state of Florida to perform in-utero surgery to repair spina bifida, a spinal defect developed by the fetus during the early stages of pregnancy. The first surgery took place on May 23, 2018 at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies and the mother delivered her baby via C-section on July 10, 2018. To date, the team has successfully performed this operation on three patients and the first two healthy babies have been born.

• Pink Fire Trucks Turn Heads in Central Florida

  Orlando, Florida (September 29, 2017) – Orlando and Orange County firefighters will turn heads as they ride out to service calls this October in bright, pink fire engines and ambulances. 

• 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.

• “Kissing Bugs” Carrying Potentially Fatal Disease Reported in Florida

  The Centers for Disease and Prevention is warning residents in the southern United States that deadly “kissing bugs” have invaded the region.

• Central Florida’s Most Popular Baby Names in 2012

  Winnie Palmer Hospital compiles the year’s most popular names.

• Pediatric Aerodigestive Center

  The Aerodigestive Center offers multidisciplinary evaluation and management of problems involving the upper Gastrointestinal tract and the airway.

• Diabetes Rate Rising in Central Florida: How to Reduce Your Risk

  More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. That equals about 9 percent of the population.

• Success Story: Follow-up to the first vascularized lymph node transfer surgery in Florida

  When Jean Hutchinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she took it in stride and moved forward with the necessary treatment to beat the disease. After undergoing surgery and radiation, she breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to put cancer behind her. Then one day she looked in the mirror and noticed her right arm looked a little puffy.