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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Recognizes the Medical Telemetry Unit at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital

Orlando, FL (February, 2 2024) – – The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, California, recently presented the silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence to the Medical Telemetry Unit at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital.

Orlando Health National Training Center Serves as Host Venue for Department of Defense Warrior Games’ Swimming Competition

Clermont, FL (July 1, 2024) – Orlando Health National Training Center served as the host venue for the swimming event of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s annual adaptive-sports competition, the Warrior Games, on Saturday. The Warrior Games are designed to enhance recovery by engaging wounded, ill and injured service members outside of traditional therapy settings.

Four-Legged Team Member Joins Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to Bring Healing and Hope to Patients

Orlando, FL (March 21, 2022) -- Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is proud to announce the arrival of its first-ever facility dog, Parks, a 2-year-old male Labrador retriever. Parks joins the hospital’s child life team to help bring healing, comfort and fun to chronic and critically ill patients, their families and team members. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer received Parks at no cost from Canine Companions®, an organization that has trained and provided facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice and educational settings since 1975.

Orlando Health is the Highest Ranking Healthcare Employer in Florida and Ranks in the Top 20 Nationwide

Orlando, FL (February 17, 2022) – Orlando Health has been named the highest ranking healthcare organization in the state of Florida on Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers list. The healthcare system ranks #86 overall out of 500 large organizations. In the “Healthcare & Social” category, which contains 35 employers, Orlando Health appears at #19, making the organization one of the top 20 healthcare employers nationwide.

Team of 11 Orlando Health Physicians Performs Consecutive Surgeries on Mother and Baby with Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Tumor

Orlando, FL (November 23, 2022) – Orlando Health clinicians from seven different specialties came together to perform back-to-back surgeries on a mother and her baby who developed a life-threatening tumor in utero. Randyiah Paul came to Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies after learning that the teratoma (a type of germ cell tumor) on her unborn daughter’s heart had grown so rapidly, she wouldn’t survive unless surgeons intervened. Doctors say this is a rare type of tumor, and it is exceptionally rare for it to require fetal intervention.

Tawfiq Al-Lahham, MD

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and Orlando Health ORMC Make Becker's Hospital Review's 50 of the Greenest Hospitals in America 2015 List

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and ORMC have been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review's "50 of the Greenest Hospital in America" list. The list features

The Level One Trauma Center at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) receives verification from the American College of Surgeons

Orlando, FL (May 31, 2019) –The Level One Trauma Center at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) has been verified as a Level I trauma center by the Verification Review Committee, an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. The achievement recognizes the trauma center's dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients.

Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute is first in the state to implant new defibrillator for patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest

New technology gives high risk patients timely treatment when minutes matter most.

Tiniest Baby to Ever Survive at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Goes Home After 6 Months in the NICU

Orlando, FL (November 6, 2020) – Baby Diana Peguero is one of the smallest and most premature babies in the world to survive and thrive. She entered the world as the ultimate Mother's Day surprise on May 10, 2020 at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, when her mother was just 22 weeks pregnant. She is considered a "micro-preemie," born weighing 350 grams (12 ounces) and nine inches long. After examining her size and development, her medical team came to believe that she may have actually been younger than 22 weeks, as gestational age is just an estimate.