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  • Orlando Health Launches Groundbreaking Children’s Neuroscience Institute

    Orlando, Fl (January 15th, 2025) — Orlando Health is proud to announce the launch of the Orlando Health Children’s Neuroscience Institute supported by the Leon Pediatric Neuroscience Fund, which is dedicated to advancing neurological care for children across Central Florida and beyond. The institute underscores Orlando Health’s commitment to innovation, excellence, and compassionate care, building on its reputation as a leader in Central Florida for groundbreaking medical treatments

  • Dr. P. Phillips Hospital 30th Anniversary Celebrates Commitment to Community

    ORLANDO, FL. (November 16, 2015) – Orlando Health’s Dr. P. Phillips Hospital celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. The hospital, which opened in 1985 as Sand Lake Hospital, shares a unique bond with the Dr. Phillips community. Built on property that was Dr. Philip Phillips’ first orange grove in Orange County, the opening of the hospital brought critical healthcare services to the southwest community, including a 24-hour emergency department. Now, 30 years later, that 150-bed hospital has grown to 237-beds, and its emergency department treats more than 80,000 patients each year.

  • New Physician Executive to Join Orlando Health

    Sunil S. Desai, MD, FCCP, FAASM has been named senior vice president, Orlando Health and president, Orlando Health Medical Group.

  • 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.

  • How TV Dramas Distort Patient Expectations

    By Julie Vargo, Editorial Contributor

  • Orlando Health ORMC Recognized as a Best Hospital and a High Performing Hospital

    As a High Performing Hospital in several specialties, ORMC was recognized for care that was significantly better than the national average, as

  • Welcoming 2017: Happy New Year!

    Civilizations around the world have celebrated the start of each new year for at least four millennia, but with the many changes made to the calendar

  • 2019 American Heart Association Heart Walk

    On your mark, get set, go! Now is the time to register for the 2019 Heart Walk, taking place November 9 at UCF. The Heart Walk is the American Heart

  • 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 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.