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Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute Unveils New Facility on Downtown Orlando Campus
Orlando, FL (March 28, 2024) – Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute is opening a brand-new facility in the heart of the healthcare system’s downtown Orlando campus that will serve patients throughout the southeastern United States.
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Orlando Health Names New President of Orlando Health Cancer Institute
Orlando, FL (March 29, 2024) – Rafael Mañon, MD, has been named president of the Orlando Health Cancer Institute, where he will have oversight of the organization’s oncology services.
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Shoulder Injury Threatens To Keep Athlete from Activity He Loves
Scott Starr has been a competitive athlete for decades, playing soccer in high school and — for a short time — in a British professional league. Later, he discovered CrossFit, the popular high-intensity strength and conditioning training regimen. He loved it so much he and his wife, Marisol, opened a CrossFit gym in Eustis.
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Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 5 Specialties
Orlando, FL (October 8, 2024) – – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been recognized as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 18th year, the rankings assist parents of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses in choosing the right hospital for them.
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Orlando Health First in the World to Use Abbotts New Blood Test for Traumatic Brain Injuries
Orlando, FL (Aug. 13, 2024) – Today, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is the first hospital in the world to use a new, groundbreaking blood test to help assess patients with suspected mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), or concussions. The rapid TBI blood test provides results in just 15 minutes and was developed by Abbott, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, and built upon innovative research that Orlando Health’s Dr. Linda Papa and others helped pioneer over 20 years ago.
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Study Finds Clues In Your Blood Could Help Assess Traumatic Brain Injuries Within Minutes Of Impact
Orlando, FL (Sept. 4, 2024) – Groundbreaking research published on Wednesday shows that clues in your blood could help assess traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) within 30 minutes of impact, much sooner than previously known. The first-of-its-kind study, published in JAMA Network Open, marks a significant milestone that could inform how TBIs are treated in multiple areas including on the sidelines of sporting events, in military settings and in the field when ambulance crews respond to a patient before transporting them to a hospital. The study builds on decades of research by Dr. Linda Papa, lead author of the study and Director of Academic Clinical Research at Orlando Health.
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Arnold Palmer Hospital Named One of the Best Children’s Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report Unveils 2016-17 Rankings
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Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Reacts to Passing of Arnold Palmer
ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
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Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Names New Chief Quality Officer
Orlando, FL (September 14, 2022) – After more than 25 years of service with the organization, Jill Dykstra-Nykanen, RN, MSN has been named chief quality officer of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and assistant vice president of Orlando Health.
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Study evaluates college football players’ positions for risk of concussions
Orlando, Fla. (September 22, 2022) — A new research study looks inside the brains of college football athletes to measure levels of traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers by player position. This study, conducted in collaboration with researchers at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) and Penn State University, and published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, sheds light on which positions are at the greatest risk for elevations in brain injury biomarkers. The biomarkers are proteins and other substances released from the brain after it has been damaged.
