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  • West Orange Healthcare District and Orlando Health join forces to improve healthcare in West Orange County

    Ocoee, FL (March 22, 2016) – The West Orange Healthcare District (the District) and Orlando Health have joined forces to improve and expand healthcare services for West Orange County residents. The $100 million project, $75 million of which is funded by the District, will help transform Health Central Hospital’s current Ocoee location into a destination medical campus and will bring much needed healthcare services to Horizon West.

  • Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups merge

    ORLANDO, Fla. (April 1, 2016) --- Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups have joined to form one of the largest cardiovascular practices in Florida. Mid-Florida Cardiology Specialists and Orlando Heart Center will begin the merger process on April 1, 2016. Named the Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the new combined practice consists of 42 physicians, 280 team members and 13 locations throughout Central Florida. For patients and their families, the new practice means diverse expertise, vast experience, greater efficiency and added conveniences.

  • Moody’s upgrades Orlando Health’s rating

    ORLANDO, FL (March 31, 2016) – Today, Orlando Health announced that Moody’s Investment Services has upgraded the organization’s credit rating from A3 to A2 with a stable outlook. Moody’s cited the organization’s second consecutive year of improved financial performance, a material improvement in debt service, and increasing market share as its reasons for the action.

  • 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.

  • 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 Regional Medical Center honored with quality achievement award for atrial fibrillation care

    Orlando, Fla. (July 20, 2016) — Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) recently received the Get With The Guidelines®-AFIB Silver

  • Orlando Regional Medical Center receives Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation

    Orlando, Fla. (July 20, 2016) — Orlando Regional Medical Center recently received full Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services (EPS) Accreditation status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). ORMC is one of only two hospitals in Florida, and the only one in Central Florida achieving the designation for its Atrial Fibrillation Program.

  • Orlando Health Opens Health Central Hospital’s New Emergency Department & Patient Bed Tower

    Ocoee, FL (July 7, 2016) – As West Orange county continues to grow, so does the need for access to high quality healthcare. The West Orange Healthcare District (the District) and Orlando Health are working together to improve and expand healthcare services for the residents of West Orange County.

  • UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health Expands Into North Seminole County, Lake Mary Community

    LAKE MARY, Fla. (May 17, 2016) — Cancer patients living in north Seminole County and the Lake Mary community now have more options available to them for receiving cancer care. UF Health Can-cer Center - Orlando Health has opened a new collaborative cancer center located along Rinehart Road in Lake Mary. The 12,000 square foot cancer treatment facility will offer medical oncology ser-vices including chemotherapy, infusion services and oncology appointments giving patients local ac-cess to the cancer center specialists, vast resources, leading-edge treatments and ongoing medical trials. Radiation oncology services will begin later this summer.

  • Orlando Health Treats First Pediatric Patient using Proton Therapy

    ORLANDO, FL. (May 26, 2016) – When Zayne Burton’s parents, Lori and Chaz, heard the diagnosis that their 12-year-old son had a medullablastoma, a tumor of the brain and spine, they were in shock. Quickly, however, their focus turned to treating the curable cancer so their son could go on to live a healthy life. Their journey brought them to The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, which had just opened, becoming the first proton center in Central Florida to treat patients us-ing proton beams, a type of radiation therapy, to shrink tumors. Just weeks after his diagnosis and surgery to remove the tumor, Zayne, a 7th grader from Orlando, began proton therapy treatment at UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health, becoming the first pediatric patient treated in Central Florida with this revolutionary treatment option.