Orlando Health Cancer Institute Earns Accreditation in Rectal Cancer Treatment

Orlando, FL (May 27, 2022) – Orlando Health Cancer Institute has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.

“Accreditation from NAPRC is granted only to those programs that are committed to providing the best care to patients with rectal cancer,” said Patrick Kelly, MD, rectal cancer program director at Orlando Health Cancer Institute. “Around the country, there are fewer than 50 cancer treatment centers that can say they have NAPRC accreditation so we’re very proud to be among a select group of specialists in our field.”

Achieving NAPRC accreditation requires compliance with the high standards set forth by NAPRC, which sets top benchmarks for cancer care in quality, systemwide team collaboration, and excellence in patient outcomes. Orlando Health Cancer Institute, in collaboration with the Colon & Rectal Clinic of Orlando, earned accreditation for the expert care its rectal cancer specialists provide in surgery, pathology, radiology, radiation oncology and medical oncology. The Cancer Institute’s team approach ensures the treatment plan for every rectal cancer patient is developed by and based on the opinions of its expert physicians.

Additionally, Orlando Health Cancer Institute met or exceeded standards addressing the clinical services that the rectal cancer program provides, including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA testing), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computerized tomography (CT) imaging for cancer staging which allow patients to start treatment within a defined timeframe. Rectal cancer programs accredited by the NAPRC undergo a site visit every three years and are also accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. 

“We are honored to receive this very prestigious national recognition,” said Margo Shoup, MD, MBA, president of Orlando Health Cancer Institute. “It highlights the extraordinary care that our world-class team of physicians provides for patients in Central Florida.”

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization with $8 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States.

Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level One Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in the St. Petersburg region. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows. The 3,200-bed system includes 10 award-winning hospitals, 9 hospital based ERs, and 7 free-standing emergency rooms; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,200 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 23,000 team members. In FY21, Orlando Health served more than 160,000 inpatients and 3.6 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided approximately $648 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @orlandohealth.