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Orlando, FL (September 21, 2022) – Building on an already robust menu of education benefits, Orlando Health is rolling out opportunities for team members to complete their high school diploma and enhance their English language skills.

Orlando, Fla - About 42,000 women die of breast cancer each year, and while strides are being made in medical treatments, the best tool for preventing cancer deaths continues to be screening and early detection. But a new national survey commissioned by Orlando Health finds far too many women are skipping lifesaving mammograms and many young women have no plans to get screened at all.

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.

Robin Jansson (paid endorsement) is a star defender for the Orlando City Soccer Club, thrilling thousands of screaming fans with every slide tackle and kick. Katie Erickson is a busy mom who is an executive at a Florida theme park – all while managing Type 1 diabetes.

Orlando, FL (November 30, 2022) – The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute has received an Honorable Mention in the 2022 American Architecture Awards. The prestigious award recognizes the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects across the globe, as well as buildings designed and built in the U.S. by international architects. 

Orlando, Fla. (December 6, 2022) – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies were named Top Teaching Hospitals, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital was named was named a Top Children’s Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. The awards, announced today, recognize hospitals across the country for excellence in quality of care and patient safety.

Orlando, FL (December 21, 2022) – Today, Orlando Health submitted to the Orange County Development Review Committee a request for a pre-application meeting along with renderings of a new freestanding emergency room (ER) the organization plans to build. The request provides specifications for the new ER, which features an 18,000 square foot facility with a capacity for up to 24 exam rooms, including two resuscitation rooms, a computerized tomography room, a radiology room, and a lab. It will be located at 11898 Lake Underhill Road, on a 5.57-acre site that was previously the location of a motorcycle dealership. 

Tonya Oxford always looks forward to her annual family vacation, and she was particularly excited this year. She and her husband, Tony, were taking their three daughters and three grandchildren to Bimini in the Bahamas.

Orlando, FL (December 5, 2022) Orlando Health has launched a Complex Hernia Center to connect patients with surgeons who can provide a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan for hernia repair.