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Photo credit: Janine Moore-Starling, BSN, RN, CCRN | Orlando Health Health & Vascular Institute

Longwood, FL (August 10, 2021) – A state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital is making its mark with patients in Seminole County just one year after its unveiling.

Orlando, FL (August 18, 2021) – Orlando Health is launching a new partnership with Seminole State College of Florida to expand its Preferred Education Program (PEP) and create more opportunities for Orlando Health team members to pursue an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or technical certificate.

Mary “Lou” Hazlett is no stranger to operating rooms.

Orlando, Fla. (August 31, 2021) – Cardiologists at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center are breaking through heart disease with new technology. The doctors are the first in Central Florida to offer shockwave technology to break up severely calcified plaque in heart arteries. The new technology for severely calcified coronary artery disease uses sonic pressure waves to break away problematic calcium so heart arteries can be safely expanded, and blood flow restored. The treatment is also a new way to use lithotripsy - an approach that has been used for decades for kidney stones. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the technology to treat coronary arteries.

Orlando, FL (September 27, 2021) – Orlando Health South Lake Hospital officially broke ground on the construction site for its new patient tower. Lake County elected officials and community members joined Orlando Health South Lake team members and clinical staff in celebrating the first milestone of the hospital’s expansion project.

In Summer 2013, Rowena was approaching retirement and ready for days full of novels, baking her favorite recipes and volunteering in her community. Before enjoying her golden years, she decided to get a checkup. Though she had a small cough, she figured it was due to allergies. When the cough continued, Rowena’s primary care physician referred her to an ENT (ear, nose and throat) doctor who thought she simply needed a stronger antibiotic. She also noticed her neck was swollen but had no pain.

It began in June 2018 with a missed phone call that I didn’t want to return. I had just had my annual mammogram at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute Breast Care Center. I saw that I had gotten a call from them, but I was just starting my vacation, and I assumed it wasn’t anything important, so I didn’t call back. Because of my family history, I had gotten my first screening mammogram at age 35. Now, at age 41, I assumed they were just calling to tell me that they had seen some calcification, as had been the case previously.

Orlando, FL (November 8, 2021) -- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg are participating in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Perinatal Improvement Collaborative, a large-scale, data-driven collaborative of over 200 leading hospitals caring for diverse populations in all 50 states. The collaborative is overseen by the HHS Office on Women’s Health (OWH), using real-time data, analytics and performance improvement methodologies from Premier Inc. 

I was on a family vacation in Massachusetts in the summer of 2016. I was taking one last picture on the beach and suddenly my jaw started to quiver uncontrollably. I didn’t think it was a stroke but knew something was wrong. My family took me to the local hospital, and a CT scan showed something, but they weren’t sure what it is. They advised me to go to Boston where they have the best neurosurgeons in the world.