Heart Transplant Announcement

Event Date: 
March 23, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Florida Hospital Establishes Only Heart Transplant Program in Central Florida

The addition of two transplant physicians to the team is one of the final steps before performing the area's first heart transplant

WHAT:    Florida Hospital establishes the only heart transplant program in Central Florida.  The addition of two world class physicians to the Florida Hospital team, signals the first heart transplant in Central Florida is rapidly approaching.  Come find out about the future of heart transplant in this community and meet the two physicians who will lead the heart transplant program at Florida Hospital.

Patients in need of a heart transplant will no longer have to travel long distances to receive a life saving heart.  Now they don't have to leave Central Florida for the transplant surgery or the vital follow up care that is a part of organ transplantation.

BKGND:   For more than 40 years the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute has cared for thousands of cardiology patients.  Each year more than 100 Florida Hospital cardiologists treat nearly 35,000 patients suffering from chest pain and cardiovascular surgeons perform 1,600 cardiac procedures.  The Florida Hospital Transplant Center performed Central Florida's first kidney transplant  more than 35 years ago and is the areas only transplant facility replacing multiple organs; the pancreas, the liver, the kidneys and now the heart.  The legacy of the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and the Florida Hospital Transplant Center, make it possible for Florida Hospital to be the location of the first heart transplant performed in Central Florida.

 WHEN:     March 23, 2010
                  10 a.m.

 WHERE:   Florida Hospital Orlando - Ginsburg Tower
                  601 E. Rollins Ave.
                 Orlando, FL  32803

 

VISUALS:     Interviews, video, and photo opportunities available, including:

  • Interview the surgeon who will perform Central Florida's first heart transplant
  • See the members of the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and the Florida Hospital Transplant Center come together for a visual blending of their expertise.

 

CONTACT: For more information, contact the Media Relations Team at 407-303-8217.

www.FloridaHospitalNews.com

 

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