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Get Healthy Central Florida

America’s Doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, helped Florida Hospital and the Winter Park Health Foundation launch the new Healthy Central Florida initiative! The goal is for Central Florida to be the healthiest community in America.

The Advincula Arch

Two-thirds of hysterectomies are done with an open incision, but one inventive surgeon has come up with a new surgical tool to help others perform minimally invasive hysterectomies more safely and easily.

Pediatric ED Expands

Florida Hospital for Children’s pediatric emergency department recently doubled in size. The newly expanded 16-bed pediatric emergency department offers patients private rooms and bathrooms, a child-friendly waiting area and a highly-trained pediatric emergency care team.

New Video Goggles Help Patients During MRI

Imagine being able to watch your favorite movie during an MRI. This is now a reality for patients at Florida Hospital for Children with the new Cinemavision MRI video from Resonance Technology. These innovative “goggles,” accompanied with MRI safe headphones, immerse patients in a movie of their choice and ultimately help children remain calm during the noisy MRI scan.

True Beam - Better Results, Less Radiation

With the only system in Central Florida, the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute is providing patients with access to the latest radiotherapy treatment system that fine-tunes tumor targeting in 60 percent less time with 25 percent less x-ray dose.

Operation Walk Helps Local Surfer

Six patients across Florida are looking forward to better mobility after having free hip and knee surgery at Florida Hospital Celebration Health as part of Operation Walk USA 2011. Meet one 32-year-old patient who is ready to start riding the waves again with his new hip.

MAKO Procedure Takes Out The Knee Pain

Doug, an avid hiker and biker, had to put his passions and work on hold after suffering from osteoarthritis. Done with taking 2-3 single 800 milligrams tablets of ibuprofen every day for the pain, Doug recently underwent MAKOplasty, new minimally invasive knee replacement procedure, and is back to hiking the Appalachian Trail.

New Device “Spies” Bad Breast Tissue

Florida Hospital is now the first in Central Florida to offer a new technology that improves the outcomes of breast reconstruction surgery by helping to detect tissue viability in skin sparring mastectomy for optimal reconstruction. The SPY® Elite System is used at only a handful of breast centers in the country.

New Heart Device for High Risk Patients

In November, a heart valve replacement device received FDA approval that cardiologists and cardiac surgeons say could be a huge breakthrough in how they repair calcified heart valves in high risk patients. The buzz surrounding the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) allows doctors to replace a heart valve by inserting it through a catheter into the heart.