We broke ground recently for our new UCF Lake Nona Medical Center – a hospital that will provide academic healthcare to Lake Nona while training tomorrow’s healthcare leaders. The UCF-HCA joint venture hospital will open in late 2020 on 25 acres next to our College of Medicine. About 500 guests attended the Oct. 25 groundbreaking, which began with an early morning rainbow. … [Read more...]
Nemours Children’s Hospital Wins Florida Hospital Association Award
Nemours Children's Hospital (NCH) was awarded The Innovation of the Year in Patient Care award by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) on Oct. 4 at The Celebration of Service Awards Ceremony in Orlando. NCH was given the award due to their 3D modeling program that has proven to be a significant aid in cancer and cardiac surgeries as well as preoperative interventional … [Read more...]
Nona Growth: Storey Park Boulevard
What’s Happening East of Narcoossee Road? When was the last time you drove on Moss Park Road? For neighbors in communities near North Shore and Isle of Pines, Moss Park Road is a main artery that commuters use for travel to Narcoossee Road or the 417 Expressway. For more than a year, road construction made commuting this area a bit stressful. Changing road patterns … [Read more...]
UCF Lake Nona Medical Center Names Wendy Brandon as CEO
Wendy Brandon, FACHE (Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives distinction of board certification in healthcare management), has been named by HCA Healthcare and the University of Central Florida College of Medicine as the new CEO of the UCF Lake Nona Medical Center. The facility is scheduled to open by the end of 2020. The teaching hospital represents the future … [Read more...]
Ronald McDonald House Announces $1.38 Million Third-Floor Expansion
On Aug. 27, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida (RMHCCF) announced their plan to begin expansion on the third floor of their Ronald McDonald House. Five days before that release was sent out, a global bio-pharmaceutical company, called AbbVie, made a donation of $100 million to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Their donation was able to provide the Central … [Read more...]