UCF Lake Nona Medical Center brings comprehensive hospital care to Medical City at Lake Nona. In late 2018, HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division and the University of Central Florida broke ground on UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, located adjacent to the UCF College of Medicine in Orlando’s Medical City at Lake Nona. On March 1, the three-story, $175 million hospital … [Read more...]
Topping Out a Dream
Eleven years ago in Lake Nona, we held Topping Out Ceremonies for our new College of Medicine medical education and Burnett Biomedical Sciences buildings. At those ceremonies, we dreamed of building an Academic Health Sciences Center that would bring together in Medical City all of UCF’s health-related programs in education, research and patient care. We knew that a teaching … [Read more...]
UCF-HCA Hospital on Its Way
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...]
Editor’s Note: Awestruck, But Not at a Loss for Words
Whoa, where did October go? We were just talking about school starting back up and now here we are with the holidays right around the corner! Goodness, are you ready for all of this? Luckily, Nonahood News is not your typical newspaper filled with negative stories, divisive politics, or energy-sapping drama. I’m proud that we not only report on local events, growth … [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...]