05/27/2010
On May 27, at 10:00 a.m., the Orlando VA Medical Center will host an event to unveil a 3-D model of the new Lake Nona Campus. Also during the event, and just in time for Memorial Day, the Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, Inc., will unveil its plans for a Veterans Memorial Park to be built at the Lake Nona site. The event will be at held at Orlando City Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801-3360. Distinguished guest speakers at the event will include Orlando VA Medical Center Director Timothy W. Liezert, Central Florida Memorial Park Foundation President Jerry Pierce, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Crotty’s Chief of Staff and Director of Economic Trade and Tourism Development Mr. George Rodon.
The new Orlando VA Medical Center will be located on a 65-acre campus in southeast Orange County. The 1.2 million square foot facility, opening in fall of 2012, will cost $665 million to construct. The medical center will have a large multispecialty outpatient clinic, 134-inpatient beds, 120-community living center beds, a 60-bed domiciliary and administrative and support services. The VA will be co-located with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, the Sanford-Burnham Institute, the University of Florida Academic and Research Center and Nemours Children’s Hospital in the Lake Nona area known as the “Medical City.”
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05/12/2010
Barbara DeBenham Meeks RN, MSN, MBA, has been tapped for the newly created leadership position of Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) of Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH), the integrated pediatric facility under construction at the Lake Nona Medical Campus near Orlando, Fla.
Prior to joining Nemours, Meeks served as Vice President of Pediatric Patient Care Services for Medical College of Georgia Health (MCGHealth), Inc. in Augusta, Ga.
“We are confident that Ms. Meeks will be a valuable addition to the leadership team at NCH,” said Roger Oxendale, president and CEO of Nemours Children’s Hospital. “With more than 30 years of experience, she is a proven leader in children’s health and was instrumental in gaining national recognition to the patient-and-family-centered care philosophy at the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center.”
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05/12/2010
As part of National Lab Day, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona invited 30 top 8th graders from Lake Nona Middle School into their labs to extract DNA from strawberries; examine microscopic tissue samples of kidney, liver, skin and intestine and perform other experiments. The goal was to give students real-life experiences in the laboratory to complement classroom learning and encourage them to seek careers in science.
Sanford-Burnham’s postdoctoral scientists designed these lab-based practical experiences including basic pipeting technique-an integral skill in the life of any scientist. “Biomedical science provides an insight into health and disease. I wanted the students to experience the wonders of science from a hands-on perspective and understand the concept of what they were doing. The students were intrigued and I hope they left with a new love for science.” said Dr. Preeti Bharaj, postdoctoral scientist at Sanford-Burnham who led some of the lab work. Dr. Bharaj is conducting research that examines the brain-body connection that controls energy expenditure and appetite within Sanford-Burnham’s Diabetes & Obesity Research Center.
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05/03/2010
The Orlando VA Medical Center recently named Dr. Kenneth Goldberg as its new chief of staff. In his new position, Dr. Goldberg oversees the care of nearly 90,000 Central Florida Veterans while at the same time playing a critical part in the physical and organizational planning for the new Orlando VA Medical Center.
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04/01/2010
NAIOP Central Florida, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, announced winners of its 14th Annual “Best of the Best” Awards at its Annual Gala that drew nearly 200 industry leaders and guests at The Citrus Club in Orlando.
Lake Nona Property Holdings, LLC, (Lake Nona) was awarded the prestigious 2009 Developer of the Year award. The company was applauded for its comprehensively planned and environmentally sustainable mixed-use Lake Nona development in southeast Orlando. The 7,000-acre project is one of the largest infill master planned community developments currently moving ahead in the United States. At the heart of the development is Medical City, a 600-acre science and technology park that is attracting world class health and life sciences institutions and intellectual capital from around the world to Central Florida.
Also in the developer category, Lake Nona was awarded best Owner/User building for the state-of-the-art Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. The 75,000-square foot Sanford-Burnham building stands as the largest private research facility in the state of Florida. Lake Nona led the successful development of this innovative and Gold level LEED certified research facility. The highly specialized building was completed on-schedule and on-budget.
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