Clinical faculty across ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ provide almost 120,000 patient visits for the community each year, and the university announces today itβs linking those healthcare services under a new ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Health brand.
University leaders say they hope the branding will help the community and patients understand the breadth of medical services they can get from ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ physicians, nurses, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists and other providers.
βΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ is taking care of our communityβs health in so many extraordinary ways,β says. Deborah German, vice president for health affairs and dean of ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs College of Medicine. βBy bringing these services under the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Health brand, we make it easier for our community to understand our services and seek academic patient care.β
The rebranding comes as the latest step in the development of ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs Academic Health Sciences Center, which unites all of the universityβs clinical programs β the colleges of Health Professions and Sciences, Medicine and Nursing as well as Student Health Services. As part of that effort, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ will open the new Dr. Phillops Nursing Pavilion in Lake Nonaβs Medical City in 2025 β next door to the medical school. Eventually it plans to bring other clinical programs to Lake Nona to foster increased interprofessional education, research and patient care. As Dr. German explains, βWhenever healthcare professionals work as a team, patients always get better care.β
The university has almost 140,000 square feet of clinical space, caring for patients in Central Florida as well as children and families who travel from across the country to access ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ services:
- offers a variety of primary and specialty care services to help keep students at their optimum health. The primary Health Center is located on the main campus with satellite clinics on the Rosen College, Health Sciences, and ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Downtown campuses. Student Health Services also offers a pharmacy and dental care. βStudent Health Services is thrilled to collaborate with our ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ clinical partners to share not only an exciting new brand but also to maximize the patient benefit of all our combined services,β says Michael Deichen, associate vice president of ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Student Health Services, who also serves as the chief public health officer for the university as a whole.
- , formerly called ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Health, has two locations; one in East Orlando just blocks from the main ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ campus and one in Medical City. Physicians provide academic, personalized care to the community in a variety of areas including cardiology, rheumatology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, dermatology, internal and family medicine, and geriatrics. All physicians are ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ College of Medicine faculty.
ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs College of Health Professions and Sciences also provides wellness and rehabilitative patient care services to the community:
- delivers high-quality, patientΒcentered care delivered by licensed physical therapists and faculty members with expertise in orthopedics, sports injuries, geriatrics, neurology, pediatrics and womenβs health. The clinic serves patients through three facilities located in Research Park, on the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ main campus and at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Athletics.
- provides cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment services to people of all ages with communication and hearing challenges. It treats patients across the lifespan β from toddlers developing speech and language to adults who have lost speech or language due to disease or trauma. The Communications Disorders Clinic offers speech therapy, audiology, assistive technology and an intensive aphasia treatment program, among other services. βThousands of patients and their families already choose ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ each year for our competent and compassionate providers,β says Matthew Theriot, interim dean of the College of Health Professions and Sciences. βUniting our expertise under the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Health name is another step toward making healthcare more accessible to our community and beyond.β
In addition to these services, students and faculty from ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs Academic Health Sciences Center provide free care to medically in need residents through service learning clinics. These include the KNIGHTS (Keeping Neighbors In Good Health Through Service) Clinic at Grace Medical Home, the Chapman Compassionate Care Clinic for people experiencing homelessness, and a clinic for Apopka farmworkers through a partnership with the Farmworker Association of Florida.
ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ has launched a new Academic Health Sciences Center , where you can find out how to get care at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½, including appointment information.
