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  • Lead poisoning: How the Flint water crisis is bringing an old problem back into view

    You may have seen the ongoing news coverage of the crisis in Flint, Michigan where the city’s water supply has exposed potentially tens of thousands of people to toxic levels of lead. Children are especially vulnerable to lead exposure, and in fact it was a pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who was one of the first to publicly call for city and state officials to address water safety concerns after finding high levels of lead in several children. 

  • Orlando Health Network saves nearly $90 million in healthcare costs

    Orlando, FL January 18, 2019 – With more than 200,000 managed lives, representing more than $1.1 billion in annual healthcare expenditures, the Orlando Health Network – the largest clinically integrated network in the region – has saved $89.9 million in healthcare costs in just five years according to the Network’s 2018 Value Report, which was released today.

  • Is going "gluten-free" just a fad?

    I remember when my great-aunt Sally came to visit, she would often bring her own bread and a tub of margarine or stick of butter. If we went out to eat to a place like Pizza Hut, she would order a salad with no croutons. When the salad arrived with croutons, she would send it back and have them remake it without them. Aunt Sally had celiac disease; a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine, causing malabsorption of nutrients after a protein called “gluten” is consumed. Even the tiniest crumb of a gluten-containing food caused Aunt Sally a lot pain.

    How common is celiac disease?

    An estimated 1% of the population in the United States has celiac disease, and 97% of those affected by celiac disease are undiagnosed. In Florida, that means approximately 195,000 people have celiac disease, but fewer than 6,000 of them know it. In one study looking at the prevalence of celiac disease in the U.S., 29 of the 35 people found with celiac disease did not know they had it prior to the study. 

  • Pediatric Neurosurgeon Joins Arnold Palmer Hospital to Lead New Neuroscience Center

    Orlando, FL (May 17, 2017) – Samer Elbabaa, MD, FAANS, FACS has joined Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to head up a new pediatric

  • Marc S. Levy, MD

    Marc Levy, MD, serves as a pediatric surgeon for Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the director of pediatric surgical education for Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery with special qualifications in pediatric surgery.

    After earning his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Dr. Levy received his medical degree from the University of South Florida, in Tampa. He went on to complete a general surgery residency with Orlando Regional Medical Center, an ECMO/critical care clinical fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Boston, and a pediatric surgery residency at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

    Dr. Levy has presented on a variety of pediatric topics at conferences throughout the U.S. and has co-authored articles published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and Annals of Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgery, American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Florida Association of Pediatric Surgeons. He is also a special consultant for the American College of Surgeons’ Injury Prevention and Control Committee.

  • Patients & Visitors

    Information and resources for patients, parents and visitors of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

  • Children's Services and Community Engagement

    Hospitalization can be a frightening experience for a child and a challenging event for a family. For this reason, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children offers services designed to support the “whole child” — body, mind and spirit — by addressing each patient’s emotional, developmental, social and educational needs.

  • Music Therapy

    Music is a universal language that can offer healing effects. In fact, music therapy is a research-based profession that benefits the emotional, social, psychological and physical needs of hospitalized patients. Music can help kids manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory and improve communication while promoting general wellness and healing.

  • Child Life Program

    Every single child is unique. And, when facing a medical experience, every child and their family will have different needs. Our Child Life Program is dedicated to helping each child have the best healthcare experience possible through education, play and personalized support.

  • Heater / Cooler Device Information

    For patients or parents who have questions about the heater/cooler device used during open-heart surgery, please call our help line at 321.843.7200 or visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website for more information.