|
A few years ago, a life sciences cluster was a dream for
Orlando. Now, that dream is a reality as the Tavistock Group's Lake
Nona development near Orlando International Airport is the home for
an emerging 'medical city'.
With the 2006 announcements of a new University of Central
Florida (UCF) College of Medicine and the Sanford-Burnham Medical
Research Institute, Orlando was thrust upon the life sciences
map.
Since that time, the Tavistock Group – developers of the Lake
Nona community – has designed a master plan for the community,
bringing together leading entities in education, research,
healthcare and industry. Now located, under construction or planned
for the 600+ acres in the Lake Nona Medical City are:
- University of Central Florida College of
Medicine – Part of the nation's 2nd largest university,
the UCF medical campus will include the Burnett School of
Biomedical Sciences, a medical library and other UCF health
sciences programs. The college has enrolled 41 students in its
inaugural class, each of whom received a full four-year scholarship
from nearly $7 million in community donations – an unprecedented
move.
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences – UCF's esteemed
research, graduate bio-med and undergraduate program will help the
College of Medicine build a research-intensive medical school where
cutting-edge medical research spans the entire spectrum, from
laboratory bench to patient bedsides. This facility was the first
to open on UCF's Lake Nona Health Science Campus in 2009.
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake
Nona – Teams of scientists who study diabetes, obesity,
and cardiovascular disease work in a state-of-the-art
175,000-square-foot institute. The premier non-profit medical
research facility at Lake Nona is committed to conducting
fundamental and translational research and is supported by almost
$40 million of grant funding. Within 10 years, the institute will
employ over 300 scientists and support personnel.
- M. D. Anderson - Orlando's Cancer Research Institute
(CRI) – By relocating its current facilities to the Lake
Nona Medical City, CRI researchers conduct basic laboratory
research to further the scope of knowledge of processes that spark
cell transformation into malignant forms and perpetuate cancer
growth. Researchers partner with the UCF College of Medicine on
research projects, and many serve as faculty members. The CRI is an
affiliate of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and a division
of Orlando Health.
- Nemours Children's Hospital – Scheduled to
open in 2012, Nemours' specialized hospital for children will be
the central hub of a 60-acre pediatric health campus featuring a
children's clinic, emergency department, diagnostic and ambulatory
programs, education centers and research programs.
- Orlando VA Medical Center –
This $600 million, state-of-the-art facility due to open in 2012
will increase accessibility to healthcare for approximately 400,000
Central Florida veterans and will be the first VA hospital built in
the United States since 1995.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Simulation
Center for Excellence – Located at the new Orlando VA
Medical Center will be the nationwide training and planning home
for the VA's new medical simulation system – Simulated Learning
Enhancement and Advanced Research Network. A 35,000-square-foot
facility, to be called the SimLEARN National Center, will bring
physicians and other medical professionals from throughout the
country to train in the latest medical simulation technology,
including surgical robotics.
- University of Florida Research and
Academic Center – Scheduled to open in 2012, this
100,000-square-foot research facility, which will include a
satellite campus of the UF College of Pharmacy, will be shared with
the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. This will enable
the state's flagship research university to have direct
collaborations with Sanford-Burnham's top scientists.
For more information on some of Metro Orlando's leading
biotechnology and life science companies, please visit their
websites by clicking on the links below, or, visit
Company Profiles to read for brief synopses of each
company.
Amaro
& Associates, Inc.
Axium
Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc.
Cardiovascular
Sciences, Inc.
Cognoscenti Health Institute
CORD:USE
CuraScript,
Inc.
Emergency Medicine
Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC)
Florida’s Blood Centers
Florida
Hospital
GENICON
Informed Care (website not available)
INTER
BIO-LAB, Inc.
Nemours
Children's Hospital
NIIT
Healthcare (formerly Visions@work)
Orlando Health
M. D. - Orlando's Cancer Research Institute
Orlando VA
Medical Center
Ortheon Medical
Rippe Health Evaluation
Sanford-Burnham
Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona
sanofi pasteur
VaxDesign Campus
Triad
Isotopes
UroSoutions, Inc. (website not available)
Valensa
International (formerly U.S. Nutraceuticals LLC)
|
