AdventHealth for Children

On September 19, 2007, construction work began on new children's hospital to replace the older 155 bed Florida Children's Hospital. The bigger $35 million replacement children's hospital would be seven-stories and have 200 beds. Florida Hospital received $10 million from The Walt Disney Company for the hospital, it will be the first hospital to have the Disney name on it.^[2][3][4] On March 22, 2017, Florida Hospital for Children had increased its neonatal intensive care unit from 81 to 102 beds.^[5][6] In late June 2010, the hospital had launched its Healthy 100 Kids program to help children to live to be 100 years old.^[7][8] In November, Denny Sanford donated $10 million for Florida Hospital for Children.^[9][10]

On March 30, 2011, Florida Hospital for Children and the Walt Disney Pavilion opened, at the grand opening was Mickey Mouse, Bob Iger, Tom Staggs and Meg Crofton.^[11][12][13] In late September 2020, AdventHealth for Children began using robots during the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing patients to socialize with people outside of their room.^[14][15]

On October 17, 2023, the Stella Tremonti Down Syndrome Clinic opened at AdventHealth for Children, the facility also goes by the name of SMILE.^[16][17] Stella's parents donated the money for the clinic, her father is the guitarist Mark Tremonti.^[16][18] The clinic is the first in Orlando to treat both children and adults with down syndrome, by offering occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy.^[18]

On April 12, 2017, Mark Hamill, stormtroopers and R2-D2 visited Florida Hospital for Children on behalf of the Starlight Children's Foundation and Lucasfilm.^[19][20] In late February 2024, Belle visited children at AdventHealth for Children and handed out books and toys from the Starlight Children's Foundation at a party. The children also dressed up in hospital gowns provided by the foundation: Such as Ariel, Mulan, Tiana, Spider-Man and other Marvel Comics characters.^[21][22]

In early August 2025, AdventHealth for Children donated $1 million to Orlando Science Center for its Unlock Science Campaign to advance STEM education for residents in central Florida.^[23][24]

In early October 2020, AdventHealth for Children announced a partnership with Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine to diagnose infants and children who are critically ill in the intensive care unit with genome sequencing.^[25][26]

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