The physician is employed by AdventHealth Medical Group and practices within the AdventHealth Cancer Institute at AdventHealth Lake Nona, a new hospital campus in southeast Orlando. Three layers matter to the day-to-day: the Lake Nona campus where the clinic sits, the Cancer Institute that runs oncology across Central Florida, and the AdventHealth system behind both.
AdventHealth Lake Nona is a 10-story, $423 million hospital on a 25-acre campus at 10999 Narcoossee Road, in the Lake Nona district known locally as Medical City. The hospital is scheduled to open in late November 2026, with the adjacent cancer center medical office building opening a few weeks ahead of it. AdventHealth has operated a freestanding emergency department in Lake Nona since 2020 and a multispecialty medical office building on Narcoossee Road, so the hospital converts an existing outpatient footprint into a full campus.
| Facility type | Acute care hospital with adjacent cancer center MOB |
| Ownership | AdventHealth, faith-based nonprofit system |
| Opening | November 2026 (hospital); cancer center MOB opens first |
| Beds | 80 at opening, with shell space to expand to 320 |
| Stories | 10 |
| Investment | $423 million |
| Campus | 25 acres, hospital plus medical office, retail, dining, amphitheater, and lake promenade connected to the Lake Nona Trail |
| Market leadership | Doug Harcombe, CEO, AdventHealth Central Florida South Market and AdventHealth Lake Nona |
Planned service lines at opening:
The campus is designed as a destination for patients from Central Florida and abroad, with Orlando International Airport about ten minutes north.
Lake Nona is the ninth Cancer Institute location in the Central Florida Division. Orlando is the flagship and Celebration the secondary hub; the other sites are Altamonte Springs, Apopka, East Orlando, Kissimmee, Minneola, Winter Garden, and Winter Park.
| Medical oncologists | About 30 across the division |
| Advanced practice providers | About 45 |
| Clinical trials | Approximately 175 active trials per year, one of the most active research sites in Florida |
| Phase I unit | Dedicated Phase I Clinical Research Unit at Celebration, 13 research chairs and 3 private rooms |
| Blood and marrow transplant | Central Florida's first and only comprehensive BMT program, at Orlando |
| Infusion volume | Celebration alone treats more than 1,900 infusion patients per month in 41 chairs |
| National ranking | AdventHealth Orlando ranked No. 30 in the nation for cancer care by U.S. News and World Report, 2025-2026 |
| Annual meeting | Institute-hosted ASCO-sponsored review meeting, 15 consecutive years, 350+ attendees |
Growth under way:
AdventHealth Medical Group is the employed physician organization. Definitive Healthcare lists the Central Florida group at 2,833 physicians and 4,525 total providers, headquartered in Maitland, with Joint Commission accreditation renewed in 2025. Nationally, the Medical Group spans more than 2,000 providers across nine states on a single Epic record. Primary care operates as a separate division and includes a large family medicine practice in Lake Nona.
| Founded | 1973, with roots in the 1866 Battle Creek Sanitarium |
| Structure | Nonprofit, Seventh-day Adventist health system |
| Footprint | More than 50 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in nine states |
| Team members | More than 100,000 |
| Headquarters | Altamonte Springs, Florida |
| Mission | Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ |
AdventHealth Orlando, the Central Florida flagship, was named to the U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2025-2026, one of 20 hospitals nationally, and ranked No. 1 in Florida. It has been the top-ranked hospital in the Orlando metro for 15 consecutive years, and U.S. News again named it a Best Hospital for 2026-2027. AdventHealth was also named one of Modern Healthcare's 15 Top Health Systems.
AdventHealth measures health in terms of the whole person: body, mind, and spirit. Its five stated values are quality and service excellence, community well-being, high ethical standards, stewardship, and inclusiveness. The system completes a Community Health Needs Assessment for every hospital every three years and funds community programs without regard to profit. Global Missions sends team members on medical mission trips to partner hospitals abroad.
The AdventHealth Foundation, through its Central Florida chapter, funds facilities, physician recruitment, and research across the Orlando-area hospitals. The Christopher K. Glanz Chair for Bladder Cancer Research, held by the Institute's GU oncology director, was endowed through a $2.5 million foundation gift.
AdventHealth is the official health care provider of the Orlando Magic (a 35-year relationship), the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, runDisney, Florida Citrus Sports, the Orlando Solar Bears, and the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and partners with Walt Disney World Resort on guest health and wellness. The USTA and Disney relationships place the system's brand in Lake Nona and its neighboring attractions daily.