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Florida Hospital Orlando is in the midst of a major expansion project – building a new 15-story patient tower.  And to support the pathology needs for the expanding hospital and continuously growing community, on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, Florida Hospital broke ground on the new Florida Hospital Center for Diagnostic Pathology.  Located at 2855 North Orange Avenue, the  24,000-square-foot, two-story building will allow Florida Hospital to continue to expand anatomic pathology services, and open up additional space in the current laboratory on the second floor of Florida Hospital Orlando to grow clinical pathology services there as well.  In addition, when the new lab is complete, patients will have easy access to a specimen drawing station with a convenient parking lot and entrance.  

The new, stand-alone building is being built by Bovis Lend Lease, one of the world’s leading project management and construction companies, and is scheduled to be complete in spring 2008.  Staffed by more than 80 professionals from pathology, histology, cytology, and clinical teams, the new Florida Hospital Center for Diagnostic Pathology will process more than 80,000 specimens each year in a state-of-the-art facility with advanced venting and exhaust features.  In order to meet the ever-growing needs of the Central Florida community, the new lab will be open around the clock every day.  It will also allow Florida Hospital to increase research partnerships and contributions. 

Florida Hospital’s laboratory services are currently located on the second floor of the Florida Hospital Orlando campus.  The laboratory services support all seven Central Florida - Florida Hospital campuses, more than 1,000 doctors’ offices, 37 nursing homes, and act as a reference lab for Adventist Health System hospitals in Florida and throughout the Southeast.  Clinical pathology services will remain in the current building.  Anatomical pathology services will be located in the new building.