Orlando Health Announces Plans to Build Regional Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute

Orlando, FL (Feb. 6, 2025) – On Thursday, Orlando Health submitted plans to the City of Orlando to build a state-of-the-art Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute that will serve patients throughout the southeastern United States. The two-story, 28,000-square-foot medical office building will be the new home of Orlando Health bariatric service lines including weight- loss surgery, endoscopic procedures, obesity medicine, revision and conversion procedures, robotic procedures and surgical body contouring. The Institute will dedicate space to its psychiatry and nutrition programs, including group meeting spaces and a demonstration kitchen. The Institute will also house an advanced training environment known as a Bioskills Lab.

“We are excited to announce plans to construct the Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute,” said Cary D’Ortona, president of Orlando Health Medical Group. “As our community grows, so too does our commitment to increasing accessible healthcare services. We look forward to continuing to provide convenient access to our patients by bringing this vision to life in downtown Orlando.”

The Institute will be located at 55 W. Gore Street, near the Orlando Health Team Member Center on Orlando Health’s downtown campus.

“This new facility is a monumental announcement for patients seeking help with obesity and weight loss,” said Andre Teixeira, MD, bariatric surgeon and president of Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute. “The weight loss journey is life-changing and can include many stages. By having our surgery, medicine and research subspecialists all located in one centralized location, we are here at one convenient location for our patients throughout their entire journey.”

The Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute is anticipated to start construction in Summer 2025 and open in 2026.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community- building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)