AdventHealth for Women

AdventHealth for Women
AdventHealth
Geography
Location	601 East Rollins Street, Orlando, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28°34′30″N81°22′13″W / 28.57500°N 81.37028°W / 28.57500; -81.37028
Organization
Care system	Private hospital
Type	General hospital
Religious affiliation	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	330 [1]
History
Former name	Florida Hospital for Women
Construction started	January 9, 2013
Opened	January 24, 2016
Links
Website	www.adventhealth.com/adventhealth-women
Lists	Hospitals in Florida

AdventHealth for Women is a non-profit hospital in Orlando, Florida, United States that is adjacent to AdventHealth Orlando. ^[2]

History

In late September 2012, Florida Hospital announced that it would have a building constructed at Florida Hospital Orlando for women's health. ^{[3] [4]} On January 9, 2013, Florida Hospital had a groundbreaking for a 12-story, 400,000-square-foot women's hospital, at Florida Hospital Orlando for $210 million. ^{[5] [6] [7]} They wore pink hard hats and pink stethoscopes, while they used pink shovels to dig into soil dyed pink. ^[7] Brasfield & Gorrie was hired to build the women's hospital and HKS, Inc. was hired to design it. ^[8] In early November 2014, there was a topping out for Florida Hospital for Women. ^{[9] [10]} On January 11, 2016, there was a ribbon cutting ceremony and it began treating patients on January 24. ^{[11] [12]} AdventHealth for Women was expected to treat 20,000 women in its first year. ^[13]

Florida Hospital for Women was constructed in two phases: Phase one for young women, babies, for heart and breast cancer treatment. Phase two for oncology, surgery and neurological intensive care unit. ^[1]

The babies

To celebrate the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the hospital dressed up the babies as characters from the films. Such as BB-8, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Rey, Yoda. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Visitors

On Star Wars Day the 501st Legion came to the hospital, and visited patients dressed as Darth Vader and stormtroopers. ^{[17] [18]}

Wedding

In early May 2024, a pregnant woman got married at the hospital in a bed sheet, while she was in induced labor due to respiratory syncytial virus. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

See also

• List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals

References

1. Lehman, Mark (December 9, 2015). "Florida Hospital for Women gives sneak peek of new 12-story tower". ClickOrlando . Retrieved November 24, 2025.
2. Broffman, Matthew (January 24, 2014). "Florida Hospital to Connect Women's Tower to Admin Building With Pedestrian Bridge". Bungalower. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
3. "Florida Hospital to add buildings dedicated to women's healthcare". WFTV . September 18, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
4. "Florida Hospital Plans 3 New Buildings for Women's Health". Becker's Hospital Review . September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
5. "Florida Hospital breaks ground on new women's hospital". WFTV . January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
6. "Florida Hospital takes big step in women's health". WESH . January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
7. Aboraya, Abraham (January 9, 2013). "Florida Hospital breaks ground on $210 million women's hospital" . Orlando Business Journal . Retrieved November 5, 2024.
8. "Brasfield & Gorrie Pours the Foundation for Florida Hospitals New Women's Hospital". Medical Construction & Design. February 12, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
9. Broffman, Matthew (November 18, 2014). "Tower for Florida Hospital for Women tops out at twelve stories". Bungalower. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
10. Miller, Naseem (November 14, 2014). "Florida Hospital for Women completes major part of construction". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 25, 2025.
11. Williams, Rachel (January 11, 2016). "Florida Hospital opens new women's tower in Orlando". Orlando Business Journal . Retrieved November 18, 2025.
12. "Florida Hospital for Women hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony". Bay News 9 . January 11, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
13. Aboraya, Abe (December 10, 2015). "Florida Hospital For Women By The Numbers". Central Florida Public Media . Retrieved November 18, 2025.
14. "Florida hospital dresses newborns as Star Wars characters". WTSP . December 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
15. "The Force is strong! Babies get into character to celebrate 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'". Good Morning America . December 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
16. "PHOTOS: Florida hospital dresses newborns in Star Wars outfits". WFLA-TV . December 22, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
17. Catherman, Caroline (May 4, 2022). "Darth Vader visits AdventHealth babies on 'Star Wars' Day'" . Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 5, 2024.
18. "Show Of 'Force - "May The Force Be With You"". South Lake Tablet . May 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
19. Parrish, Morgan (May 7, 2024). "Florida bride gets married at Orlando hospital hours before having a baby". Fox Orlando . Retrieved November 5, 2024.
20. Clack, Erin (May 7, 2024). "Pregnant Woman Gets Married at Florida Hospital While in Labor: 'It All Happened So Fast'". People . Retrieved November 5, 2024.
21. Solé, Elise (May 10, 2024). "Pregant bride gets married in hospital wearing 'wedding dress' of bed sheets". Today . Retrieved November 5, 2024.

Further reading

• Miller, Naseem (November 7, 2016). "Florida Hospital for Women opens oncology floors, also accepts men". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 24, 2025.
• Barth, Cindy (February 20, 2017). "Florida Hospital for Women to expand" . Orlando Business Journal . Retrieved November 25, 2025.
• "HKS-Designed AdventHealth Hospital for Women Offers First-Time Specialty Services". HKS, Inc. October 11, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
• Lynch, Ryan (July 23, 2019). "AdventHealth to invest $17M in women's hospital project" . Orlando Business Journal . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
• McLeod, Emily (March 8, 2025). "How AdventHealth's 'Fourth Trimester' program is addressing health disparities". ClickOrlando . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
• Stone, Cheryn (March 13, 2025). "AdventHealth for Women provides 'fourth trimester' care for weeks after childbirth". Health News Florida . Retrieved March 18, 2025.