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Lake Nona Medical City
Neighborhood
Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida
Location of Orlando in Orange County and the state of Florida
Location of Orlando in Orange County and the state of Florida
Lake Nona Medical City is located in the US
Lake Nona Medical City
Lake Nona Medical City
Location within the contiguous United States of America
Coordinates: 28°22′2″N 81°16′49″W / 28.36722°N 81.28028°W / 28.36722; -81.28028
Country  United States
State  Florida
County Flag of Orange County, Florida.png Orange
City Flag of Orlando, Florida.png Orlando
Founded October 2005; 12 years ago (2005-10)
Opened August 2010; 7 years ago (2010-08)
Area
 • Total 1.02 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Elevation 82 ft (25 m)
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP code(s) 32827
Area code(s) 321, 407
Website Official site

Lake Nona Medical City is a 650-acre (260 ha) health and life sciences park in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is located near Orlando International Airport and within the master-planned community of Lake Nona. The city is home to the University of Central Florida's Health Sciences Campus, which includes the university's College of Medicine and Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. In the future, the campus will also house UCF's University of Central Florida College of Nursing, the University of Central Florida College of Dental Medicine, and a teaching hospital.

The medical city also includes the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Nemours Children’s Hospital, a University of Florida Academic and Research Center, and Valencia College at Lake Nona. In addition, the Orlando Veterans Administration Medical Center, began seeing clinical patients from February, 2015.

The concept of the medical city began in October 2005 when the donated $12.5 million and 50 acres (20 ha) of land to the University of Central Florida to help establish a medical school. In March 2006, the Florida Board of Governors voted to approve UCF's proposal to build a medical college at Lake Nona, and the school greeted its first students in Fall 2009. In 2012, UCF purchased an additional 25 acres (10 ha) of land at Lake Nona to construct a teaching hospital.


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