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22 INNOVATE: M E D I C A L C I T Y MEDICAL CITY HISTORY October 2009 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute is dedicated. August 2006 October 2005 March 2007 University of Central Florida announces plans for 50-acre health sciences campus in Lake Nona, anchored by a new College of Medicine. 2005 February 2009 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute announces its The Department of Veterans decision to locate an east coast Affairs in Orlando announces facility in Lake Nona. it will locate its National Medical Simulation Center at Lake Nona. The Department of Veterans Affairs announces Lake Nona as the location for its new VA Medical Center. 2006 2007 2008 2009 March 2006 Florida’s Board of Governors approves the UCF College of Medicine. May 2009 January 2008 Nemours announces Lake Nona as the location for its new children’s hospital in Orlando. “Lake Nona might appear like a normal community, but it is actually a giant experiment in how we can keep people healthy.” Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona opens.