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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.