Campus Summary

• Halifax Medical Center (Halifax Community Health System)
  No. of beds: 764 licensed beds with an additional 180 by early 2009
  More than 500 Doctors on staff representing 46 Specialties
  • Services:
  • Heart Center
  • Orthopedic Center
  • Neuroscience Center
  • Regional Oncology Center (4 Cancer Treatment Centers)
  • Trauma Center-Level II
  • Pediatric Emergency Dept.
  • Neonatal Intensive Care-Level II
  • Pediatric Intensive Care-Level II
  • Child & Adolescent Behavioral Services
  • Psychiatric Services
  • Area’s largest Hospice Organization
  • Health Maintenance Organization
  • Preferred Provider Organization
  • Quick Facts:
  • Opened its doors on January 3, 1928
  • Top 5% Nationally for clinical outcomes
  • 4th busiest Emergency Room in the State of Florida
  • Performed the 1st procedure in east central Florida using the da Vinci Robot surgical system
  • Largest and leading provider of healthcare services in east central Florida
  • Residency Programs:
  • Family Medicine
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship
• Florida Hospital Ormond, Florida Hospital Deland
  No. of beds: 359 beds (Ormond is building a new Hospital with 245 beds and shell space for an additional 300 future beds.)
• Services:
  • Cancer Care Center
  • Birth Care Center
  • Memorial Heart Institute
  • Chest Pain Center
  • Rehabilitation Center
  • Cardiopulmonary Wellness Center
  • Sleep Disorder Center
  • Center for Women’s Medicine
  • Diabetes Center
  • Mental Health Unit
  • Hospice Care
  • Memorial Home Health
  • Wound Care
• Quick Facts:
• Members of the Adventist Health System
• Largest not-for-profit Protestant healthcare system in the United States
• Seventh-day Adventist church opened its 1st healthcare center in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1866
• No Residency Programs

Faculty

• No. of Clerkship Faculty: 33
• No. of Clerkship Directors: 7
• Approved Electives by Campus [pdf]

Housing

• Cost of living information:
  
  • http://www.city-data.com
  • http://www.daytona-beach-florida-living.com
  • http://www.myregion.org
• Resources for finding housing:
• http://www.daytonarealtors.com
• http://www.fl.living.net
• http://www.rent.com

Community

• Volusia County Population: 496,575
• Municipalities:
• Daytona Beach
• Daytona Beach Shores
• Debary
• Deland
• Deltona
• Edgewater
• Holly Hill
• Lake Helen
• New Smyrna Beach
• Oak Hill
• Orange City
• Ormond Beach
• Pierson
• Ponce Inlet
• Port Orange
• South Daytona
• Major attractions:
  http://www.DaytonaBeach.com    http://www.Volusia.org    http://www.DaytonaBeachFlorida.com
• “The World’s Most Famous Beach”
• “The World Center of Racing - Birthplace of Speed”
• Home of NASCAR
• Daytona International Speedway - Daytona 500
• Daytona USA
• Daytona Lagoon
• Marine Discovery Center
• Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
• Tomoka State Park, Blue Springs State Park, DeLeon Springs State Park, and many more State Parks
• Within 1 ˝ hr drive:
• Walt Disney World
• Universal Studio
• Sea World
• Orlando Science Center
• Discovery Cove
• Wet ‘n’ Wild
• Culture:
  • Ocean Center
  • Peabody Auditorium
  • Seaside Music Theater
  • Halifax Historical Museum
  • Museum of Arts and Sciences
  • Southeast Museum of Photography
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Fine Arts Center
  • Art Festivals
  • Daytona Symphony
  • Casements
• Sports:
• Daytona Cubs baseball
• Daytona Beach Bike Week
• Turkey Rod Run Classic Car Show
• LPGA Headquarters
• Golf courses
• Skate City Daytona/Ormond (roller skating)
• Surfing
• Arctic Zone Ice Rink
• Sport Fishing Tours
• Other water sports
• River Cruises
• Cracker Creek Canoeing
• Motorsports
• Link to Chamber of Commerce Web sites:
• http://www.daytonachamber.com
• http://www.pschamber.com
• http://www.delandchamber.org