University of Florida Health

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University of Florida Health
Industry Health care
Headquarters
United States  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Area served
Northeast Florida, North Central Florida, Central Florida
Key people
Stephen J. Motew, M.D., M.H.A. - President and System CEO [1]
Servicestertiary level clinical care
rehabilitation
cancer centers
community medical facilities
pediatrics care
psychiatric care
RevenueIncrease2.svg120 million USD (FY 2012) [2]
Number of employees
33,000 (2021) [3]
Divisions Patient Care
Education
Research
Website ufhealth.org
Footnotes /references
affiliated university = University of Florida

University of Florida Health (UF Health) is a medical network associated with the University of Florida. The UF Health network consists of 11 hospitals, including UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and UF Health Jacksonville, as well as hundreds of outpatient clinics in North Florida and Central Florida. [4] It used to be known as Shands Healthcare and UF&Shands. [5] The network was named to the U.S. News & World Report's 2015 list of the nation's top 50 hospitals, and was named the #1 hospital in Florida in 2021. [6]

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History

William A. Shands was a Florida state Senator, elected from the 32nd District in the mid-1940s. Shands was recruited to the effort to create a teaching hospital in the Gainesville area, though he at first considered that a larger city might be a better site, and was instrumental in obtaining state funding. In 1956, the University of Florida Colleges of Medicine and Nursing opened; in 1958, the UF Teaching Hospital followed. It was renamed in 1965 to recognize Shands's efforts to W. A. Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics. [7] The institution later became Shands Hospital, part of the Shands HealthCare network.

In 1969, the UF College of Medicine established a satellite campus in Jacksonville at Duval Medical Center; this was renamed University Hospital in 1971. In 1999, both University Hospital and another Jacksonville hospital, Methodist Medical Center, were merged into Shands HealthCare as Shands Jacksonville, which included a hospital, associated clinics and the university campus. The complex was renamed UF Health at Jacksonville in 2013, with the hospital itself being named UF Health Jacksonville. [5]

The UF network purchased Alachua General Hospital in east Gainesville from Santa Fe Health Care in 1996, changing the name to Shands AGH. Prior to being purchased by Santa Fe in 1983, AGH was owned by the county. [8] On Nov. 1, 2009, Shands HealthCare closed Shands AGH due to budget cuts. [9] The system simultaneously opened a cancer hospital south of its main location on the UF campus.

The network was renamed University of Florida Health in May 2013. [5] University of Florida Health comprises multiple distinct legal entities, the largest being UF Heath Shands Gainesville and UF Health Jacksonville. [10]

In 2020 UF Health acquired two new hospitals: The Villages® Regional and Leesburg Regional. [11] [12]

In 2021 UF Health acquired Scripps Research's Florida branch in Jupiter, FL.

Facilities

The Gainesville campus of Miller Health Science Center J Hillis Miller HSC.jpg
The Gainesville campus of Miller Health Science Center

The following tertiary facilities represent the core of UF Health's academic, teaching, trauma, specialty and research-related hospitals. With campuses in Gainesville and Jacksonville, UF Health includes six health colleges, six research institutes, two teaching hospitals, two specialty hospitals, a community hospital, and a host of physician medical practices and outpatient services throughout north central and northeast Florida.

Health Science Center Gainesville

Located at UF's main campus, the center encompasses six health colleges, six research institutes, three specialty hospitals and a teaching hospital. UF Health Cancer Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Genetics Institute, Institute on Aging and McKnight Brain Institute. The Health Science Center offers the most professional health degrees on a single campus of anywhere in the United States.

HSC Colleges (Gainesville)
College of Dentistry
College of Public Health and Health Professions
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Cancer Hospital (left) and Children's Hospital (right) as seen from the top of parking garage 10. Shands Childrens and Cancer Hospitals at Sunset.jpg
The Cancer Hospital (left) and Children's Hospital (right) as seen from the top of parking garage 10.

UF Health Shands Hospital is the flagship teaching hospital of the University of Florida. It is a Level I trauma center and a leading organ-transplant center. It has 1162 beds total. 425 of these beds are generalized while the remainder are in one of the four specialty hospitals listed below.

A new hotel for family and outpatients is also being constructed immediately south of the Cancer and Neuromedicine buildings. [15] All four hospitals, as well as the nearby VA hospital, are connected at basement level, allowing patients to be transported more easily. The main and speciality hospitals are contained in three buildings; to avoid confusion, they are often called the north tower, south tower, and east tower.

Other Gainesville Locations

This list is incomplete and does not include all outpatient locations. UF Health offers outpatient pharmacies, primary care, specialty care, medical labs, and dental facilities in Gainesville, FL. [16]

Health Science Center Jacksonville

Jacksonville is home to a large and important regional campus of UF Health, including three colleges, the UF Proton Therapy Institute, and the UF Health Jacksonville and UF Health North hospitals.

HSC Colleges (Jacksonville)
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy

Other Hospital Campuses

Shands Healthcare sold its community hospitals (Shands Lake Shore, Shands Live Oak, and Shands Starke) on July 1, 2010, to Health Management Associates. In 2020 UF Health acquired two new hospitals, Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages® Regional Hospital [12] [11] [16]

UF Health announced in February 2023 that it intended to acquire Flagler Health+ in St. Johns County, and formally completed the acquisition in September 2023. [19]

Plans have been announced to open new hospitals in Ocala, [20] and Palm Beach Gardens. [21]

Scripps Research Campus and Jupiter Medical Center Partnership

Scripps Research's Florida branch is now a part of UF Health. [22] Scripps is located in Jupiter, FL, along its southern border with Palm Beach Gardens. In 2022 UF Health announced a partnership with Jupiter Medical Center, and plans to jointly open a hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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