UF Health Shands Hospital

Welcome to University of Florida Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center and part of one of the nation’s top 5 public research universities.

UF Health represents the commitment of more than 30,000 faculty and staff to reach higher and farther, both translating scientific discoveries into patient care advances and implementing them to help people get back to living their best possible life.

Nearly 900 expert UF College of Medicine and community physicians along with more than 9,000 skilled Shands nursing and support staff provide comprehensive high-quality patient care, from primary care and family medicine to subspecialty tertiary and quaternary services for patients with highly complex medical conditions.

The faculty from the UF College of Medicine includes nationally and internationally recognized physicians whose expertise is supported by intensive research activities. Shands’ affiliation with the UF Health Science Center allows patients to benefit from the latest medical knowledge and technology.

UF Health Shands Hospital’s specialty programs are consistently ranked among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings.