Facility Names

Shands HealthCare

The Shands HealthCare system encompasses Gainesville and Jacksonville hospitals, ancillary services and Shands HealthCare Core Services

Shands at the University of Florida

The medical center on the north side of Southwest Archer Road

Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida

The medical center on the south side of Southwest Archer Road

Shands Critical Care Center at the University of Florida

Located adjacent to Shands Cancer Hospital, on the south side of Southwest Archer Road
Includes the Emergency Department and Level I Trauma Center
Served by ShandsCair, the emergency ground and air transport program

Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida

A hospital-within-a-hospital at Shands at UF
Note: In July 2011, we will open the Shands Hospital for Children Emergency Room, located on the east side of the Shands at UF facility on the north side of Southwest Archer Road

Shands Vista

The behavioral health hospital on Northwest 39th Avenue

Shands Rehab Hospital

The rehabilitation hospital on Northwest 39th Avenue

Shands Rehab Centers

Outpatient rehabilitation centers located throughout Gainesville

Shands HomeCare

The Gainesville-based home-health agency that serves north central Florida

University of Florida Physicians/UF Physicians

UF physician outpatient practices located throughout Gainesville

UF&Shands

The University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands HealthCare remain two distinct legal entities, but we work together as UF&Shands, the UF Academic Health Center.
UF&Shands encompasses all the UF HSC colleges, Shands hospitals, UF physician outpatient practices and the associated facilities and programs of our organizations.

* Please spell out University of Florida on first reference, then use UF (ie. Shands at UF, Shands Cancer Hospital at UF, etc.)

More information about Shands HealthCare

The Shands HealthCare family of hospitals includes two major teaching hospitals, Shands at UF in Gainesville and Shands Jacksonville; two specialty hospitals, Shands Rehab Hospital and Shands Vista behavioral health; a network of outpatient rehabilitation centers; and two home health agencies. Shands is affiliated with more than 80 University of Florida physician outpatient practices located throughout north central and northeast Florida. Shands at UF includes Shands Hospital for Children and Shands Cancer Hospital. We offer two state-designated Level I Trauma Centers and emergency air and ground transport programs that serve adult, pediatric and neonatal patients.

Shands also owns a minority interest in three rural community hospitals in Lake City, Live Oak and Starke through a joint venture. They are Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center, Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center and Shands Starke Regional Medical Center.

The approximately 1,100 UF faculty physicians on the Shands medical staff provide care in about 100 specialty and subspecialty medical areas, from primary care to highly complex care, including cancer, cardiovascular, neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics and transplantation services. Patients come to Shands from all 67 Florida counties, throughout the nation and more than a dozen countries each year.

The multi-disciplinary teams of UF physicians along with Shands’ more than 12,000 employees and 2,000 volunteers contribute to our organization’s excellent reputation for quality care and service.

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