About UF&Shands Jacksonville

Together, the University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville and Shands Jacksonville form the region’s premier academic health center — UF&Shands Jacksonville, a leader in the education of health professionals, a hub for clinical research and a unique provider of high-quality patient care.

With more than 5,000 faculty and staff, our academic health center in Jacksonville is by far the largest UF campus outside of Gainesville. At 37 clinical sites throughout Northeast Florida, UF physicians tallied more than 600,000 outpatient visits and more than 34,000 inpatient admissions in 2010.

UF&Shands Jacksonville is comprised of:

• Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, a 695-bed academic health center

• University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville, which encompasses three University of Florida colleges in Jacksonville: Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy

• University of Florida Jacksonville Healthcare, Inc., a network of primary and specialty care centers offering exceptional patient care throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia