UF Pediatrics
Dedicated to improving the health of infants, children and adolescents through world-class patient care, leading-edge research, patient advocacy and innovative medical education.
4 Top 50 nationally ranked specialties according to U.S. News & World Report.
110+ outstanding subspecialty and general pediatric faculty members to learn from.
$28 M in total research funding for the Department of Pediatrics
U.S. News & World Report
Nationally Ranked in Four Specialties
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is committed to providing high quality, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for children and families. As a leader in care, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is honored to be recognized as a nationally ranked hospital in four pediatric specialties: diabetes & endocrinology 10th, pulmonology & lung surgery 24th, cardiology and heart surgery 26th, neonatology 35th.
Our Focus
Department Focus
Patient Care
Dedicated to the highest quality patient care to improve the health of Florida’s children.
Department Focus
Education
Training and encouraging residents to critically evaluate clinical problems and to function as primary care physicians.
Department Focus
Research
Focused on bringing the latest research and most innovative treatments to patients.
Welcome to UF Department of Pediatrics
Department Chair
Welcome from Dr. Rashmin Savani
It is a genuine honor to greet you as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida. And what an exciting time! For the second year in a row, UF Health Children’s Hospital is tied as the number one Children’s Hospital in Florida according to U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 rankings.
2022
Pediatric Progress Report
Welcome to the University of Florida Health 2022 Pediatric Progress Report, where we share news and updates from UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. Read more about what makes our pediatric programs unique and the progress we have made in the past year as we strive to offer our patients the highest-quality care as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals. We hope you will appreciate our digital format, which is best viewed using Firefox or Chrome from a PC or Safari from a Mac. We hope you will appreciate our digital format, which is best viewed using Firefox or Chrome from a PC or Safari from a Mac.
Pediatric Education
Educational Opportunities
Excelling in Child Healthcare Education
Our primary focus is to create an educational environment which supports and meets the educational needs of each unique learner and gives each graduate the foundation they need to be successful in their individual career path.
Pediatric Research
Research Faculty
Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Barry Byrne is a clinician scientist who is studying a variety of rare diseases with specific attention to developing therapies for inherited muscle disease. As a pediatric cardiologist, his focus is on conditions that lead to skeletal muscle weakness and problems in heart and respiratory function.
News & Events
Savannah Has No Time ‘Fore’ Cancer
As a young teenager, Savannah was an accomplished student-athlete who played on her high school’s girls golf team. She had been practicing with the…
UF Health researchers’ gene editing approach…
Using a type of “genetic scissors,” University of Florida Health researchers have successfully removed and replaced a malfunctioning…
UF doctor talks about new FDA-approved RSV…
Dr.Kathleen Ryan, a pediatric doctor at Shands said 2 out of 3 babies in the first year of life will be infected and there are about 100 to 300…
