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.
5 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
coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19
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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
Interim Department Chair
Welcome from Dr. Desmond Schatz
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida is dedicated to the highest quality patient care, research, and educational activity devoted to improving the health of children. While our patient care services are focused upon improving the health of Florida’s children, through medical education and biomedical research we hope to improve children's lives within the greater Gator Nation and around the world.
2019
Pediatric Progress Report
Welcome to the University of Florida Health 2019 Pediatric Progress Report, which we call Destination UF Health Shands Children's Hospital. Our Children's hospital is a top-ranked health care destination that attracts the brightest students, scholars, scientists and health care providers, all ready to tackle our patents' greatest challenges.
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 he or she needs to be successful in his or her 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
Public Health Decision Making during Covid-19 —…
In May 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released considerations for the opening of elementary and high schools. opens in…
Here’s Why So Many Kids Are Hospitalized with…
“It’s difficult to know for sure,” says Sonja Rasmussen, a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Florida. “But I…
Health experts to weigh in on county, school…
It’s been about five months since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Alachua County. Last week, the county announced a new way to combat the virus —…
