UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is honored to serve as a sponsor of the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Meeting!
We invite you to learn how University of Florida Department of Pediatrics & UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital are represented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Conference.
Connect with University of Florida Department of Pediatrics at PAS throughout the week by visiting our booth #419 to learn more about our expert speakers, comprehensive pediatric divisions, highlighted research, job opportunities and more.
Presentations
Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Colleen K. Gutman, MD
Advocating in Uncertain Times: Mitigating Moral Distress | Leader
Friday, April 25, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 305
Multilingual Research Methods: Including Families Who Speak Languages Other Than English (LOE) in Research | Co-Leader
Monday, April 28, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 304
The Research Support Network: Developing and Maintaining a Peer Mentorship Group for Early Stage Pediatric Researchers | Leader
Monday, April 28, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 302
PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL
Josef Neu, MD
Effects of IBP-9414, a Live Biotherapeutic Product on necrotizing enterocolitis, time to full enteral feeding, and mortality in very low birth weight infants: Results from the “Connection Study | Presenting Author
Saturday, April 26, 2025
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Location: Convention Center: Kalakaua Ballroom A
When Nutrition Turns to Liability: Recent Legal Cases on Formula and Necrotizing Enterocolitis | Speaker
Sunday, April 27, 2025
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 315
Human Donor Milk as a Panacea – Can We Change the Dogma? | Leader
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:27 PM – 2:48 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 316 BC
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL
Rashmin C Savani, MB, ChB
CD44 is critical for TLR4-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation and the development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia | Presenting Author
Sunday, April 27, 2025
10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Location: Convention Center; 312
Associate Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Diomel de la Cruz, MD
Utility of the neonatal and pediatric sequential organ failure assessment scores in critically ill term neonates | Presenting Author
Monday, April 28, 2025
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM HST
Location: Convention Center: 313 A
View our FY24 Pediatric Progress Report
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is pleased to share our 2024 Pediatric Progress Report, which highlights a number of our faculty and staff’s extraordinary accomplishments, innovative research, community outreach efforts, and ways we are improving quality of care for the children entrusted to us and the families we serve. Learn more about our unique pediatric programs and the strides we’ve made over the past year.
Listen to our recent Podcast Episodes from our Pediatric Experts
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Podcast | What’s New in the UF Pediatric…
Dr. Conrad Cole, Dr. Sam Cheng and Dr. Janice Taylor discuss the UF Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
Podcast | Update on Surgical Management of…
Join UF Health MedCast Host Melanie Cole and Dr. William Collins as they discuss Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Podcast | The Utility of 3D Gait Analysis in the…
In this interview, Dr. Norrell provides key information about children with neuromuscular disorders, such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, hereditary…
Life Transformed: Our UF Health Strategic Vision
At UF Health, our passion is to bridge discoveries with clinical care, leading to new advances that bring hope and healing to those we care for, our patients and their families — transforming lives.
Open Opportunities
We are seeking the best and brightest to join our pediatrics team of faculty, healthcare providers, researchers and administration staff! Click the links below to view open positions.
- Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care – Associate / Full Professor
- Pediatric Nephrology – Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor
- Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology
- Chief and Associate / Full Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology -Clinical Assistant / Associate / Full Professor
- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Pediatrics Neonatology
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
- Pediatric Psychologist – Clinical / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine / General Pediatrics – Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
- Pediatric Psychologist – Clinical / Assistant / Associate / Full Professor
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician – Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
- Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – General Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine
- Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Education Programs
Fellowship Programs
The University of Florida Department of Pediatrics Fellowship programs are certified in post-graduate education by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Residency Program
The goal of the residency program in Pediatrics is to “provide educational experiences in the diversified field of Pediatrics in an intellectual environment conducive to learning the exemplary practice of Pediatrics.”
Connect With Us
Kimberly Clawson
Physician Relations Manager
Kimberly.Clawson@shands.ufl.edu
Cell: (352) 316-7046
Pediatric News
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