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Matthew Fletcher

A place to help kids

Community members got a sneak peek of the UF Child Protection Team’s renovated space inside the Children’s Medical Services building in September.

Leading children’s health expert to head UF Department of Pediatrics

An international expert on pediatric endocrinology, developmental biology and the prevention of brain injury in preterm infants has been tapped to lead the University of Florida College of Medicine department of pediatrics and serve as the physician leader for Shands Hospital for Children.

Growing up

Years ago, children with congenital diseases often did not get to grow up. Now they do, and parents and doctors can focus on the challenges these children face along their road to adulthood.

Beads of hope

Patient donates earnings from jewelry to help children with cancer.

The ER for kids

New Pediatric Emergency Room to open July 1. To help ensure children receive the best care, UF&Shands will open a new pediatric emergency room this summer, with doctors, staff and equipment geared specifically for the youngest patients.

Half a heart

Just 16 hours old, Caleb Harris was rushed from Ocala where he was born to Shands at UF, where doctors with UF’s Congenital Heart Center diagnosed him with hypoplastic right heart syndrome. Caleb is thriving after treatment for the congenital heart defect.

Lions, tigers and bears! Oh my!

Dorothy, Toto and the rest of “The Wizard of Oz” gang visited some special munchkins at Shands Hospital for Children in April. Every year, the College of Medicine’s White Coat Company produces a play to perform throughout the Gainesville community, including for children in the hospital.