When kids get sick, they deserve the best health care can offer — the best treatments, the best doctors, and the best researchers searching for new medicines and cures. That’s why so many parents bring their children to us.
With some of the country’s leading specialists and researchers, our pediatric team is focused on bringing the latest research and most innovative treatments to patients. Families come to the University of Florida from across the state and country for the type of care offered here. UF has one of only a few centers for proton beam radiation in the country, a congenital heart disease center, and experts in glycogen storage disease, pediatric surgery and diabetes, to name a few.
But a piece of the puzzle is missing.
UF needs funds for pediatric programs, new equipment, and endowed professorships, which give researchers more time to focus on research or teaching, laying the foundation for advances in children’s health care. And most importantly, our smallest patients need their own hospital, a place where the doctors understand their physical ailments and realize growing up is hard enough to do without worrying about a health problem.
Consider donating a gift to the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida. Help educate the next generation of pediatricians, advance children’s medical research or help build a new facility. Read the Dream, Grow, Live publication for more details.
For more information please contact the UF Health Office of Development at 352-265-7237.
Children's Miracle Network (CMN)
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is the CMN Hospital for the Gainesville/North Central Florida, Tallahassee/South Georgia and West Palm Beach areas.
Gift Giving Areas
Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Congenital Heart Center General Fund
- American Heart Association, Gerold L. Schiebler, M.D., Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
- Jerome C. Faber, Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Fund
- Slappey Family Fund
- William G. Lassiter, Jr. and Aneice R. Lassiter Professorship
Cellular & Molecular Therapy
Child Advocacy Center
Child Health Research Institue
- Crowley Pediatric Cardiology Research Fund
- Virginia Sutherland Root Professorship of Pediatric Cardiology Fund
Child Protection Team
Children’s Hospital
- UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Renovation Fund
- Sebastian Ferrero Foundation Fund at UFF
- Pediatric Faculty Contributions for Education and Research
Critical Care
Endocrinology
- Diabetes Research in Pediatrics
- Pediatric Diabetes Research
- Dr. Arlan and Edith Rosenbloom Endowment for Pediatric Endocrinology
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Oxytocin Initiative Fund
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Research Fund
- Type I Diabetes Research Fund
Family Data Center
Gastroenterology
General Pediatrics
- Down’s Syndrome Research Fund
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Development
- Evelyn Grader Craniofacial Center Endowment
- Family Network Fund
- Franklin L. DeBusk Endowed Lectureship
- Gerold L. Schiebler, M.D. and Audrey Lincourt Schiebler Children’s Advocacy Fellowship in Pediatrics
- Henry A. Kokomoor Memorial Fund
- James R. Boulware Pediatrics Fund
- Jessie Ball duPont Fund Craniofacial Center Endowment
- Lucy Gooding Fund
- Nemours Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics
- Pediatric Chair’s Excellence Fund
- Pediatrics Program Development
- Stop! Children’s Cancer/Bonnie R. Freeman Professorship for Pediatric Oncology Research
- Streetlight Program
- William G. Lassiter, Jr. and Aneice R. Lassiter Pediatric Diabetes Research Fund
Genetics and Metabolism
- John T. and Winifred M. Hayward Professorship in Genetics Research
- Pediatrics Genetic Program Development Fund
- Translational Research in Prader-Willi Syndrome and Obesity
Hematology/Oncology
- Arts in Medicine Fund
- Cancer Research Major Gift Fund
- Climb for Cancer Foundation Fund
- Fellowship Enrichment Fund
- Jean Nelson Ocala Royal Dames Pediatric Cancer Fund
- Jody Hirsch Fund for Ewing’s Sarcoma Research
- Keira Grace Lauzardo Fund for Children’s Cancer: Hope Across Borders
- Marc Desiderio Pediatric Oncology Fellowship
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Fund
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unrestricted
- Pediatric Oncology Research of Experimental Therapeutics Program
- Pediatrics Oncology Social Work
- Rock by the Sea Fund
- Stop Children’s Cancer-General
- Stop Children’s Cancer-Palm Beach Fund
- STOP! Children’s Cancer of Palm Beach County, Inc. Professorship in Pediatric Oncology
Immunology, Rheumatology & Infectious Disease
- Elia M. Ayoub, M.D. Visiting Professor Program
- Lowe Family Professorship in Pediatric Immunology and Allergies
Medical Education
Neonatology
- Center for Breastfeeding and Newborns
- Eitzman Lecture Fund
- Florida Neonatal Neurologic Network (FN3)
- Michael A. and Mary F. Solowy Award
- Neonatal Breastfeeding Training Program
- Neonatology Eminent Scholar Chair
- Neonatology General Support
- Robert Alan Peterson Memorial Fund
Nephrology
Neurology
- B. J. and Eve Wilder Professorship for Epilepsy
- Consensus Symposium on ADHD in Children
- Dr. James Meffen Learning Disabilities Endowment
- Glaxo Wellcome Visiting Professorship
- Ketogator — Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Pediatric Neurology Program
- Pediatric Neurology Research and Education