News & Events
UF Pediatrics in the News
How Congenital Heart Center nurse Connie Nixon found a career — and a lifelong passion — in pediatric cardiology.
On a busy December afternoon, UF Health Pediatrics–Tioga faced an unexpected challenge: a citywide power outage that plunged the clinic into…
Kelly, a pediatrician who has served in UF Health leadership since 2022, assumed her new role Dec. 1
Pediatric Patient Stories
As both a UF Health Shands team member and the mother of a patient, Taylor Smith, RN, sees UF Health as more than a workplace — it’s part of her…
Building worlds in Minecraft and racing through virtual bridges are just some of the ways 9-year-old Ella Grace Ramondetta keeps her spirit high…
Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today…
Monthly & Annual Events
The UF Pediatrics Department holds regularly scheduled Lectures and Lectureships for faculty and staff. Speakers include our vary own pediatricians and visitors from outside organizations.
The primary purpose of Pediatrics Science Day is to give trainees, whether students, post-docs, residents, fellows, or junior faculty, the opportunity to present their research to their colleagues, and to obtain scientific feed-back in a friendly environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to share your research with your peers. Open to all medical students in the United States, this forum will take place in conjunction with the annual conference of the FCAAP, which students are also welcome to attend.
Special Events
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8 – 11 a.m. Join us for the 4th annual Cancer Chomp, a day of community engagement, peer support and survivor…
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…
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is looking forward to meeting you at the 2024 AAP National Conference & Exhibition experience in Orlando…
