Uf Health Shands Children's Hospital
Ranked Number One in Florida!
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital is one of the Southeast’s premier pediatric medical centers as U.S. News & World Report ranked it as Florida’s No. 1 children’s hospital, with five pediatric specialties earning the elite distinction of being rated among the nation’s best.
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Patient Resouces
Find a Provider
Whether you’re looking for a primary care physician or a pediatric specialist, we can help you find the right person. To help you find the right person, you can search by a medical condition, specialty, or by physician’s last name.
Request an Appointment
The UF Pediatrics Access Center provides patients and their families with information about appointments, referrals, clinical services, and clinic locations.
Pediatric ER & After Hours
UF Health offers Pediatrics after Hours and Pediatric ER services and locations.
Telehealth Visits
UF Health Pediatrics and UF Health Family Medicine are pleased to offer students and their families telehealth visits while children are in school. Primary and Specialty Care Telehealth visits are also provided.
Hospital & Clinic Locations
The Department of Pediatrics is affiliated with UF Health offering pediatric services at multiple sites in North Central Florida.
Centers of Excellence
The University of Florida Department of Pediatrics hosts several centers of excellence, which are multidisciplinary clinical care centers that provide expert treatment for common, as well as rare conditions.
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MyUFHealth
Your health is important to you 24 hours a day, not just during clinic hours. The University of Florida Health offers MyUFHealth to encourage you to take an even greater role in your health care. You will need a personal email address to enroll in MyUFHealth.
Additional Resources
Community Resources
The Pediatrics Department has generated a list of resouces in and arounds the Gainesville community
Physician Referrals
The UF Health Access Center provides patients and their families with information about appointments, referrals, clinical services, and clinic locations.
Pediatric Clinical Trials
The University of Florida researchers conduct many different types of clinical research studies, including clinical trials.
Pediatric Patient Stories
A More Normal Life for Luke
Almost 34 weeks into her pregnancy, Megan’s water broke. Panicked, knowing that she was about to deliver early, she was rushed to the hospital.
Running for Research racing toward better lives…
Kelly Shad Guillou and her daughter, Clementine, were at UF Health for a check-up with Jennifer L. Miller, M.D., a professor in the University…
Ramsey family honors a beloved brother
As Lee Ramsey’s family watched him being transported by ambulance from the emergency room at Lawnwood Hospital in Ft. Pierce to UF Health in…
