Uf Health Shands Children's Hospital
Nationally Ranked in Five Specialties
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is honored to be recognized as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals according to the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospital rankings. Our pediatric experts’ commitment to providing superb care and attention is reflected in the national rankings of our outstanding pediatric specialty programs: pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 23), diabetes and endocrinology (No. 33), cardiology and heart surgery (No. 38), cancer (No. 49) and pediatric and adolescent behavioral health – top 50 in the nation.
Patient Resouces
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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.
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.
Referrals
EpicCare MyLink
EpicCare MyLink is the community physician portal for UF Health. This portal provides real-time web access to patient information, so physicians who practice at locations outside of UF Health can access patients’ clinical data. This streamlines and speeds up the ability to remain up to date on changes to patients’ medical record.
Referrals
The UF Health Access Center provides patients and their families with information about appointments, referrals, clinical services and clinic locations.
Additional Resources
Community Resources
The Pediatrics Department has generated a list of resouces in and arounds the Gainesville community
Pediatric Clinical Trials
The University of Florida researchers conduct many different types of clinical research studies, including clinical trials.
Turning Pages
Turning Pages is a UF student-led organization that works to improve and advance health literacy through reading and educational interventions in Alachua County elementary schools.
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