The University of Florida Academic Health Center – the most comprehensive academic health center in the Southeast – is dedicated to high-quality programs of education, research, patient care and public service.
The UF College of Dentistry is the only public-funded dental school in Florida and is recognized as one of the top U.S. dental schools for the quality of its educational programs, oral health research enterprise and commitment to patient care and service.
The College of Medicine, the largest of six colleges at the University of Florida Academic Health Center, opened in 1956 with a mission to increase Florida’s supply of highly qualified physicians, provide advanced health-care services to Florida residents and foster discovery in health research.
Founded in 1956, the University of Florida College of Nursing is the premier educational institution for nursing in the state of Florida and is ranked in the top 10 percent of all nursing graduate programs nationwide. The UF College of Nursing continually attracts and retains the highest caliber of nursing students and faculty with a passion for science and caring.
Established in 1923, the College of Pharmacy is the oldest college in the UF Academic Health Center. Ranked among the top schools of pharmacy nationally, the college supports research, service and educational programs enhanced with online technologies.
The College of Public Health & Health Professions (PHHP) is dedicated to providing excellent educational programs that prepare graduates to address the multifaceted health needs of populations, communities and individuals.
The UF College of Veterinary Medicine is Florida’s only veterinary college and provides many unique educational programs for students and services aimed at helping pets, wildlife and endangered species. We offer a a four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programs as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Veterinary Medical Sciences.
Co-located with the Shands Jacksonville Hospital, the Jacksonville Health Science Center excels in education, research and patient care that expresses our abiding values of compassion, excellence, professionalism and innovation. Our state-of-the-art medical center serves an urban population of 1 million from north Florida to south Georgia.
The UFCOM-J offers accredited graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs, in addition to non-standard fellowship programs. Clinical rotations in all the major disciplines are provided for UFCOM undergraduate medical students and elective rotations to students from other accredited schools.
The UFHSC-J is a clinical teaching site for the Gainesville-based College of Nursing. Students rotate through the various clinical settings on the campus, and primary care centers and specialty care centers located throughout Jacksonville.
The UF College of Pharmacy-Jacksonville offers a four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Program completed entirely in Jacksonville. Also offered on campus is an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-accredited pharmacy residency program at Shands Jacksonville.
University of Florida Health knows how important ongoing medical learning is to health care providers and the community. That is why we provide online Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses for you to complete for CME credits. These courses share the latest in medical knowledge, teach new patient-relationship skills and help providers deal with relevant current issues.
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University of Florida Health is bringing its warm patient care and nationally recognized medical expertise to Ocala with a new neighborhood hospital.
The 150,000-square-foot hospital will include 10 emergency department rooms, 10 inpatient rooms, a medical imaging center, four surgical operating rooms and other features. Construction is underway at a 28-acre site at Northwest Blichton Road and Northwest 35th Avenue Road, just east of Interstate 75. The facility is expected to be completed in spring 2024.
The three-story facility will also have an outpatient center for lab draws, the UF Health Rehab Clinic – Ocala, an anesthesia pre-operative center, physician office space and room for future expansion.
The new hospital is a natural addition that brings UF Health’s highly skilled physicians and sought-after health care to the heart of Marion County, said David R. Nelson, M.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health.
“Many families in the Ocala area have entrusted UF Health with the care of their family and loved ones. Now, they will have access to quality emergency care, surgical services and an inpatient hospital even closer to home,” Nelson said.
The hospital’s emergency facilities will include seven emergency examination rooms as well one exam room each for triage and trauma. In addition to the operating rooms, the surgery center will have 12 pre- and post-operative beds. The imaging center will include two general x-ray rooms, two computerized tomography (CT) rooms, an ultrasound room and one magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite. On the second and third floors, patients will find physical therapy and rehabilitation services, the anesthesia pre-operative center and physician’s offices.
To see a video rendering of the hospital, visit https://youtu.be/P8yCFT42gt0
The new Ocala neighborhood hospital is the latest effort to bring top-quality health care to residents throughout central and north Florida. In early 2020, UF Health acquired hospitals in Leesburg and The Villages®. In March, UF Health began an expansion that includes a second inpatient tower at its north Jacksonville campus. More recently, state officials recently committed $80 million for a state-of-the-art trauma center at UF Health Jacksonville.
UF Health Shands Hospital also has more nationally ranked adult and pediatric specialties than any hospital in Florida, according to the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Patients can take great comfort knowing they will have convenient access to emergency care and surgical services that are run by a highly respected, nationally ranked medical system, said James J. Kelly, Jr., interim CEO of UF Health Shands.
“Our patients continue to seek out UF Health for its unmatched commitment to medical care. It is especially satisfying to be able to serve residents of the Ocala area right where they live and work,” he said.
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