The only comprehensive pediatric facility in north central Florida Shands at Lake Shore Est. 1911 128-bed acute care community hospital Surgical, obstetric, pediatric, outpatient and emergency care Radiological services, nuclear medicine, cardiovascular and pulmonary testing Shands at Starke Est. We believe that the key to any great healthcare system is providing access to the best healthcare and to the best physicians. Our network does this by making our services more accessible and by creating an environment where community and faculty physicians can provide care without boundaries. To provide a continuum of care that is unsurpassed, quality healthcare cannot end when a patient is released from the hospital.
Home care can be the most important part of the recuperation process.
This is part of the reason why we established Shands HomeCare. We re breaking new ground at the highest levels of healthcare with our four Centers of Excellence at Shands at UF and with the services of nationally and internationally recognized physicians. Both have helped establish Shands at UF as the state s leading referral center. Numerous national rankings Solid organ transplants, ranked 7th Heart transplants, ranked 5th Lung transplants, ranked 6th Liver transplants, ranked 7th Kidney transplants, ranked 15th Shands Organ Procurement Organization at UF is ranked 3rd out of 63 such organizations nationally To be a world class healthcare system, you must do more than treat and prevent illness. At Shands Healthcare, we re also teaching the physicians of tomorrow and researching tomorrow s cures.