UF Health Jacksonville

UF Health Jacksonville
University of Florida Health
Geography
Location 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Coordinates 30°20′49″N 81°39′49″W / 30.3470°N 81.6635°W / 30.3470; -81.6635Coordinates: 30°20′49″N 81°39′49″W / 30.3470°N 81.6635°W / 30.3470; -81.6635
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Florida
Network UF Health
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 695
Helipad Yes
History
Founded 1999
Links
Website http://ufhealthjax.org
Lists Hospitals in Florida

UF Health Jacksonville is a teaching hospital and medical system of the University of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Part of the larger University of Florida Health system, it includes the UF Health Jacksonville hospital, associated clinics, and is the Jacksonville campus of UF's Health Science Center.[1] Together with UF Health Shands Hospital, UF Health Jacksonville (formerly Shands Jacksonville) is one of two academic hospitals in the UF Health system, and serves 19 counties in Florida and several in Georgia.

The campus is home to North Florida's Level I trauma center and, in 2006, became home to one of the nation's few proton therapy treatment facilities. Through its association with the University of Florida, it offers classes and degrees through the university's College of Medicine, College of Nursing, and College of Pharmacy.

History

Originally known as Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, the hospital was created in 1999 when Gainesville-based Shands HealthCare purchased two adjacent medical facilities in Jacksonville - University Medical Center and Methodist Medical Center. The lineage of the hospital can be traced back to 1870 when Jacksonville's first hospital and Florida's first non-military hospital, Duval Hospital and Asylum, was established at the corner of Jessie and Franklin Streets in downtown Jacksonville.

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