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UF Health is a vital resource for Florida, the Southeast and beyond. Health care experts from throughout our hospitals and clinical programs, academic colleges and research centers and institutes collaborate to move medicine forward with a shared vision and strategic plan.

Our faculty and staff provide high-quality, safe and efficient health care services to patients with a focus on excellent clinical outcomes; stimulating educational programs and opportunities for students, residents and fellows; and innovative scientific research that fosters new discoveries.

University of Florida Health is the university's academic health center. The UF Health headquarters is located in Gainesville, on UF's main campus, with programs throughout Gainesville and North Central Florida. Our other academic campus is located in Jacksonville.

UF Health Shands Corporation Board

UF Health Shands refers to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc., a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation affiliated with UF. The Gainesville-based hospital system has a total of 1,111 licensed beds. At a glance:

UF Health is governed by a corporate governing body that has responsibility for ensuring the UF Health clinical enterprise follows a mission-oriented strategic plan focused on delivering the best in care for the communities we serve and doing so in a manner that allows for ongoing success. The board is also responsible as the corporate fiduciary, advising and holding the CEO and management team accountable to achieving their goals, and is under the governance of the UF Board of Trustees to align with the core principles and responsibilities of the University of Florida. The board has oversight and governing responsibility for the clinical enterprise, including all hospitals and our two faculty physician group practices.

UF Health Shands Hospital Community Board of Directors

Each regional hospital system and our practice plans will continue to have their own local advisory boards that will be responsible for overseeing clinical excellence; fostering strong community connections; addressing local needs in the respective markets we serve, including medical staff matters; sharing opportunities for philanthropy; executing on strategy; and other similar matters.

  • Paul Broadie II, PhD
    Chair, Board of Directors, UF Health Shands
    President, Santa Fe College
  • Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, IBCLC, RNC-NIC
    Dean, UF College of Nursing
    System Chief Nurse Executive, UF Health
  • Linda Parker Hudson
  • Jonathan D. Licht, MD
    The Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation Director and David B. and Leighan R. Rinker Chair
  • Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS
    Interim Chief Executive Officer, UF Health Shands
  • Li-Ming Su, MD
    Chairman, UF Department of Urology
  • Gilbert Upchurch Jr., MD
    Chairman, UF Dept of Surgery
  • Dana N. Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM
    Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Anita Zucker, PhD

UF Health President and System CEO

  • Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS
    President and System CEO, UF Health

Chief Administrative Officers

Our UF Health chief administrative officers provide executive leadership and guidance for the academic health center through broad-based core programs to support operations.

  • Ed Daech
    Chief Human Resources Officer
    UF Health Clinical Enterprise
  • Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, MD
    Associate Vice President for Research, UF Health
    Herbert A. Wertheim Professor of Inflammation Science, Center for Inflammation Science and Systems Medicine
  • Geoffrey (Geoff) K. Gardner, CPA
    Executive Vice President, UF Health
    System Chief Financial Officer, UF Health
  • Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
    System Chief Nurse Executive, UF Health
  • Gigi Lipori, MT, MBA
    Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, UF Health
    Chief Information Officer, UF Health Science Center
    Chief Data Officer, UF Health Shands
  • Jessica Thompson Melton, MHA
    Chief Transformation Officer, UF Health
  • Kim Metzger
    Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, UF Health
  • Robert R. Michalski
    Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, UF Health
  • John D. Phipps, MD
    Chief Clinical Officer, UF Health
  • Melanie Fridl Ross, MSJ, ELS
    Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, UF Health
    Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, UF Health Shands
    Associate Vice President for Health Affairs, UF
  • Bill Young
    Chief Legal Officer, UF Health

College Deans

From the time of the academic health center’s founding in 1956, it has operated as an academic enterprise dedicated to training a variety of professionals and to introducing knowledge that will safeguard the health of Florida’s citizens.

UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals; and the UF Health Jacksonville medical center and academic campus, which offers graduate education programs in medicine, nursing and pharmacy, and UF Health North. The colleges teach the full continuum of higher education from undergraduates to professional students to advanced postdoctoral students. Together with clinical programs and services across all six colleges, UF Health is helping to create Florida’s future health care workforce.

College Senior Associate Deans

  • Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN
    Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Shelley Wells Collins, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Marvin A. Dewar, MD, JD
    Senior Associate Dean, College of Medicine
    Chief Executive Officer, UF Health Physicians
  • Linda R. Edwards, MD
    Dean of the Regional Campus, Jacksonville, College of Medicine
  • Stephanie L. Hanson, PhD
    Executive Associate Dean, College of Public Health and Health Professions
  • Ann L. Horgas, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
    Executive Associate Dean/Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Endowed Chair, College of Nursing
  • Tim Morey, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Martina Murphy, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine
  • Mark Segal, MD, PhD
    Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, College of Medicine

Institute and Center Directors

UF Health is a world leader in interdisciplinary research. With nine major research centers and institutes and more than 100 specialized research centers, UF Health is focused on health issues of importance to Floridians. Clinical research is growing rapidly at our Gainesville main campus and our vibrant regional campus in Jacksonville.

The institutes are designed to create collaborative research opportunities that follow the continuum from fundamental research to clinical research to patient care.

The UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the UF Diabetes Institute, the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, the UF Genetics Institute, the UF Health Cancer Institute, the UF Institute for Child Health Policy, the UF Institute on Aging, the UF Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona and the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology are designed to create collaborative research opportunities that follow the continuum from fundamental research to clinical research to patient care.

UF Health Shands Executive Team

UF Health Shands features a teaching hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital, five specialty hospitals — UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, UF Health Psychiatric Hospital, UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital and UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital — a network of outpatient rehabilitation centers, and a home health agency. UF Health Shands is affiliated with 80 UF Health Physicians primary care and specialty medical practices located throughout North Central Florida. UF Health Shands Hospital is also home to a state-designated Level I trauma center, a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a regional burn center and an emergency air and ground transport program.

  • Leah Blackwell, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL
    Vice President Nursing and Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer, UF Health Shands
  • John Hollingsworth, MD
    Chief Quality Officer, UF Health Shands hospitals and practices
  • Michael D. Holmes, MSA
    UF Health SVP and Greater Gainesville Regional President
  • Jennifer L. Hunt, MD, MEd
    Interim Dean, UF College of Medicine
    Hospital Chief of Staff, UF Health Shands
  • Nicole Iovine, MD, PhD
    Epidemiology Officer in Chief, UF Health Shands
  • Randall C. Jenkins, Esq.
    Executive Administrator, UF Self-Insurance Program
  • Larry McDowell, JD
    Vice President and Senior Counsel, UF Health Shands and related UF Health entities (Gainesville market)
  • Timothy E. Morey, MD
    Chief Medical Officer, UF Health Shands
  • Jennifer Nappo
    Vice President of Human Resources
  • Eric Peburn
    Chief Financial Officer, UF Health Shands
  • Gregory L. Stewart, LMHC, LCAC, LPCC
    Administrator, UF Health Psychiatric Hospital and Florida Recovery Center
  • Jeff West
    Vice President Managed Care, UF Health Shands

UF Health Central Florida Executive Team

  • Phil Braun, JD
    Vice President and General Counsel
  • Cheryl Chestnutt, RN, BSN, CPHQ
    Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer & Site Administrator UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital
  • Joshua Fleming, RN, BSN, MHA
    Vice President of Operations
  • Heather B. Long, MSN, BA, RN
    SVP & Central Florida Regional President
  • Amie Richason, SPHR
    Vice President Human Resources
  • Lydia Hendrix, DNP, MS, BSN, CRRN
    Vice President, Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer for UF Health Leesburg Hospital
  • Kimberly Kapes
    Vice President, Strategic Service Lines & UF Health Central Florida Medical Groups
  • Dr. John Davidyock
    Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Executive
  • Andrew Wampler, MBA
    Vice President, Finance
  • Fernando Nascimento, MT(ASCP), MSLA, MBA
    Vice President, Clinical Operations

UF Health Jacksonville