UF Health The Villages® Hospital cuts ribbon for new freestanding emergency room

THE VILLAGES, Fla. — UF Health is one step closer to opening its newest freestanding emergency room, which will soon provide convenient access to high-quality…

UF Health will participate in national trial to study severe traumatic brain injury

University of Florida Health has been chosen as one of 45 institutions in the U.S. and Canada to take part in a study to determine if patients with traumatic…

Mass casualty drill at University of Florida teaches life lessons to summer students

Fake blood, authentic emergency responders and loud screams crowded the humid air Thursday morning on the University of Florida campus as nearly 80 students…

UF Health researchers learn more about which patients visit the ER most often

More than 18,000 family medicine patients visited the University of Florida Health Shands emergency rooms from 2015 to 2017. A new study sheds light on the…

Health colleges help fuel UF’s overall rise in national graduate program rankings

The University of Florida College of Medicine made substantial gains in its primary care ranking while remaining the No. 1 overall medical school in Florida…

UF Health plays vital role in patient care after Hurricane Michael hits Panhandle hospitals

While the Gainesville area was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Michael, University of Florida Health has played a vital role in the disaster response. On…

Smartphone app empowers citizens to help in case of cardiac emergency, now available locally

University of Florida Health officials and Alachua County and city of Gainesville emergency first responders announced the launch of a smartphone app that…

When war informs medicine

The war zone creeps back in unexpected places. Running across Fort Bliss, Texas, earlier this year to get to the gym, Mark Jackson, D.O., an Army reservist,…

Interim UF College of Medicine dean appointed

Adrian Tyndall, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP, FAAEM, a 12-year veteran of the University of Florida faculty, a professor and chair of emergency medicine at the UF…

Students learn lifesaving lessons at mass casualty exercise

Annie Alexis didn’t know who to help first. So many things were happening at once, she said. People were screaming, others were bleeding and some appeared to…

UF physicians to train South Florida providers in identifying signs of depression and suicide risk in children and teens

UF Health Jacksonville physicians have received a grant to train community providers in South Florida on the best ways to recognize and treat signs of…

2018 Winter Influenza Season

Alachua County is facing a challenging flu season. Our efforts at UF Health support the health of our community. We are prepared to manage a high volume of…