UF Health Shands Executive Team
UF Health Shands is UF Health’s hospital system based in Gainesville. It includes the flagship teaching hospital UF Health Shands Hospital as well as UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital, UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital, UF Health Shands Rehab Hospital and UF Health Psychiatric Hospital.
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. The system also comprises a network of outpatient rehabilitation centers and a home health agency.
UF Health Shands is affiliated with more than 50 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.
Irene Alexaitis,
D.N.P., R.N., NEA-BC
Vice President Nursing and Patient Services
UF Health Shands
Anna Michelle Brandt, M.S., M.B.A.
Vice President
UF Health Shands
Ed Daech
Chief Human Resources Officer
UF Health Shands
Jennifer L. Hunt, M.D., M.Ed
Hospital Chief of Staff
UF Health Shands
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine Chair,
UF College of Medicine
Nicole M. Iovine, M.D., Ph.D.
Epidemiology Officer in Chief, UF Health Shands Hospital
Randall C. Jenkins, Esq.
Administrator, UF College of Medicine Self-Insurance Program
UF Health Shands
Michele Lossius, M.D.
Chief Quality Officer, UF Health Shands
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Chief, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital
Physician Director of Quality and Safety, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital
Timothy A. Miller
Administrator, UF Health Psychiatric Hospital and Florida Recovery Center
Timothy E. Morey,
M.D.
Chief Medical Officer,
UF Health Shands
Department of Anesthesiology Chair,
UF College of Medicine
Traci Spray d'Auguste
Chief Operating Officer
UF Health Shands
Robert Thornton
Vice President of Finance
UF Health Shands
Jeff West
Vice President Managed Care
UF Health Shands
UF Health Shands Hospital Board of Directors
Category I (Ex-Officio)
David R. Nelson, M.D.
- President & Chairman, Board of Directors
- Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Florida
- President, UF Health
Colleen G. Koch, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
- Dean, University of Florida College of Medicine
Thomas G. Kuntz
- Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Anita Zucker, Ph.D.
Category II
Timothy E. Morey, M.D.
- Chief Medical Officer, UF Health Shands
- Chair, UF College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology
Li-Ming Su, M.D.
- Chairman, UF Department of Urology
Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., M.D.
- Chairman, UF Department of Surgery
Dana N. Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM
- Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Jonathan D. Licht, M.D.
- Director, University of Florida Health Cancer Center
- Senior Chair, The Marshall E. Rinker
Category III
- David J. Jasmund
- E. Hunter Beebe
- Marsha D. Powers
- Gregory Lewis
- Christopher Cowen, University of Florida Vice President and Chief Financial Officer