UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital is an academic cancer center in
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, which had a population of 339,247 in ...
. The 200 bed complex focuses on producing basic laboratory findings that will ultimately be used for
preventive therapies for cancers.
Background
This complex is eight stories high, and contains over of space. The facility houses about 200 private inpatient beds for a variety of patients, including those receiving
diagnostic
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and
therapeutic oncology
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services. It also includes a Critical Care Center for emergency and
trauma
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*Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source
*Psychological trauma, a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event
*Traumatic inju ...
related services. Designed by
Flad Architects
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and built by SkanskaUSA, construction was completed in 2009 and cost $388 million.
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See also
* University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
* Shands at the University of Florida
UF Health Shands Hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. It is one of seven hospitals in the University of Florida Health system, and one of two campuses for UF's Health Science Center, the other b ...
* University of Florida College of Medicine
The University of Florida College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Florida. It is part of the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center, with facilities in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida. The school grants Doctor o ...
* J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center
The University of Florida Health Science Center (HSC), also known as the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center, is the medical division of the University of Florida.
Its primary campuses are located on the university's main campus in Gainesvill ...
* Buildings at the University of Florida
The University of Florida is the flagship university in the State University System of Florida and has many notable buildings located in cities including Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Orlando. The Campus Historic District at the University of F ...
References
External links
UF HealthUF Health Shands Cancer HospitalUF Health Cancer Center
Hospital buildings completed in 2006
Teaching hospitals in Florida
Hospitals in Florida
University of Florida
Buildings and structures in Gainesville, Florida
Cancer hospitals
2006 establishments in Florida
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