Groundbreaking Care

At UF Health, excellence is ingrained in everything we do. As a leading research and treatment institution, we are committed to providing high-quality health care to the communities we serve. Our never-ending pursuit towards innovation and groundbreaking discoveries fuels our collaboration with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, seamlessly integrating our efforts with their mission of empowering Team USA athletes to achieve competitive excellence. As proud members of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network, we are honored to contribute our diverse array of medical services and expertise to the pursuit of athletic excellence.

Robin Bell with horse

UF Professor Heads for Paris This Summer as Team Veterinarian for Team Australia’s Equine Athletes

In Groundbreaking Care
From his native Australia to Florida, Robin Bell, B.V.Sc., lives and breathes elite performance horses.
Three UF Health providers taking care of a patient

UF Health Welcomes Team USA Medical Personnel to Discuss Concussion, TBI

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health is a stop for those seeking the latest research and evidence-based concussion treatment and TBI.
Graphic showing the feet of someone running with digital waves behind it

Making Sport Science Accessible for All

In Groundbreaking Care
Strategic funding will help transform sport science research at the University of Florida.
Two health care workers review a highly detailed image of the brain.

Leading-Edge AI Research Translating Directly to the Quality of Patient Care

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health's strides in AI are driving innovations that are improving health outcomes and the quality of care.
Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit Vehicle

Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit: Acting FAST to Save Brain Cells and Lives

In Groundbreaking Care
The MSTU delivers stroke treatment 38 minutes faster, a feat that can save over 76 million brain cells.
A team of surgeons work in an operating room.

Leading the Nation in Outcomes for Transplant

In Groundbreaking Care
Recent data shows UF Health has some of the nation’s best outcomes for liver, kidney and lung transplants.
UF Health Jacksonville Hospital

UF Health Jacksonville Physician is World’s First to Implant Regenerative Bio Envelope for Defibrillator

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health Jacksonville physician’s innovative procedure leads to better outcomes for patients.
Participants of the BRAVE program pose for a photo

UF Health St. Johns Widens Teen Access to Mental Health Services

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health St. Johns’ BRAVE program has expanded, serving over 217,000 students in seven school districts.
Dr. Jonathan Licht stands at a podium, addressing a room full of people in front of a shimmering silver, blur, and orange backdrop.

The UF Health Cancer Center Sits Among the Nation’s Top Cancer Treatment Programs

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health Cancer Center’s NCI designation gives patients access to a larger network of new cancer treatments.
A weeks old baby lays in a hospital bed. She is being attended to by a health care worker a yellow protective gown and a yellow face mask.

UF Health Patient First in the World to Receive Gene Therapy for Neuromuscular Disease

In Groundbreaking Care
Through a novel gene therapy treatment, UF Health gave a four-month-old a fighting chance at a healthy future.
Members of UF Health’s lung transplant team, shown performing a procedure in a 2019 photo, have been recognized as an elite program by U.S. News & World Report.

UF Health Surgeons Perform Historic Double-Lung Transplant on COVID-19 Survivor

In Groundbreaking Care
The first patient in the Southeast received a double-lung transplant after surviving COVID-19.
1.5-Tesla MRI-guided linear accelerator

One of 42 in the World: UF Health is Home to Imaging Machine to Tackle Difficult Cancers

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health’s MR LINAC is one-of-a-kind in the southeastern U.S., allowing for safer and more efficient treatment.
A physician talks to and performs an exam on a pregnant patient.

UF Health Shands Hospital Receives Top Designation for Maternal Care

In Groundbreaking Care
The designation illustrates that UF Health has the expertise and resources for a patient's needs and risk level.
Brain scans

UF Health Researchers Use AI to Develop Treatment to Prevent Dementia

In Groundbreaking Care
Using AI, UF researchers discover promising therapy for someday warding off Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
William W. Hauswirth, Ph.D.

UF Health Ophthalmologist Recognized for Pioneering Work to Eradicate Vision Loss

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health researcher is among scientists being recognized for pioneering work to eradicate vision loss.
Two physicians perform a deep brain stimulation procedure.

UF Health at Forefront of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Discoveries to Treat Parkinson’s and Other Neurological Conditions

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health is among the world's highest volume centers, performing over 250 DBS procedures per year.
A proton therapy medical device. A patient lays on a couch that is inserted into a large circular device that precisely delivers a beam of protons to disrupt and destroy tumor cells.

One of First Proton Therapy Treatment Facilities in U.S. Offers Effective Cancer Treatment Alternative

In Groundbreaking Care
With proton therapy, patients experience less damage to healthy tissue and better quality of life.
A patient lies on a bed that is being inserted into a CT scanning device. The CT scanner is shaped like a donut and the bed in inserted into the middle. This allows the scanner to take internal scans of the body from every angle.

UF Health Jacksonville Becomes World’s First to Offer Most Advanced CT Scanning Platform to Date

In Groundbreaking Care
UF Health Jacksonville was the first in the world to install standard-setting technology in CT scanning.