UF Health Shands Hospital
Hospital Services
- 16‑Bed Inpatient Unit – Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Shands Hospital, dedicated to patients with digestive and liver diseases.
- Consultations – Delivered at both Shands Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- Endoscopy Suite – State‑of‑the‑art computerized video endoscopy providing full‑service diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Liver Transplant Program – One of the nation’s top 10 active programs and #1 in survival, performing over 100 liver transplants annually.
Diagnostic Laboratory
- Offers a unique gastrointestinal testing panel rarely found elsewhere:
- Pancreatic secretory tests
- 14C & 13C xylose breath tests (detect bacterial overgrowth)
- Helicobacter pylori breath test
- Serum trypsin levels
- Esophageal & anorectal manometry
- 24‑hour pH monitoring
- Small bowel motility evaluation
- Draws patients from across the United States.
Clinical
- Liver Clinics – Follow >1,000 chronic liver‑disease patients and evaluate ~2,000 new patients each year.
- Staff – 7 hepatologists, 3 research coordinators, 2 nurse practitioners, 2 physician assistants.
- Sufficient clinic space for all hepatology and liver‑transplant visits.
Office
- Trainee office: 100 sq ft.
- Support staff space (2 secretaries + 1 data‑entry person): 400 sq ft.
UF Clinical Research Center (UF CRC)
- Location & Space – 9,700 sq ft. on the third floor of Shands Hospital.
- Facilities – Outpatient clinic rooms, conscious‑sedation procedure rooms, computer workstations, and expanded core laboratory space.
Core Laboratory
- Processes and stores biologic specimens; includes a tissue & DNA bank, mass spectrometry, HPLC, GC, and other analytical equipment.
- Samples are coded and secured to protect subject confidentiality per protocol.
Data Services Laboratory (DSL)
- Comprises the Informatics Core and affiliated computer facilities.
- Responsible for planning, implementing, and managing all biostatistical and informatics research activities of the UF CRC.
- Ensures statistical quality, data integrity, and complete computing support for all investigators and staff.