University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville
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| Former names | Jacksonville Health Education Program (JHEP) |
| Established | 1985 |
| Type | Medical school |
| Parent institution | Health Science Center–Jacksonville |
| Academic affiliation | University of Florida |
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| Dean | Leon Haley Jr., M.D., M.H.S.A. |
| Academic staff | 380 |
| Website | [1] |
The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville colleges — medicine, nursing and pharmacy. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 380 faculty members and 300 residents and fellows. The college offers 34 accredited graduate medical education programs and 10 non-standard programs. In addition to graduate medical education, clinical rotations in all the major disciplines are provided for students from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
The campus continues to develop and expand, as evidenced by the Breast Center, Cardiovascular Center, Neuroscience Institute, the Women's Health Center and the UF Proton Therapy Institute's proton beam cancer treatment facility.
The UFCOM-J academic roots stem not only from medical education and patient care, but also from faculty-driven clinical research. The faculty physicians participate in advanced clinical trials to provide patients the latest in diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services. The campus houses a state-of-the-art 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) research facility.
The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is located in Duval County, within the city of Jacksonville, Florida. The origins of the Health Science Center date back to 1870 with the opening of Florida's first nonmilitary hospital, known then as Duval Hospital and Asylum, located on Jefferson St.
Consistent with its role in medical education for the university, the Jacksonville campus was formally designated as a regional campus of the University of Florida College of Medicine in 2004 with the appointment of the first dean of the regional campus, Robert C. Nuss, M.D.
The UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville is closely affiliated with UF Health Jacksonville, a comprehensive care academic medical center and the metropolitan teaching hospital for UFCOM-J. The hospital's interdisciplinary centers of excellence include the Breast Center, Cardiovascular Center, Neuroscience Institute and the Women's Health Center.
UF Health Jacksonville is home to the only Level I trauma center in Northeast Florida, as well as one of only two hospitals in the area to have a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and a separate pediatric emergency department. In addition, UF’s proton beam cancer treatment facility is the first of its kind in the Southeastern US and only the fifth in the nation. The UF Health Proton Therapy Institute is located on the hospital's campus.
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