UF Health Shands Children's Hospital

07/28/2025

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month — a time to support and raise awareness for individuals with cleft lip, cleft palate and craniosynostosis.

🧠 In craniosynostosis, one or more of the sutures in a baby’s skull close too early. As a result, the skull grows abnormally — parallel to the fused suture instead of perpendicular — leading to an irregular head shape.

Early diagnosis and treatment can make a significant difference. Learn more about craniosynostosis and how UF Health provides expert care: https://ufhealth.org/conditions-and-treatments/craniosynostosis 💙

07/14/2025

🧸 Buckle Up, Baby Gators!
We’re hosting a Free Car Seat Check on Thursday, July 17 | 1–3:30 PM
📍 UF Health Professional Park | 3300 SW Williston Rd
Let our certified techs make sure your child’s car seat is safe and secure.
💡 Registration preferred — it helps us keep wait times short!
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uf-health-state-farm-good-neighbor-car-seat-check-up-appt-july-17-2025-tickets-1321126237139?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

07/05/2025

Have a safe and enjoyable July 4th weekend! 🇺🇲

06/04/2025

05/12/2025

What an amazing story of how a personal experience with a rare congenital heart defect helped spark a career in medicine right here at UF Health!

https://ufhealth.org/stories/2025/a-heartfelt-journey-how-one-childhood-surgery-led-to-a-career-in-medicine

The first time Matthew Purlee saw the inside of an operating room, he was a congenital heart patient undergoing a surgical repair to address transposition of…

05/05/2025

May 6 is National Bike, Ride & Roll to School Day! Learn about this exciting initiative from UF Health's Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator and Safe Kids of North Central Florida in the video below:

04/30/2025

UF Health Shands Children's Hospital is honored to have served as a sponsor of the Pediatric Academic Societies 2025 Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. Our pediatric experts, Drs. Rashmin Savani, Colleen Gutman, Josef Neu and Diomel de la Cruz shared their expertise with pediatric subspecialists from around the world during this week-long conference committed to improving the health and well-being of children worldwide.

04/25/2025

Flashback Friday! 🎉 We’re still smiling about all the fun—and all the helpful health and safety tips everyone picked up along the way! Thank you to everyone for joining us at Healthy Heroes Day 2025 and making it such a great day. 💙

04/23/2025

Did you know Florida has the second-highest number of child deaths in hot cars in the nation? 🚗☀️

This April, during Vehicular Heatstroke Prevention Month, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and Safe Kids North Central Florida remind all parents and caregivers: Look before you lock. Small actions like placing a personal item in the back seat or keeping a stuffed animal in the car seat can be life-saving reminders.

Stay safe, and let’s work together to prevent these tragic, preventable deaths.

Learn more about vehicle safety for children from UF Health and Safe Kids Worldwide:

🔗https://www.safekids.org/heatstroke #:~:text=Avoid%20heatstroke-related%20injury%20and,Create%20reminders

🔗https://ufhealth.org/stories/2023/vehicle-heat-safety-for-children

04/12/2025

We're having fun today at the Healthy Heroes Day event at UF Health Professional Park from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.!

This free community event features bike raffles, an obstacle course, snacks, community organizations providing helpful information on healthy and safety, giveaways and even special guests appearances!

04/07/2025

The tiniest Gator fans make the biggest good luck charms! 🐊🏀Join them in cheering on the orange and blue tonight.

Best of luck to the Florida Gators Men's Basketball tonight at the National Championship — their fourth appearance in program history! 💪🏀

Go Gators! 💙🧡

04/05/2025

UF Health Healthy Heroes Day, formerly known as Bike Rodeo, is only one week away! Join us on Saturday April 12th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for tons of games, a bike course, health and safety tips, and a lot of fun! 💪❤

With over 40 vendors, free bike helmets, and a bike raffle, you and your family are sure to have a great time!

This event is free for all attendees. We can't wait to see you there! 🐊🚴

🔗Find more information about the event right here on our official Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/share/15qUXbLikq/