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BOB体育 is a vital resource for Florida, the Southeast and beyond. Health care experts from throughout our hospitals and clinical programs, academic colleges and research centers and institutes collaborate to move medicine forward with a shared vision and strategic plan.

Our faculty and staff provide high-quality, safe and efficient health care services to patients with a focus on excellent clinical outcomes; stimulating educational programs and opportunities for students, residents and fellows; and innovative scientific research that fosters new discoveries.

University of Florida Health is the university's academic health center. The BOB体育 headquarters is located in Gainesville, on UF's main campus, with programs throughout Gainesville and North Central Florida. Our other academic campus is located in Jacksonville.

BOB体育 Shands Corporation Board

BOB体育 Shands refers to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc., a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation affiliated with UF. The Gainesville-based hospital system has a total of 1,111 licensed beds. At a glance:

BOB体育 is governed by a corporate governing body that has responsibility for ensuring the BOB体育 clinical enterprise follows a mission-oriented strategic plan focused on delivering the best in care for the communities we serve and doing so in a manner that allows for ongoing success. The board is also responsible as the corporate fiduciary, advising and holding the CEO and management team accountable to achieving their goals, and is under the governance of the UF Board of Trustees to align with the core principles and responsibilities of the University of Florida. The board has oversight and governing responsibility for the clinical enterprise, including all hospitals and our two faculty physician group practices.

BOB体育 Shands Hospital Community Board of Directors

Each regional hospital system and our practice plans will continue to have their own local advisory boards that will be responsible for overseeing clinical excellence; fostering strong community connections; addressing local needs in the respective markets we serve, including medical staff matters; sharing opportunities for philanthropy; executing on strategy; and other similar matters.

  • Traci d鈥橝uguste, MSHA, MBA
    Chief Operations Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • Paul Broadie II, PhD
    Chair, Board of Directors, BOB体育 Shands
    President, Santa Fe College
  • Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, IBCLC, RNC-NIC
    Dean, UF College of Nursing
    System Chief Nurse Executive, BOB体育
  • Linda Parker Hudson
  • Jonathan D. Licht, MD
    Director, University of Florida Health Cancer Center,br>The Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation and David B. and Leighan R. Rinker Chair
  • Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS
    Interim Chief Executive Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • Li-Ming Su, MD
    Chairman, UF Department of Urology
  • Gilbert Upchurch Jr., MD
    Chairman, UF Dept of Surgery
  • Dana N. Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM
    Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Anita Zucker, PhD

BOB体育 President and System CEO

  • Stephen J. Motew, MD, MHA, FACS
    President and System CEO, BOB体育

Senior VP for Health Affairs

  • David R. Nelson, MD
    Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Florida

Chief Administrative Officers

Our BOB体育 chief administrative officers provide executive leadership and guidance for the academic health center through broad-based core programs to support operations.

  • Ed Daech
    Chief Human Resources Officer
    BOB体育 Clinical Enterprise
  • Geoffrey (Geoff) K. Gardner, CPA
    Executive Vice President, BOB体育
    System Chief Financial Officer, BOB体育
  • Joe G.N. 鈥淪kip鈥� Garcia, MD
    Associate Vice President for Research, BOB体育
    Herbert A. Wertheim Professor of Inflammation Science, Center for Inflammation Science and Systems Medicine
  • Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
    System Chief Nurse Executive, BOB体育
  • Gigi Lipori, MT, MBA
    Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, BOB体育
    Chief Information Officer, BOB体育 Science Center
    Chief Data Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • Jessica Thompson Melton, MHA
    Chief Transformation Officer, BOB体育
  • Kim Metzger
    Interim Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, BOB体育
  • Robert R. Michalski
    Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, BOB体育
  • John D. Phipps, MD
    Chief Clinical Officer, BOB体育
  • Melanie Fridl Ross, MSJ, ELS
    Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, BOB体育
    Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, BOB体育 Shands
    Associate Vice President, Health Affairs
  • Bill Young
    Chief Legal Officer, BOB体育

College Deans

From the time of the academic health center鈥檚 founding in 1956, it has operated as an academic enterprise dedicated to training a variety of professionals and to introducing knowledge that will safeguard the health of Florida鈥檚 citizens.

BOB体育 encompasses the Gainesville-based colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions and Veterinary Medicine; the BOB体育 Shands family of hospitals; and the BOB体育 Jacksonville medical center and academic campus, which offers graduate education programs in medicine, nursing and pharmacy, and BOB体育 North. The colleges teach the full continuum of higher education from undergraduates to professional students to advanced postdoctoral students. Together with clinical programs and services across all six colleges, BOB体育 is helping to create Florida鈥檚 future health care workforce.

  • Isabel Garcia, DDS, MPH
    Dean,
  • Jennifer L. Hunt, MD, MEd
    Interim Dean,
  • Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
    Dean,
  • Peter W. Swaan, PhD, MPharm
    Dean,
  • Beth A. Virnig, PhD, MPH
    Dean,
  • Dana Zimmel, DVM
    Dean,

College Senior Associate Deans

  • Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN
    Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Julia Close, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine
  • Marvin A. Dewar, MD, JD
    Senior Associate Dean, College of Medicine
    Chief Executive Officer, BOB体育 Physicians
  • Joseph C. Fantone III, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Stephanie L. Hanson, PhD
    Executive Associate Dean, College of Public Health and Health Professions
  • Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FAAN
    Executive Associate Dean/Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Endowed Chair, College of Nursing
  • Mark Segal, MD, PhD
    Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, College of Medicine

Institute and Center Directors

BOB体育 is a world leader in interdisciplinary research. With nine major research centers and institutes and more than 100 specialized research centers, BOB体育 is focused on health issues of importance to Floridians. Clinical research is growing rapidly at our Gainesville main campus and our vibrant regional campus in Jacksonville.

The institutes are designed to create collaborative research opportunities that follow the continuum from fundamental research to clinical research to patient care.

The UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the UF Diabetes Institute, the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, the UF Genetics Institute, the BOB体育 Cancer Center, the UF Institute for Child Health Policy, the UF Institute on Aging, the UF Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona and the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology are designed to create collaborative research opportunities that follow the continuum from fundamental research to clinical research to patient care.

BOB体育 Shands Executive Team

BOB体育 Shands features a teaching hospital, BOB体育 Shands Hospital, five specialty hospitals 鈥� BOB体育 Shands Cancer Hospital, BOB体育 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital, BOB体育 Psychiatric Hospital, BOB体育 Heart & Vascular Hospital and BOB体育 Neuromedicine Hospital 鈥� a network of outpatient rehabilitation centers, and a home health agency. BOB体育 Shands is affiliated with 80 BOB体育 Physicians primary care and specialty medical practices located throughout North Central Florida. BOB体育 Shands Hospital is also home to a state-designated Level I trauma center, a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a regional burn center and an emergency air and ground transport program.

  • Irene Alexaitis, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
    Vice President Nursing and Patient Services, BOB体育 Shands
  • Kent Bailey, CPA, MBA
    Vice President of Finance, BOB体育 Shands
  • Cindy Charyulu-D鈥橭rra
    Vice President of Revenue Cycle, BOB体育 Shands
  • Traci S. d鈥橝uguste, MSHA, MBA
    Chief Operating Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • John Hollingsworth, MD
    Chief Quality Officer, BOB体育 Shands hospitals and practices
  • Michael D. Holmes, MSA
    BOB体育 SVP and Greater Gainesville Regional President
  • Jennifer L. Hunt, MD, MEd
    Interim Dean, UF College of Medicine
    Hospital Chief of Staff, BOB体育 Shands
    Chair, UF College of Medicine
  • Nicole Iovine, MD, PhD
    Epidemiology Officer in Chief, BOB体育 Shands
  • Randall C. Jenkins, Esq.
    Executive Administrator, UF Self-Insurance Program
  • Larry McDowell, JD
    Vice President and Senior Counsel, BOB体育 Shands and related BOB体育 entities (Gainesville market)
  • Timothy E. Morey, MD
    Chief Medical Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • Jennifer Nappo
    Vice President of Human Resources
  • Gregory L. Stewart, LMHC, LCAC, LPCC
    Administrator, BOB体育 Psychiatric Hospital and Florida Recovery Center
  • Robert Thornton
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, BOB体育 Shands
  • Jeff West
    Vice President Managed Care, BOB体育 Shands

BOB体育 Central Florida Executive Team

  • Phil Braun, JD
    Vice President and General Counsel
  • Cheryl Chestnutt, RN, BSN, CPHQ
    Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer & Site Administrator BOB体育 Spanish Plaines Hospital
  • Joshua Fleming, RN, BSN, MHA
    Vice President of Operations
  • Heather B. Long, MSN, BA, RN
    SVP & Central Florida Regional President
  • Amie Richason, SPHR
    Vice President Human Resources
  • Lydia Hendrix, DNP, MS, BSN, CRRN
    Vice President, Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer for BOB体育 Leesburg Hospital
  • Kimberly Kapes
    Vice President, Strategic Service Lines & BOB体育 Central Florida Medical Groups
  • Dr. John Davidyock
    Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Executive
  • Andrew Wampler, MBA
    Vice President, Finance
  • Fernando Nascimento, MT(ASCP), MSLA, MBA
    Vice President, Clinical Operations

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