People throughout the region count on Shands AGH for their families’ healthcare. Shands AGH is an adult, full-service, not-for-profit hospital that provides patient-driven healthcare for the whole person - body, mind and spirit. As Gainesville’s first community hospital, Shands AGH has been serving area residents since 1928.

The 367-bed hospital was Gainesville's first hospital and has been a major provider for health services for more than 75 years. Today, it provides a wide range of medical services with more than 250 medical staff members representing 32 specialties.

Shands AGH inpatient and outpatient services include:

• Cardiology
• Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
• Emergency care
• Gastrointestinal care
• General surgery
• Mother/Baby Unit (including a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
• Maternal/Child Services (including education programs and breastfeeding services)
• Oncology care
• Orthopaedics
• Radiology services
• Renal dialysis
• Rehabilitation services

Shands AGH is affiliated with Planetree, whose basic principles, coupled with Shands AGH's mission to provide patient-driven healthcare for the whole person, makes the hospital a unique healing environment.

For more than eight decades, University of Florida and community physicians have brought so many Gainesville residents into the world at Shands AGH, caring for them through their medical emergencies, surgeries and recoveries. Truly, Shands AGH is your hospital for life.

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For more information about Shands AGH, please call 352.733.0111.

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