Patient Care
Our Mission
- Promote health and prevent disease, and to educate the public in this regard.
- Provide compassionate, skilled and innovative healthcare of the highest quality.
Services
The UF Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism provides evaluation and treatment of individuals 14 years of age and older:
- Diabetes mellitus
- Thyroid disorders
- Lipid disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Pituitary disorders
- Development disorders
- Growth disorders
- Metabolic bone disease-osteomalacia or Paget's disease
- Osteoporosis
- Metabolic disorders
- Kidney stones
Diabetes Education Program
The division also offers a complete self-management education program, which includes a certified diabetic educator. The 8-hour class covers topics like diabetes overview, coping, nutrition, monitoring, medications, sick days and available community resources. Individual or small group sessions include:
- Insulin instruction
- Intensive insulin therapy instruction
- Monitoring and use of results
- Carbohydrate counting
- Insulin pump evaluation, training and management
- Gestational diabetes/pregnancy complicated by diabetes
Dynamic Endocrine Testing
The division provides hormonal testing to assist in the diagnosis of hormonal or metabolic disorders.
To learn more about our department's clinical services, please visit UF Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Shands Jacksonville.
Locations
• Augustine Oaks Family Medicine and Pediatric Center
11481 Old St. Augustine Road
Suite 101
Jacksonville, FL 32258
(904) 633-0210
• UF Diabetes, Thyroid and Hormonal Disorders Unit
655 W. Eighth St.
Ambulatory Care Center, Lower Level Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-3724
• UF Northside Specialty Care Center
280 Dundas Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32218
(904) 633-0175
• UF Southside Specialty Care Center
4555 Emerson Expressway, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904) 633-0100