Facilities

Shands Jacksonville has become one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region and currently trains over 300 residents and fellows, as well as UF medical students, in various disciplines. UF faculty physicians practice at the 696-bed facility. Over 100,000 patients are seen on an annual basis in the Emergency Department and over 11,000 surgical procedures are performed each year. Shands Jacksonville serves a population of approximately 1.5 million.

UF has primary care satellite centers throughout the region that refer patients to the department of ophthalmology. Local ophthalmologists and optometrists also refer patients for care, as does the Veterans Administration Clinic located adjacent to the campus. All of these referral sources provide a substantial volume of patients. On average, the ophthalmology clinic has more than 30,000 patient visits, including over 15,000 comprehensive ophthalmology visits per year. In 2007, there were over 1,700 surgeries and 1,200 laser procedures performed.

All ophthalmology facilities are located on three floors of Tower II at Shands Jacksonville. The Comprehensive Eye Clinic is located on the second floor with six fully equipped eye examination lanes. The first year resident spends the majority of their time in the Eye Clinic. This area is also equipped with a Humphrey perimeter and an OCT machine.

All specialty clinics are located on the third and seventh floors and there are a total of 15 eye examination lanes. All diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation are housed in the specialty clinics and include perimetry, OCT, fundus photography and angiography, ultrasound, electrophysiological testing, lasers (YAG and diode), LASIK and other specialized testing instrumentation.