News And Announcements

Check out photos from the Feb. 1, 2014 fundraiser for UF Health TraumaOne.

Jane Prendergast, who was shot during a game of golf, is back to her active lifestyle. A spry 70-year-old, Jane Prendergast has made it a mission to take care of her…

Thank you to everyone who attended A Night for Heroes 2014, our seventh annual black tie gala honoring the heroes of our community who join forces every day to care for trauma victims and their families – the men and women of UF Health TraumaOne, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue and…

A patient with an abdominal gunshot wound is wheeled into the UF Health Jacksonville Trauma Center. He is moaning and in pain, and James Dennis, MD, immediately knows he will need to operate. Fortunately, Dennis is not only a trauma surgeon, but also the hospital’s chief of…

When Sam Bellett woke up that dark summer morning, his future couldn’t have been much brighter. He had just turned 16 and was a week away from starting his junior year in a rigorous academic program at Mandarin High School. He had recently earned a spot on the cross-country…

Matt Giannini doesn’t remember what caused his motorcycle to go off A.C. Skinner Parkway that August night in 2010, and the police report gives no indication. He doesn’t remember his motorcycle hitting the first tree, throwing him into the air and then his head, in a helmet, ramming…