UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine -Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. The UF College of Medicine -Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission - to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.