Excellence in Critical Care Research, Education and Patient Care
Our group of expert pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists work closely together to care for all those in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. We pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary team approach to care for the sickest children and their families.
Education
PICU Mobile App
The PICU Essentials app was designed as a practical handbook for rotating residents, advanced practice providers and fellows.
Fellowship Program
The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellowship program at the University of Florida/Shands Children’s Hospital is fully accredited by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as a pediatric subspecialty.
Research
PediAtric Critical Care Medicine Interdisciplinary Student InvestiGATORs
UF PACISI
This Undergraduate and Graduate Research Internship Program provides enrolled students at UF the training and opportunity to participate in clinical research at a level one trauma center and tertiary care PICU.
UF Pediatric News
Healthy Heroes Day | April 12, 2025
Join UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, the University of Florida Police Department, Safe Kids North Central Florida and several community partners to learn how to help keep your child safe…
Dr. Jacobsen Receives Rising Star Researcher Award
Laura Jacobsen, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and UF Health pediatric endocrinologist, kickstarted her career in helping patients with Type 1 diabetes after volunteering at the…
2024 Pediatric Progress Report
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is pleased to share our 2024 Pediatric Progress Report, which highlights a number of our faculty and staff’s extraordinary accomplishments, innovative research, community outreach efforts,…
UF Health-led guidelines call for widespread Type 1 diabetes screening in children
A University of Florida Health physician-scientist led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts who recently developed new treatment guidelines emphasizing wider screening for the disease among children and adolescents in the general…
