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Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida
Project Overview
The Shands at UF Cancer Hospital will be located across the street from the Shands at UF medical center on Southwest Archer Road. Site preparation and demolition began in April 2006. Construction began in January 2007 and is scheduled to be completed in 2009. The facility will open November 1, 2009. Inpatient services will include:
Other medical and outpatient services will include:
The cancer hospital complex is designed to be a welcoming, family friendly place. It will offer the Garden of Hope, the Sanctuary of Silence and Peace, the Marshall M. and Paula P. Criser Cancer Resource Center and training rooms. A conference center will provide public space for community health fairs, screenings and educational workshops on health issues such as cancer prevention and treatment. The Growing Need for Cancer CareShands is building the hospital in response to increased demand for cancer services. One of every seven adult patients hospitalized at Shands at UF comes to us with a cancer-related condition.
UF and Shands have a proven track record of bringing scientific discoveries to our patients. We have a long history of pioneering research in cancer treatment, resulting in new technologies, many of which are now industry standard worldwide. Some of our recent achievements include: National Cancer Institute AccreditationUF and Moffitt Cancer Center are working to incorporate UF into Moffitt’s National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer designation, a distinction held by only 39 cancer centers nationwide. An NCI designation would open doors to more funding opportunities, enhancing Shands’ and UF’s ability to increase patients’ access to the latest treatments and to better address the state’s growing cancer concerns. Site Preparation
Shands worked with local recycling companies to salvage approximately 70 percent of the main structure of the former University Centre Hotel. Crews removed all reusable and recyclable materials, including concrete, copper, aluminum and steel, from the interior of the hotel. We also recycled nearly 100 percent of the building materials from the adjacent parking garage.
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The tunnel will be about 440 feet long and will provide a safe path for our patients, staff and the public to move between buildings without having to cross over Southwest Archer Road. The tunnel will be separated by a wall into two 13-foot-wide paths – one path to be used for patients and staff and the other half for the public. The tunnel runs from the basement level near the Shands at UF Emergency Department and heads south toward the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital. It crosses beneath Southwest Archer Road approximately halfway between Newell Drive and Southwest 16th Street and connects near the center of the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital at basement level. Construction Video
Shands HealthCare and UF Partner with Moffitt Cancer CenterIn January 2008, Moffitt Cancer Center, Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida announced that they will work together to develop world-class programs in cancer care, research and prevention. The partnership, which will extend Moffitt’s innovative model of comprehensive patient care to UF and Shands cancer programs, was outlined at a joint news conference in UF’s new Cancer-Genetics Research Complex. As part of this collaboration, Moffitt’s Total Cancer Care, or TCC, model and approach to a cancer patient’s life journey will be integrated with the cancer program at Shands at UF, the academic medical center in Gainesville, renowned for its pioneering work in such areas as bone marrow transplantation and radiosurgery. Cancer Hospital InformationRelated News Releases |
Growth & Expansion at Shands Hospitals & Facilities: | |
On Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, Shands HealthCare broke ground on the Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida, a $388 million investment to bring additional state-of-the-art cancer treatments to North Central Florida. The 500,000-square-foot facility will house 192 private inpatient beds for a variety of patients, including those receiving diagnostic and therapeutic oncology services. It also will include a Critical Care Center for emergency- and trauma-related services.
Shands is pursuing Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) certification
for the cancer hospital project. LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating system
that has become the national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. 
Skanska USA Building Inc. began construction in March 2008 on an underground tunnel that will connect Shands at the University of Florida to the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital.
