UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital
Geography
Location	Gainesville, Florida, United States
Coordinates	29°38′20″N 82°20′32″W / 29.6389°N 82.3422°W / 29.6389; -82.3422
Organization
Care system	Non-Profit
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Shands
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	192
Speciality	Cancer hospital
History
Opened	2009
Links
Website	http://cancer.ufl.edu/
Lists	Hospitals in Florida

UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital is an academic cancer center in Gainesville, Florida. The 200 bed complex focuses on producing basic laboratory findings that will ultimately be used for preventive therapies for cancers.^[1][2]

Background

This complex is eight stories high, and contains over 500,000 square feet (46,000 m²) of space. The facility houses about 200 private inpatient beds for a variety of patients, including those receiving diagnostic and therapeutic oncology services. It also includes a Critical Care Center for emergency and trauma related services. Designed by Flad Architects and built by SkanskaUSA, construction was completed in 2009 and cost $388 million.^[3]