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PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU)

 
OVERVIEW:The first Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Florida was established at Shands Teaching Hospital in 1967. The current Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Shands Children's Hospital cares for children from birth up to 21 years of age with a variety of medical and surgical problems. The unit treats an average of 1000 patients per year and is the largest of its kind in the state of Florida.
FACULTY:
Tara M. Smith, MD, Assistant Professor & Interim Chief smithtm@peds.ufl.edu
   
Nicole Paradise Black, MD, Assistant Professor blacknm@peds.ufl.edu
Ikram U. Haque, MD, Assistant Professor haqueiu@peds.ufl.edu
Anne Marie LeVine, MD, Associate Professor levineam@peds.ufl.edu
Michele Lossius, MD, Assistant Professor lossimn@peds.ufl.edu
Nadeem I. Shafi, MD, Assistant Professor nishafi@peds.ufl.edu
Nicholas Slamon, MD, Assistant Professor nslamon@peds.ufl.edu
Irina Ten, MD, Assistant Professor iten@peds.ufl.edu
Sharda Udassi, MD, Assistant Professor udass@peds.ufl.edu

OFFICE:Location:
Patient Services Building, Room 10-504

Telephones:
Office: 352/265-0462
Fax: 352/265-0443

Mailing address:
UF Pediatrics - Division of Critical Care
Box 100296
Gainesville, FL 32610-0296