About Us

Each day at the Shands at the University of Florida medical complex, a team of internationally recognized scientists strive to prevent, reverse, and ultimately cure diabetes. These efforts are supported by funding from agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the American Diabetes Association.

In the adult and pediatric clinics, held at the Shands Medical Plaza and the Children’s Medical Services Building, endocrinologists armed with the latest discoveries in treatment modalities, provide patients with care aimed at enabling them to control their diabetes and improve their daily quality of life.

Diabetes educators form the third cornerstone of this effort. Helping patients better manage their eating and exercise habits and control their blood sugar enables them to take steps to avoid diabetes-related complications.

Together, this team of committed health care professionals provide a Center of Excellence where patients and their families can be assured that they and their loved ones will receive the highest quality care supported by informed and advanced technologies which seek not just to treat, but to cure, diabetes.