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Latest News
Local heroes to be honored at event benefiting TraumaOne [1/28/2010]
Shands Jacksonville will honor the men and women of our community who care for trauma victims and provide support for victims' families at the third annual "A Night for Heroes" gala. [full story] Accreditation makes cancer center only one of its kind in Northeast Florida [1/21/2010]
Shands Jacksonville has received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer as part of the American College of Surgeons Teaching Hospital Cancer Program. [full story] RITA Foundation to present $100,000 gift to Shands Jacksonville [1/6/2010]
Shands Jacksonville will be presented with a check for $100,000 from Research Is The Answer (RITA) on Jan. 12, bringing the foundation’s total gift to the hospital to $1,001,500. This includes a $25,000 grant specifically for the Lymphedema Program at Shands Jacksonville. [full story]
Shands in the NewsThe Today Show (NBC) - "Medical pioneer is 15 years old" [2/3/2010] News4Jax (WJXT) - "Shands Doctors Share Haiti Experience" [1/29/2010]
Upcoming EventsFebruary| 10 | Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
12 p.m. , Tower II First Floor Blue Room | | Parkinson's Support Group
11:30 a.m. , Shands Jacksonville Campus, Tower I, 2nd Floor Mason Room | | 13 | Peripheral Neuropathy
10 a.m. , Brooks Family YMCA, 2nd Floor | | Boot Camp for New Dads
9 a.m. , Third floor, main hospital | | ALS Association Florida Chapter
1 p.m. , South Mandarin Library, 12125 San Jose Blvd. | | 16 | Stroke Busters
10 a.m. , Tower II, 10th floor Coleman Room | | 23 | Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group
6:30 p.m., 10th floor, Tower II Banquet Room | | Epilepsy Support Group
6 p.m. , Tower I 2nd Floor, Mason Room |
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Spotlight Stories
 Walter Davis
Walter Davis, 42, was experiencing the signs of a heart attack while working on a customer's car. Thanks to a new heart attack alert system at Shands Jacksonville, time was put back on Davis' side. Today he is still fixing cars at his automotive repair shop in Callahan, Fla.
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 Glaucoma
Lawrence Levine, M.D., a University of Florida associate professor of ophthalmology, discusses symptoms, risk factors and treatment for glaucoma.
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 Shands Jacksonville Breast Health Super Specialists
When it comes to accurately diagnosing and treating various forms of breast cancer, the Shands Jacksonville Breast Health Center offers its patients the full benefits of an academic institution. Patients will find advanced technology, solid academic research and highly trained radiologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists and plastic surgeons.
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