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UF Health Florida Surgical Center

The UF Health Florida Surgical Center (FSC) is an outpatient surgical facility that provides surgical services to patients from ages 13 and older.

Exterior of the UF Health Surgical Center

This facility includes 10 preoperative bays, 8 operating room suites, 5 regional anesthesia procedure areas, and 10 PACU (post anesthesia care unit) bays.

We provide excellent perioperative care in a fully equipped setting for a growing outpatient surgical practice with the following surgical specialties: Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Plastics, ENT, Oral Maxillofacial & Dental, Vascular, Gynecology, Chronic Pain, and even Neurosurgery.

UF Health Children’s Surgery Center

In Spring 2016, the UF Health Children’s Surgery Center (17,500 square feet) opened. This facility is located directly adjacent and connected to the FSC and comprises 7 preoperative bays, 4 operating room suites, and 14 PACU bays.

UF Health at The Oaks

Located in the Oaks Mall, UF Health – The Oaks features three specialty practices: ophthalmology, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), and audiology. These services are provided by University of Florida faculty in the 139,000-square-foot former Sears space at 6201 W. Newberry Road. The facility also has an outpatient surgical center to support ophthalmology and otolaryngology procedures.

Residents

Anesthesiology residents will have the opportunity to rotate in a fast-paced operating room environment for a 1-month rotation during the CA1 year, and an additional elective month during the CA2 or CA3 year. FSC also serves as a location for an elective 2-week rotation in Acute Pain Medicine.

Most of the anesthetic techniques performed in the outpatient centers include local anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care (MAC), upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve blocks (including home-based perineural catheters), and general anesthesia with supraglottic airway, while utilizing more short-acting, rapid-elimination sedatives, opioids, and volatile anesthetics.