Select Specialty Hospital – Gainesville, operated by Select Medical, will move on July 31 from its location on Archer Road to the fifth floor at UF Health Shands Hospital. The hospital-within-a-hospital will remain a separate entity, managed and operated by Select Medical.

You are invited to a faculty and staff open house event on Monday, July 30. For details about the event and the facility, visit “Blueprints on Bridge” on Bridge.UFHealth.org under the “News & Events” tab.

Long-term acute care hospitals like Select Specialty Hospital support the recovery of patients with critical illnesses. The new hospital-within-a-hospital will be staffed and operated by Select Medical, including nurses and respiratory care, clinical and support staff. The current hospital administrator, Ronnie Wagley, D.P.T., M.B.A., market CEO for Select Medical, will continue to serve as its leader. The medical staff will be a mix of UF College of Medicine faculty physicians and community physicians. UF Health Shands will contractually provide some of the hospital’s operations and support services, such as Environmental Services and Radiology Services, for efficiency and ease.