
Excelling in Child Health care Education
At one of the Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals.
Meet Our Team
Arwa Saidi, MB. BCH, M.Ed
A Message from Our Director
We are thrilled that you are considering the University of Florida for your Pediatric Residency Training. We are looking for a group of individuals with character, competence, and a caring heart who wish to learn and teach as they care for children at one of the leading healthcare systems in the nation.

Class of 2025
Postgraduate Year 3

Class of 2026
Postgraduate Year 2

Class of 2027
Postgraduate Year 1

Leading the Way
UF HEALTH SHANDS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Nationally Ranked in Five Specialties
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is honored to be recognized as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals according to the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospital rankings. Our pediatric experts’ commitment to providing superb care and attention is reflected in the national rankings of our outstanding pediatric specialty programs: pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 23), diabetes and endocrinology (No. 33), cardiology and heart surgery (No. 38), cancer (No. 49) and pediatric and adolescent behavioral health – top 50 in the nation.

Award Winning Program
Our program, residents, and faculty receive regular awards recognizing their achievements and dedication to pediatrics.

Top Research Program
The UF Department of Pediatrics ranks 28th among pediatrics departments at public universities for NIH funding.

National Leader in Advocacy Training
Our program is designed to give residents the skills necessary to develop, implement and evaluate an advocacy activity from beginning to end.

Our Education
Graduate Medical Education Program
Meet faculty and current trainees, get a glimpse of our campus and hear how proud we are of everyone who makes UF Health and the College of Medicine a great place to learn and grow.

UF Pediatric News
Department Highlights | Summer 2025
Awards & Honors New Grant Award Information for the Child Health Research Institute this Cycle! Welcome New Faculty Members Update on Units 44 and 45 After an extensive overhaul, we’re…

Dr. Shelley Collins named Hippocratic Award winner
On May 9, members of the University of Florida medical school class of 2025 gathered at Wilmot Botanical Gardens to celebrate an outstanding faculty member who has had a tremendous impact on…

Dr. Barry Byrne appointed president-elect of American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
Continuing UF College of Medicine’s revolutionary work developing the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, Dr. Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center,…

UF Pediatrics Residents Recieve AAP CATCH Grant
We are excited to announce that Taylor Rouviere and Blake Windham, pediatrics residents, have been awarded the highly prestigious AAP CATCH grant for their advocacy project, “FFITT!! (Fresh, Fitness, Inspiration,…
