
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 diverse 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 2024
Postgraduate Year 3

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Class of 2026
Postgraduate Year 1

Class of 2022
100% Board Pass Rate
Congratulations to the class of 2022!
Leading the Way
UF HEALTH SHANDS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Nationally Ranked in Four Specialties
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate, leading-edge care for children and families. As a leader in care, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is honored to be recognized as a nationally ranked hospital in four pediatric specialties: diabetes & endocrinology (10th), pulmonology & lung surgery (24th), cardiology & heart surgery (26th) and neonatology (35th).

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
UF College of Medicine to use $3.5 million in strategic funding for transforming patient care
The first initiative is the Regional Center for Development of Advanced Therapeutics Based on Cell and Gene Therapy, which was awarded $1.5 million over three years. Funding will support the…

Atsena Therapeutics Receives FDA Designation for Treatment of Severe Congenital Eye Disease Using Gene Therapy
The company was created by ocular gene therapy pioneers Dr. Shannon Boye and Associate Scientist Sanford Boye, who also run the Shannon E. Boye Laboratory in the UF College of Medicine’s Department…

Dr. Neu Receives AAP Neonatology Education Award
Josef Neu, M.D., Professor and Co-Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, was honored with the Avroy Fanaroff Neonatal Education Award at the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting due…

Tech Tuesday: A Helpful Virus
In this Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Melanie Morón interviews Dr. Arun Srivastava from the University of Florida’s College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics who introduces us to…
