Baptist Health

Baptist Health is a comprehensive health care system designed to care for you at every stage of life. Year after year, we are recognized by Northeast Florida residents as their first choice for the best doctors, best nurses and most personalized care, according to a survey by the National Research Corporation. Founded in 1955, our 1,100+ bed hospital system is the area’s only locally owned and governed healthcare provider and includes five nationally accredited hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Baptist Medical Center South and Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Each of our hospitals, along with Baptist Home Health Care, have earned Magnet™ Designation, the highest honor for excellence in patient care. Baptist Health also employs about 150 primary care physicians, who serve patients in 50 offices located throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Baptist Health has the area’s only dedicated heart hospital; orthopedic institute; women’s services; neurological institute, including comprehensive neurosurgical services, a comprehensive stroke center and two primary stroke centers; a Bariatric Center of Excellence; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; urgent care services; and primary and specialty care physicians’ offices throughout Northeast Florida. The Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is a regional destination for multidisciplinary cancer care which is clinically integrated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the internationally renowned cancer treatment and research institution in Houston.