In 2006, Lyerly Neurosurgery, Florida's first neurosurgical practice, dating to 1934, affiliated with Baptist Health to form Baptist Lyerly Neurosurgery, offering a full range of neurosurgical services for the brain, spinal column and nervous system.
In 2010, Baptist Health formed the Baptist Neurology Group.
Baptist Health earned its first recognition for its delivery of neurological care when it received Primary Stroke Care Certification in 2007 from The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Specifically, it was for the stroke care provided at Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville.

Baptist Health earned its first “Magnet” designation in 2007 for the quality of nursing care throughout its five-hospital system.
Baptist Health earned Magnet re-designation in 2012 and 2017.
The Magnet title was awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which is part of the American Nurses Association.

In 2012, Baptist Heart Specialists, a full-spectrum specialty practice for cardiology services, was formed when Jacksonville Heart Group and Southern Heart Group became a division of Baptist Health.
In 2015, electrophysiologists with Baptist Heart Specialists were the first in Florida to implant the world's smallest wireless pacemaker.

In 2013, Baptist Health opened its first ambulatory campus, Baptist Clay, featuring a 16-bed adult and pediatric emergency room and a medical office building.
In April 2016, Baptist Health opened its second satellite emergency center, Baptist Town Center, followed in September 2016 with its third satellite emergency center and second ambulatory campus, Baptist North.
In November 2019, Baptist Health opened its fourth satellite emergency center, Baptist Oakleaf.

On April 17, 2015, Baptist Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center signed an agreement to build a joint cancer treatment center in northeast Florida.
The new nine-story addition to Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville was completed in the fall of 2018.
The 330,000-square-foot building, which took two years to build at a cost of $184 million, expanded the MD Anderson Cancer Center model of cancer treatment that was first brought to Northeast Florida in 2015.

The opening enabled Jacksonville to take part in MD Anderson's clinical trials.
In an era of medical research where new cancer drugs are increasingly being developed, local access to such advances, such as in the Jacksonville area, was considered critical.


In 2015, Baptist Health established the Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center at Baptist Jacksonville.
The center is certified by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Brett McClung became CEO on July 1, 2019, following the retirement of Hugh Greene after he served 20 years as CEO.
In 2006, Lyerly Neurosurgery, Florida's first neurosurgical practice, dating to 1934, affiliated with Baptist Health to form Baptist Lyerly Neurosurgery, offering a full range of neurosurgical services for the brain, spinal column and nervous system. In 2010, Baptist Health formed the Baptist Neurology Group. Baptist Health earned its first recognition for its delivery of neurological care when it received Primary Stroke Care Certification in 2007 from The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Specifically, it was for the stroke care provided at Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville.
Baptist Health earned its first “Magnet” designation in 2007 for the quality of nursing care throughout its five-hospital system. Baptist Health earned Magnet re-designation in 2012 and 2017. The Magnet title was awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which is part of the American Nurses Association.
In 2012, Baptist Heart Specialists, a full-spectrum specialty practice for cardiology services, was formed when Jacksonville Heart Group and Southern Heart Group became a division of Baptist Health. In 2015, electrophysiologists with Baptist Heart Specialists were the first in Florida to implant the world's smallest wireless pacemaker.
In 2013, Baptist Health opened its first ambulatory campus, Baptist Clay, featuring a 16-bed adult and pediatric emergency room and a medical office building. In April 2016, Baptist Health opened its second satellite emergency center, Baptist Town Center, followed in September 2016 with its third satellite emergency center and second ambulatory campus, Baptist North. In November 2019, Baptist Health opened its fourth satellite emergency center, Baptist Oakleaf.
On April 17, 2015, Baptist Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center signed an agreement to build a joint cancer treatment center in northeast Florida.The new nine-story addition to Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville was completed in the fall of 2018. The 330,000-square-foot building, which took two years to build at a cost of $184 million, expanded the MD Anderson Cancer Center model of cancer treatment that was first brought to Northeast Florida in 2015.
The opening enabled Jacksonville to take part in MD Anderson's clinical trials. In an era of medical research where new cancer drugs are increasingly being developed, local access to such advances, such as in the Jacksonville area, was considered critical.

In 2015, Baptist Health established the Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center at Baptist Jacksonville. The center is certified by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Brett McClung became CEO on July 1, 2019, following the retirement of Hugh Greene after he served 20 years as CEO.
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