Baptist Medical Center South

Your family’s health is your top priority – that’s why you choose top-ranked care. Baptist Medical Center South is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top five hospitals in Florida. Patients benefit from the skilled and caring team at our state-of-the-art campus, which includes a much-sought-after Labor & Delivery Center, adult ER, surgery center, imaging, and pediatric Wolfson Children’s ER.

Designed with input from local parents, the Wolfson Children’s Hospital ER has its own dedicated parking area, entrance, waiting room and whimsical décor. Better yet, it’s staffed by medical experts who know and understand children to get them on the road to recovery.

• Our new ER is just for kids Children's ER

  Children aren’t just little adults – they need an ER that caters to their unique needs from a medical team who really cares.

  

• What’s the wait? EMERGENCY CARE

  Compare wait times for all Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s emergency rooms.

  

• Baptist HealthPlace at Nocatee opening summer 2020 NOCATEE

  Featuring Baptist Health services, YMCA and Brooks Rehabilitation.

  

• Nationally ranked in several specialties and procedures NATIONALLY RANKED

  U.S. News & World Report recognizes Baptist Jacksonville and Baptist South for 12 specialties and procedures.

  

• Come along for a tour BEHIND THE SCENES

  Get a behind-the-scenes look of what’s new at Baptist South!

  

• Cancer care close to home Cancer Care

  Getting treatment is easier for Lee Conte now that Baptist Medical Center South offers cancer care through Baptist Health's partnership with Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center, the nation's leading cancer hospital.

  

• Strong comeback for Taekwondo champ HEART AND VASCULAR

  You wouldn’t expect a 37-year-old martial arts champion to have a heart attack, but that’s exactly what happened.

  

• A frightening start to a precious new life Labor & Delivery

  The right medical team makes all the difference in a successful birth.

  

• Welcome to the world, Baptist South babies MATERNITY

  Choosing where to deliver is a big decision. Every year, Baptist South brings 5,000 babies into the world, and for good reason. Attention to moms’ preferences, comfort and the best medical care possible make us the area’s most preferred place to welcome little ones

  

• Where you go for emergency care matters EMERGENCY CARE

  Our new model of ER care makes it easy to get in, get out and on your way home. Come along on this video tour to see why Baptist South is the area's choice for emergency care.

  

• With stroke, an experienced, coordinated team makes all the difference STROKE, ALTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION (AVM)

  I didn’t know anything about strokes. I was just this professional career-minded woman. This was a warning sign for me to slow down. -- Valarie Sturgeon, South Jacksonville Resident