Dec. 4, 2018 

Dear Colleagues:

I’m pleased so share the appointment of Roxane Harcourt, LCSW, LMFT, as administrator for UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. Effective this week, this promotion recognizes Roxane’s success as the hospital’s interim administrator since May last year. We are grateful to Roxane and her management team for their effective leadership during this transition period.

Moving forward, she also will continue to provide oversight for the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, where she has served as executive director for five years.

Roxane has a bachelor’s degree in social work from Indiana State University and a master’s degree in social work from Indiana University. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Roxane has extensive, significant administrative leadership experience. Prior to joining UF Health, she was chief executive officer for Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System in the Streamwood/Chicago, Illinois area, and held CEO and clinical director roles in other behavioral care organizations.

As the psychiatric hospital administrator, she servesas its senior administrative officer and primary representative to the medical staff and the community. She is responsible for staff management, operations oversight, resource management and financial performance for the 81-bed comprehensive behavioral health and addiction medicine hospital. Her responsibilities include strategic planning and collaboration with department of psychiatry leadership, faculty and staff through our adult, adolescent and child psychiatry programs. She will continue the hospital’s focus on access, quality, safe clinical care and innovative patient service.

Please join me in congratulating Roxane on her new role.

Sincerely,

Ed Jimenez
Chief Executive Officer
UF Health Shands