The location offers high-quality outpatient services, including primary care and cardiology, with emergency care for adults and children to follow in September.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 22, 2026 – As western St. Johns County continues to grow, Baptist Health is meeting the demand for comprehensive outpatient care with tomorrow’s opening of a new medical campus in SilverLeaf. Built with patient convenience in mind, Baptist SilverLeaf Medical Campus expands access to high-quality health care close to home for residents of the new master-planned community and nearby neighborhoods.
Located at 8595 St. Johns Parkway in St. Augustine, Baptist SilverLeaf Medical Campus will serve a rapidly expanding region with around 1.02 million people living within a 30-minute drive. The area’s population is projected to grow 9.3% by 2031.
“We believe health care should grow alongside the communities it serves,” said Matthew A. Zuino, MSIS, FACHE, president and CEO of Baptist Health. “More than a million people now call this area of St. Johns County home, and building a medical campus here demonstrates our commitment to ensuring residents have access to quality preventive and specialty care where they live and work.”
This marks the completion of the first phase of construction at Baptist SilverLeaf Medical Campus with the site designed to allow for future growth as the community’s needs grow. Opening tomorrow are offices for primary care, cardiology, rehabilitation and laboratory services, plus a wellness center offering helpful information on nutrition and tips for healthy living. Orthopedic and neurology specialists will begin receiving patients in the fall. The campus’s emergency center for adults and children is scheduled to open in September.
All services are backed by the strength of the region’s largest and most preferred health system, giving patients access to Baptist Health’s robust network of care and expertise.
“This is more than a new medical campus; it is a gateway to the full breadth of care and expertise offered at Baptist Health,” said Eric Fletcher, MBA, FACHE, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Baptist Health. “Patients receive personalized care locally, knowing that it is supported by the substantial resources of our health care system.”
An emergency center, opening in September, will further enhance the range of services available at SilverLeaf. It will house two emergency centers under one roof – one for adults and one designed specifically for patients ages 0 to 18. The new ER will provide families with easy access to the specialized pediatric care of Wolfson Children’s Hospital, the only full-service children’s hospital in the region and the only ACS-verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the region.
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About Baptist Health
Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Baptist Health is a community-based health system focused on making health care easier to access while working to improve health and well-being. As the area’s only locally governed, faith-based, not-for-profit health system, Baptist Health delivers a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through its 200+ ambulatory locations, six acute care hospitals, home health and virtual care offerings. Through its comprehensive approach to whole-person health for children and adults, Baptist Health provides the area’s largest network of primary care, urgent care and behavioral health care, as well as many specialty services and several wellness centers. Destination centers of excellence include Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute, and Wolfson Children’s Hospital, the only full-service children’s hospital serving the region. To help people get the care they need when and where they need it, the health system leverages digital technology to enhance the delivery of its high-quality, seamless, patient-centered care. Baptist Health is vital to the community, caring for more patients in Northeast Florida than any other provider. The health system has been consistently ranked as “most preferred” for more than 30 years and has been named one of “America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care” by Newsweek magazine. To learn more, visit BaptistJax.com.
