UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital completes $30 million modernization
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Building on its reputation as one of the nation’s highest-rated centers for pediatric care, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital completed…
Peyton Wesner
Communications Manager for UF Health External Communications
Peyton Wesner joined the UF Health external communications team in June 2023. As communications manager, he handles UF Health media inquiries and collaborates to amplify brand awareness. Peyton also coordinates strategic communications across news, public relations and marketing. His experience includes media relations, multi-channel storytelling and social media. In 2021, he started at the University of Florida as a communications specialist for UF Health Advancement. Peyton possesses a bachelor's degree and master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Stories by Peyton
UF Health, ACFR collaborate to supply rescue vehicles with whole blood
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This week begins a new era for health care and fire rescue in Alachua County. UF Health and Alachua County Fire Rescue are working together…
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UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center unveiled
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Safety, ease and convenience. All three were at the forefront when constructing the new UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center. UF Health…
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UF Health names senior vice president, supply chain for clinical enterprise
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tedd Comerford has been named senior vice president for supply chain for the UF Health clinical enterprise. His leadership appointment is a…
John Hollingsworth named chief quality officer for UF Health clinical enterprise
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John M. Hollingsworth, M.D., has been named chief quality officer for the UF Health clinical enterprise. He begins this newly created…
Dance Marathon at UF raises $1.3 million for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Every year, Dance Marathon at the University of Florida writes a new chapter in its story. It’s about dedication, giving back to the…
UF Health celebrates groundbreaking for orthopaedic surgical center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health officials and community leaders gathered Wednesday to break ground for the UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center, a more than…
UF Health celebrates new location at World Equestrian Center
View b-roll and ribbon-cutting photos here By Peyton Wesner OCALA, Fla. — UF Health officials and World Equestrian Center leaders on Wednesday celebrated the…
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital starts renovations on pediatric patient care areas
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health leadership celebrated the start of a $30 million+ floor-to-ceiling renovation to pediatric patient rooms and medical-surgical…
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Physician Spotlight: How a College Baseball Player Discovered Sports Medicine
Jason Zaremski, MD, is a clinical associate professor at the University of Florida Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and chief of the sports…
UF Health’s new ECPR program saves its first heart attack patient
Frank Lowman is as hardworking as they come. Even after suffering a heart attack that led to cardiac arrest, Lowman focused on one thing that was extremely…
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UF Health, UAA and ACFR aid ailing fan at Gators football game
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For 23 years, Greg Magruder has been a Florida Gators fan. He and his wife, Karen, moved to Florida from Ohio in 2000. Magruder, a pastor…
