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Jan 9, 2025 | 
alachuachronicle.com | Peyton Wesner |Jennifer Cabrera
Press release from UF HealthBY PEYTON WESNERGAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health officials and community leaders gathered Wednesday to break ground for the UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center, a more than 24,000-square-foot medical facility that will support outpatient services for total joint replacements and other orthopaedic procedures while expanding access to patients in Alachua County and Northeast Florida.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health officials and community leaders gathered Wednesday to break ground for the UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center, a more than 24,000-square-foot medical facility that will support outpatient services for total joint replacements and other orthopaedic procedures while expanding access to patients in Alachua County and Northeast Florida. “We reflect anew on our longstanding commitment to health, hope, and healing,” said Stephen J.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tele-education program for health care providers who treat people with diabetes resulted in significant improvements in patient outcomes, including better blood sugar levels and increased use of medical devices to manage the disease, a University of Florida study finds.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
chronicleonline.com | Peyton Wesner
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 94F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. A few showers in the morning with scattered thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. High around 85F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Localized flooding is possible.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
On Aug. 9, Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill, B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., a three-time UF Gator Nurse graduate, will get the rare honor of pinning her daughter, Cassidy O’Neill, as she also graduates as a Gator Nurse during the Summer 2004 College of Nursing Pinning Ceremony. Pinning is a traditional ceremony that symbolically welcomes graduating students to the nursing profession. Many who receive their pins during the summer are part of the 15-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
View b-roll and ribbon-cutting photos hereBy Peyton WesnerOCALA, Fla. — UF Health officials and World Equestrian Center leaders on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a new 10,000-square-foot medical facility that continues the system’s push to expand its nationally recognized health care services for people living in or visiting the Marion County area. The location features eight exam rooms, two procedure rooms, a retail pharmacy, and X-ray imaging.
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May 30, 2024 | 
alachuachronicle.com | Peyton Wesner |Jennifer Cabrera
Press release from UF HealthBY PEYTON WESNERGAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health leadership celebrated the start of a $30 million+ floor-to-ceiling renovation to pediatric patient rooms and medical-surgical areas at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Thursday morning. The updates involve units 44 and 45, which will be completely overhauled and converted to private rooms featuring ensuite restrooms and updated examination areas.
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May 30, 2024 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health leadership celebrated the start of a $30 million+ floor-to-ceiling renovation to pediatric patient rooms and medical-surgical areas at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Thursday morning. The updates involve units 44 and 45, which will be completely overhauled and converted to private rooms featuring ensuite restrooms and updated examination areas. “This renovation will result in transformative changes in the environment for our patients and staff,” said Rashmin C.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
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 important to him once he returned home from the hospital – he wanted to go back to work. “I feel good. I don’t have any problems with anything,” said Lowman, an excavator operator from Williston, Florida, who turned 63 on Christmas. “I feel that I’m ready.”Lowman has another personal distinction.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
ufhealth.org | Peyton Wesner
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 at Parkview Baptist Church, went to his first Gators football game when a church member gave him a ticket. “I have been a fan ever since,” Magruder said.
