Patient Stories

When Michael Klein received his cancer diagnosis, choroidal melanoma of the left eye, it was a frightening time.

Grateful patient gives back to the health care team who enabled him to return to his passion of surfing.

In the early chapters of Ellie Zimmerman’s medical journey, one prevailing theme emerged: against all odds. Her narrative didn’t begin with her birth, however; it took root even before her entrance to the world. Jennifer Zimmerman, Ellie’s mother, found herself unexpectedly relying on the services of UF Health…

The Sameck family give back to the UF Health Congenital Heart Center to celebrate the memory of their infant daughter, Harley Jo.

Grateful patient Charles Nail and his wife, Elise, establish a professorship in honor of Thomas Read, M.D.

Art is more than a hobby for Kinsey. Art is expression. It’s where her passion and creativity come alive. Even on the most difficult of days – such as her weekly dialysis on Wednesdays – 19-year-old Kinsey can be found doing arts and crafts. “She is a very cheerful type…

As Lee Ramsey’s family watched him being transported by ambulance from the emergency room at Lawnwood Hospital in Ft. Pierce to UF Health in Gainesville, they were in need of reassurance.

Glen Wright has high praise for the nursing team on unit 87, the thoracic and vascular surgical intensive care unit at UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital.

Although Tom passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2016, many will continue to understand his legacy through the Cocking Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, founded by his wife, Kathy Cocking, to help advance research and treatment of the disease at UF Health in his memory.

Beckett Genuardi loves music. When he’s not learning to play the piano, Beckett is often singing with his father, Joe. Many of their songs can be heard on PartyHearty, the Genuardis’ YouTube channel. Their audience has grown to more than 2,300 subscribers. But music is more than just an…