Eric Swensen

Public Information Officer

Eric has been with UVA Health marketing department since 2006, writing for and editing a variety of publications and websites. Before working at UVA, he spent about eight years as a reporter with The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va., The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., and the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. Eric primarily handles corporate communications and major events.

Email | ews3j@virginia.edu

Phone | 434.924.5770

Coverage Areas | corporate communications, major events

Posts by Eric Swensen

The exterior of the hospital expansion at UVA Health University Medical Center.

April 17, 2025 UVA Health Makes Doctors’ Day Donations to 6 Virginia Nonprofits

To honor its physicians for National Doctors’ Day, UVA Health is donating $10,000 each to six Virginia nonprofits in Charlottesville, Culpeper and Northern Virginia.

Pinwheel garden at UVA Health's West Complex

April 16, 2025 Colorful Pinwheel Garden Commemorates Donate Life Month

– As part of its celebration of Donate Life Month in April and the power of organ donation and transplantation to transform lives, the UVA Health Transplant Center team has installed approximately 1,800 colorful pinwheels outside UVA Health’s West Complex.

April 8, 2025 UVA Health Opens Outpatient Transplant Clinic in Wytheville

To ensure convenience for patients in Southwest Virginia undergoing transplant care, UVA Health has opened a new transplant clinic in Wytheville in partnership with Wythe County Community Hospital.

April 7, 2025 UVA Health Expanding Specialty, Home Delivery Pharmacy Services

To serve more patients and meet the growing need for specialty, home delivery, and pharmacy business services, UVA Health is creating a Pharmacy Centralized Services Center in northern Albemarle County.

April 3, 2025 High Doses of Vitamin A May Be Toxic, Warns UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center

With several regions in the United States experiencing a surge of measles cases, misinformation about how to prevent and treat it is causing some people to overdose on vitamin A, cautions UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center.

April 2, 2025 Newsweek Ranks UVA Health University Medical Center No. 1 in Virginia

UVA Health University Medical Center ranks as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and among the top 50 hospitals nationally in Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2025” guide.

March 26, 2025 UVA Health Joins National Mobile Care Collaborative

UVA Health is one of five health systems nationwide selected to join a mobile care collaborative to share lessons learned and discover how to enhance the services provided by its mobile care unit.

March 24, 2025 Innovative Hospital Leader Named Inaugural Chief of UVA Health Children’s

UVA Health has named Cindy Bo, MBA, FACHE, a seasoned hospital leader, as the inaugural chief of UVA Health Children’s.

An artist's rendering of the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19.

March 20, 2025 UVA Health Joins National Trials Testing Long COVID Treatments

UVA Health has joined nationwide studies examining potential treatments for long COVID.

March 17, 2025 UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, Pharmacy Provide Safe Medication Disposal Tips

With more than 62 percent of all poison exposure cases nationwide involving medicines, UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center and Pharmacy are sharing the safest approaches to medication storage and disposal.