"WOMEN RISING IN MEDICINE"
conference 2024

Bio- F. KAYSER ENNEKING, M.D., earned her medical degree at the University of Florida in 1986. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch with an emphasis on cardiac anesthesia at the Texas Heart Institute. She did a fellowship in regional anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts.

She joined UF in 1991 as an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology. She held several roles, including associate professor in the department of anesthesiology, medical director for the Florida Surgical Center, chief of the division of regional anesthesia and professor of anesthesiology, and of orthopedics and rehabilitation. She is currently chair of the department of anesthesiology and assistant dean for clinical affairs for the UF College of Medicine.

Enneking’s strong interest in regional anesthesia for orthopedic surgeries and ambulatory anesthesia led to the development of novel analgesic techniques for these patient populations. She has published more than 50 scholarly works in this area and mentored regional anesthesia fellows and junior faculty members.

Enneking is the winner of several awards including the TW Andersen Teaching Award and the Haven Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award. She served on the Board of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and has chaired the Shands Quality Committee for the past three years.

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Political statements / Stance on Issues:

Dr. Enneking is a lifelong member of the Gainesville community, who understands the challenges facing all the communities in District 21, both urban and rural, which inspired her to run for State House to better the lives of all North Central Floridians. 

The daughter of a Gainesville doctor, Kayser is a graduate of Gainesville High School. Kayser grew up regularly visiting the Gulf Coast to fish, crab, and scallop with her family. She and her husband, Mark Scarborough, MD are lifelong friends and both graduates of the UF College of Medicine. After a residency in Texas and a fellowship at Harvard, Kayser and Mark moved back to Gainesville to start a family and work at the University of Florida. 

Kayser Enneking, MD, grew up in Gainesville, Florida and is a graduate of Gainesville High School and the University of Florida. Her husband, Mark Scarborough, is a third-generation Floridian, making their children fourth-generation Floridians. An avid outdoorswoman, Kayser has spent her life on the lakes, rivers, and springs of North Central Florida added to a generous portion of time on both coasts. Most importantly she takes care of patients from every walk of life and every community in this area. This has brought her a deep appreciation for the strength of our character as well as the difficulties many in our communities must overcome.

She’s committed to creating affordable healthcare, protecting Florida’s environment, and creating opportunities for Florida’s families. Specifically, Kayser wants to fight for Medicaid expansion, which has been repeatedly rejected despite being made available to our state by the federal government, to help bring accessibility and affordability to the 800,000 Floridians in the coverage gap. She is also critical of the state’s response to the novel coronavirus, and thus believes in the implementation of statewide testing strategies and a robust contact tracing infrastructure. Despite her decorated career in health care, her stances on political and social issues extend beyond that. She also wants to increase public education funding and help ensure that our schools are funded and our teachers are paid. She would also fight to ensure workplace equity and livable wages for our workers. She’s also been witness to the frequent storms, higher temperatures, and greedy corporations that are degrading the Sunshine state as a life-long Florida resident, and thus will protect our water and preserve our environment. She also believes that the issue of gun violence in our state and country is a public health issue and would champion reformative legislation regarding our gun laws.