Peyton Young, DNP, FNP-BC

Peyton grew up in Brentwood, TN. As a born-and-raised Tennessee Volunteer, Peyton graduated from UT Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a focus in Marriage and Family Studies. She worked as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse at Summit Medical Center until she made the decision to further her nursing career. Graduating from Belmont University as a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Peyton was awarded a doctor of nursing practice degree by researching mental illness stigma in hopes of improving the future provision of mental and emotional health care in the primary care setting. She is a member of the Tennessee Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society of nursing. Peyton is thrilled to serve the members of her hometown while working in collaboration with the amazing group of healthcare providers at Internal Medicine & Pediatrics.