Sutter, Santa Clara Launch New Medical School
Sutter Health and Santa Clara University to Launch the Mark & Mary Stevens School of Medicine Funded in part by a $175 million gift from Mark and Mary Stevens, it will be the first new medical school in the San Francisco Bay Area in more than a century. SANTA...
New Fruitvale Development Connects Care, Housing and Culture
Pictured above: Susan Friedland, CEO of Satellite Affordable Housing Associates; former state senator Nancy Skinner; Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee; Natalie Aguilera, CEO of Native American Health Center; Dr. Rob Nordgren, chief medical officer of Sutter Health’s Greater...
Stroke Can Strike at Any Age
The headache fades. The arm weakness passes. For young adults, these warning signs are often attributed to stress or exhaustion and dismissed. While strokes are most common in patients 65 and older, they can occur at any age. According to a CDC study, the incidence of...
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Where Data Meets Care: Advancing Medicine Through Research
Research presented at a national healthcare conference this past month may already be shaping the care patients receive today. From safer opioid prescribing after surgery to better understanding cardiovascular risk and the role of mental health support in cancer...
A Pregnancy Complicated by Chronic Gut Inflammation
By Dr. Leila Haghighat, Vitals contributor Christmas Day back home in Michigan started just the way Lucy Hanna had imagined—a lively gathering of family and friends, all excited about her pregnancy. Then came a sharp cramp in her abdomen. She hurried upstairs to...
‘I Thought I Was Just Tired.’ Would You Recognize Signs of Stroke?
By Jenn Lonzer, Vitals contributor With a doctoral degree in nursing, Anna Mullins knew the signs and symptoms of stroke. But when she began to develop symptoms herself, she did not realize what was happening. “I didn’t know I was having a stroke,” says Mullins....
Two Brothers, One Lifesaving Roadmap
For twin brothers Jon and David Swaney, life had always moved in parallel. Raised together on the rural outskirts of Roseville, California, the two shared nearly everything: childhood adventures, careers in public service and a close family bond that endured into...
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New Care Center Expands Access in Santa Teresa
A new healthcare access point is coming to South San Jose as Sutter Health prepares to open a care center in Santa Teresa, expanding primary and specialty care access for residents across Greater Silicon Valley. The new site will bring together physicians and...
Women’s Health Services Expanded in Berkeley
Pictured above left to right: Lylia Trieu CMA, Gloria Gomez CMA, Mayte Hernandez CMA, Dr. Isabelle Cohen, Kelly Alvarez CMA, Ania Werynski CMA, Rachel Gonzalez CMA By Pooja Nerkar, Vitals contributor Sutter East Bay Medical Group is expanding women’s health...
How to Buck Trends in a New Workforce Era, For the Better
By Matthew Murphy, Vitals contributor According to a recent Gallup poll, employees’ long-term commitment to their organizations is the lowest it has been in nine years, showing a continued evolution of workplace dynamics since the Great Resignation. But...
Sutter’s CPMC, SF State Open Pediatric Simulation Room
Sutter’s CPMC and San Francisco State University Open Pediatric Simulation Room Sutter Health’s $200,000 investment expands hands-on training to strengthen pediatric nursing workforce in the Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Sutter’s CPMC, part of Sutter Health, and San...
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