Wheels of Love: Nurse Cycles to Raise Awareness, Funds for HIV/AIDS
With the support of his Sutter Health colleagues, Jaime Peruffo-Gambale, a nurse at Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), took part in the last ever AIDS/LifeCycle ride. In 2008, Jaime Peruffo-Gambale, an Interventional Radiology nurse at Sutter Health’s...
Cultivating Strength to Flow and Thrive
For Jennifer Blumberg, life has always been about strength—in body, in spirit, and in community. At 56, the Moraga resident radiates resilience, energy, and optimism. But just months ago, debilitating back pain left her barely able to walk. Today, thanks to a...
Grandfather Determined to Remember Happiness Despite Alzheimer’s
(Above) Pat Ross receiving an infusion of the Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab. Pat Ross calls it his “happiness regimen”: An antioxidant-rich breakfast, exercise at the local YMCA and time spent enjoying artwork or volunteering. He follows the routine daily, not...
Editor’s Picks
What’s Behind Uterine Cancer’s Silent Surge?
Dr. John Chan, gynecologic oncologist and researcher at Sutter's CPMC has focused much of his career on studying how best to prevent and treat cancers commonly impacting women, including uterine cancer. Research shows the number of women diagnosed with uterine...
Future-Focused Clinic Built on Legacy Opens in Modesto
By Craig Baize and Rachel Lee, Vitals contributors If you want to see the future of medicine, you will catch a glimpse of it inside the new Modesto Sylvan Care Center. It is the physician residency training site that will expand access to primary care and help...
Sutter Welcomes New Resident Physicians, Broadening Access
Year after year, Sutter Health expands its graduate medical education programs, attracting the best-in-class resident physicians who train in a variety of locations and medical specialties across Sutter’s California footprint. Earlier this week, a new class of...
Sutter Health Breaks Ground on $145 Million Folsom Care Complex
State-of-the-art facility to expand specialty care and serve growing Highway 50 Corridor communities NORTHERN CALIF. -- Sutter Health broke ground today on its new Folsom Care Complex, marking a significant investment in expanding access to innovative, high-quality...
Dive Deeper
From Wrestling Mat to Medicine: Dr. Alvarez’s Passion to Help
Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group (PAFMG) Dr. Sergio Alvarez found early inspiration in two places: the wrestling mat and his mother’s neurology clinic. A California native through and through, Dr. Alvarez completed all of his...
Jump In! 8 Tips to Keep Kids Safer in Water
School’s out and summer is here! When it’s hot, and even when it’s not, kids are naturally drawn to water. Whether it’s a pool, lake, Delta slough or the ocean, water is sparkly, refreshing and fun. Water can also be dangerous if kids aren’t properly supervised....
Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center Creates a Culture of Care
CPMC nursing leaders are investing in nurse well-being and building resilience. As frontline caregivers, nurses are with patients during some of life’s most joyful and difficult moments. But when stress and fatigue run high, nurses benefit from strong support...
Earlier Breast Cancer Detection? Credit Talent + AI
When paired with clinical expertise, artificial intelligence is the latest ally in the fight against breast cancer. A new, AI-powered tool can now help identify more high-risk patients and give doctors a better chance to detect those cancers earlier when treatment...
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