Mexican Vacation Turns Life-or-Death for Bay Area Couple
When Chuck and Jan Benner flew to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, the retired Sacramento Delta couple never dreamed they’d be dealing with a life-threatening emergency. Near the end of their 10-day vacation, the Benners attended a...
Medical Students Take on Twist with ‘Summer School’
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the second installment of “A Summer of Learning” at Sutter Health. This series will examine how Sutter, through its academic partnerships, is working to expand access to healthcare by building a stronger, more robust pathway of...
Stroke No Match for Golfer’s Coordinated Care
From the driving range to hospital discharge, one patient's journey through Sutter's coordinated stroke network. Chris Honeck thought it would be a typical afternoon at the driving range. The 54-year-old from Rohnert Park, Calif., was still new to golf and eager to...
Editor’s Picks
Doctor Returns to NorCal Community that Embraced, Shaped Him
For Dr. Jasdip Singh, medicine was always more than a career path. It’s been a calling. And now medicine is calling him back to the Central Valley as a family medicine physician resident at Sutter’s Memorial Medical Center in Modesto. Dr. Singh is part of the 39...
From California’s Central Valley to Medicine — and Back Again
Above: Dr. Britiel Bethishou at the American Academy of Family Physicians' FUTURE Conference in 2024, before she decided to pursue internal medicine Dr. Britiel Bethishou’s journey in medicine is coming full circle — right back to the Central Valley, where she grew...
New Pharmacy Fills Scripts Where Care Happens
Sutter’s Health’s new outpatient and specialty pharmacy in San Francisco advances integrated, patient-centered care. As healthcare continues to evolve, pharmacies are playing a more central role in supporting patients. Beyond the exam room, they help people manage...
Gentler Way to Replace a Heart Valve — No Open Surgery Needed
Dr. Christian Spies, center, an interventional cardiologist at Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, recently became one of the first in the Bay Area to treat a heart failure patient in their 90s. Pictured with cardiovascular team members Dr. Sonia Garg, left,...
Dive Deeper
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Aims to Restore Post-Stroke Mobility
Sutter CPMC physical therapist Anne Castellano, left, uses a remote clicker to activate Kendall Patton’s vagus nerve stimulator, delivering targeted pulses that help his brain relearn motor skills as he practices repetitive movements like arm raises. A Sutter...
Community Collaboration Brings Navigation Center to Vallejo
A formerly vacant lot in Vallejo has been transformed into a welcoming place where people experiencing homelessness have access to shelter and supportive social and medical services. Recently, a crowd of over a hundred community and business leaders, activists and...
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...
Closer Look
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