Seeking Cancer’s Earliest Signals
(shown above, Pathfinder 2 investigator Dr. Charles McDonnell outside Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento) By Karin Fleming & Nicole Young, Vitals Contributors An FDA advisory panel endorsed GRAIL’s Galleri® multi-cancer early detection blood test, after reviewing...
How 290,000 Pounds of Additional Food Closes Healthcare Gaps
Above: Sutter Health leaders, caregivers and community partners celebrate the opening of Second Harvest of the Greater Valley's expanded food distribution facility in Manteca, a project supported by a $2.5 million investment from Sutter Health. Pairings can bring out...
Two Physicians, One Goal: Personalized Concussion Care
Led by two women physicians and former athletes, Sutter Concussion Services helps patients safely return to school, work, sports and everyday life. A concussion may be classified as a mild traumatic brain injury, but for many patients, its effects are anything but...
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The Cove Brings Specialized Care to Sutter CPMC’s Smallest Patients
Photo from left to right: Dr. Ghizala Kaleem, Dr. Claudia Mueller, Dr. Nicholas Gianaris, Dr. Katelin Kramer, Dr. Delene Richburg, Dr. Loc Le, Dr. Christopher Retajczyk New small baby unit combines a specialized care environment, evidence-based protocols and...
Connecting Medical Training to the Future of Care
Physician training doesn’t stop at the bedside. Residents also grow by teaching, leading and mentoring others. Sutter Health brought that approach to this year’s Latino Medical Student Association National Conference, where it served as a diamond-level sponsor....
A New Middle Ground in Prostate Cancer Treatment
By Dr. Leila Haghighat, Vitals contributor Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men. Yet for decades, men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer have faced a difficult choice. They could monitor the cancer closely or treat the...
What Comes Before Stomach Cancer? Researchers Are Finding Out
Call it a "gut feeling." For some stomach cancers, the first signs may appear years before a diagnosis. At Sutter Health Research Institute, Dr. Su-Ying Liang is helping lead that work. Through Gastroshare, she and researchers at Stanford University are using...
Dive Deeper
Sutter Opens New Urgent Care in San Francisco’s Mission Bay
New clinic brings same-day care to one of San Francisco’s fastest-growing neighborhoods SAN FRANCISCO – Residents, workers and visitors in Mission Bay now have a new option for same-day medical care with the opening of Sutter Health’s newest urgent care clinic...
New Chapter of Care Opens in Pleasanton
Sutter Health leaders, colleagues, and elected officials gathered Sept. 17 to celebrate the opening of the new Pleasanton Care Complex, an important milestone in Sutter Health’s commitment to expand access to care in the Tri-Valley area. The celebration recognized...
6 Sleep Insights That Could Change How You Age
Sleep isn't just a time for rest. Growing evidence suggests it may be one of the most powerful factors influencing how well we age, affecting everything from brain health and memory to hospital recovery and long-term independence. For more than two decades, Dr....
Women of Sutter Health: Shaping the Future of Medicine
The face of medicine is changing. Women now make up nearly 40% of practicing physicians in the United States, up from 26% in 2004 and comprise a majority of U.S. medical school students. At Sutter Health, women are helping shape the future of healthcare through...
Closer Look
Finding Hope After Loss
S.F. Priests Unite in Kidney Donation
Training Hits the Road with New Mobile Sim Lab
Baby Devi’s Brave Beginning
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