11 Ways to Help Kids Start School Strong
Advice from pediatric experts across Sutter Health on helping children and teens thrive this school year. The countdown to a new school year has begun. For many families, that means shopping for supplies, filling out forms and preparing for busy schedules. It's also...
First-in-Region Treatment Expands Options for People with Tremor
Dr. Rudolph Schrot demonstrates the specialized equipment used during the noninvasive treatment. An innovative treatment new to the greater Sacramento area helps restore abilities that some people might take for granted — signing a birthday card, buttoning a shirt or...
Turning Data Into Second Chances
New research aims to reconnect patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms before a silent condition becomes life-threatening. By Jenn Lonzer, Vitals contributor When 64-year-old Rogelio Hortizuela began preparing for a kidney transplant, imaging revealed an abdominal...
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The Future of Healthcare Starts Here
Pictured above left to right: Henry Jones, Kim Herrera, Faaris Mirza, Tony Kim, Srivishal Sudharsan, CEO Trevor Brand, Chase Borjon, Annapoorni Meiyappan, Anna Le, Micaela Winthrop, Kiki Ngo, Joyce Susvilla and Angelica Punzalan Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical...
The New Class of Resident Physicians Has Arrived
Last month Sutter welcomed 198 new resident physicians during its annual Graduate Medical Education orientation in Fairfield, Calif. The physicians are now beginning residency training across the system's hospitals and clinics, with an additional 23 new fellows set...
The Next Big Ideas in Patient Care Start Here
Every day, physicians ask clinical questions that could lead to better treatments, earlier diagnoses and improved outcomes for patients. To help turn those questions into potential discoveries and curiosity into potential cures, not-for-profit Sutter Health...
The ‘FASTEST’ Response Could Change Stroke Care
For patients experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke, one caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, every minute matters. For decades, doctors have had few proven ways to stop the condition from worsening once symptoms begin. Now, Sutter Health researchers are...
Dive Deeper
Auburn Couple Reclaims Life After Living Donor Kidney Transplant
When Rick Herrera’s kidney function dropped to 12%, his wife didn’t wait. After 39 years of marriage, Stephanie Herrera stepped forward to donate one of her kidneys, helping him avoid dialysis and a years-long wait for a deceased donor. Rick Herrera had managed...
Sister’s Gift Represents Transplant First at Sutter Health
Photo caption: Dr. Eric Miller adjusts the image focus on the da Vinci 5 robot as he performs Sutter's first fully robotic living-donor kidney transplant. | June 9, 2026 Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has performed its first fully...
Changing What’s Possible for Patients with Facial Paralysis
From Ethiopia to San Francisco, Dr. Gaelen Stanford-Moore is helping patients — and surgeons — see new possibilities for a condition long considered untreatable. By Jenn Lonzer, Vitals contributor On the first day of clinic in Ethiopia, patients lined up outside...
The Little-known Obstacle Threatening Medication Management
By Marycon Young, Vitals contributor When patients move between hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and home care settings, keeping medications and treatment plans aligned can become increasingly complex. Research has shown that medication-related problems...
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