by Ashley Boarman | Jul 2, 2021
Registered nurse Lilian Sadsad says what she likes most about her position on the medical/surgical floor is the feeling she gets when a patient asks if she’s coming back tomorrow. “When I hear that, I know it’s because they feel safe and want to see me again,” she...
by Ashley Boarman | Jun 16, 2021
Dylan Leeder, 12, celebrated his final inpatient chemotherapy treatment this month with an enthusiastic jam session. The brave pre-teen, who was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), has received intermittent cancer treatments at Sutter’s...
by Ashley Boarman | Jun 12, 2021
Six years ago, 19-year-old Kayla Elias told her mom to take her to the hospital. “I felt like I was dying,” she remembers with a wince. Her memories from that time are “not fresh,” she says. “I was so weak.” Elias’ case escalated quickly. She was admitted to Sutter...
by Ashley Boarman | May 20, 2021
Local hospital reflects on two decades of providing accessible, high-quality healthcare to residents of Marin County NOVATO, Calif. – Novato Community Hospital (NCH) is delighted to celebrate its 20th anniversary on May 21. To commemorate the milestone, staff unveiled...
by Ashley Boarman | May 19, 2021
Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer at just 43 years old came as a shock last summer. Many headlines captured the public’s collective sentiment: “Colon cancer? But he was so young!” Michael Abel, M.D., a San Francisco colorectal surgeon, says...
