by Ashley Boarman | Aug 30, 2021
First-year residents are settling into the rhythm of patient rounds at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center this summer. “It’s like any new job. You’re excited but there’s also some butterflies,” says Maggie So, M.D., a hospitalist at CPMC and director of the...
by Ashley Boarman | Aug 17, 2021
Scott Grubb, M.D., is up earlier than usual and working to suppress the butterflies in his stomach. He’s trying to focus. It’s 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15, and Grubb has already performed his pre-race ritual of downing coffee and peanut butter toast. This will be the...
by Ashley Boarman | Aug 4, 2021
With the ever-increasing threat of wildfires and earthquakes, dozens of staff at Sutter’s Bay Area hospitals took part in a full-scale evacuation exercise to hone their emergency response skills and test their procedures. The four-hour exercise at three Sutter...
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...
