by Emma Dugas | Feb 1, 2022
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor The COVID-19 pandemic led many people to postpone routine visits to their primary care provider in 2020. The result: missed physicals and cancer screenings, less chronic disease monitoring and medication adjustment, and overdue...
by Emma Dugas | Dec 16, 2021
Donaldo Hernandez, M.D., an internist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, has been named president-elect of the California Medical Association (CMA), a non-profit professional organization of nearly 50,000 physicians dedicated to protecting public health and...
by Emma Dugas | Dec 8, 2021
Cynthia Mendoza is comfortable with contradictions. The 40-year-old mother of three is shy with strangers but bold with family, friends and co-workers. Equal parts loyal and restless, she says being a medical assistant is the perfect job. No two days have been the...
by Emma Dugas | Dec 2, 2021
Sarah Heyl has been walking a proverbial tightrope since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Heyl was three months pregnant with her first child when the new coronavirus was first making headlines. She spent her second and third trimester in a tight bubble to avoid catching...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 1, 2021
Dr. Kimberly Moore Dalal was a 37-year-old active duty officer when she was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. Already a highly trained surgeon, the United States Air Force said they needed Dr. Dalal near the frontline. She would care for American soldiers and coalition...
