by Jerome Hubbard | Jun 10, 2025
Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group (PAFMG) Dr. Sergio Alvarez found early inspiration in two places: the wrestling mat and his mother’s neurology clinic. A California native through and through, Dr. Alvarez completed all of his...
by Jerome Hubbard | May 20, 2025
When Franchesca Lising walked into a free Sutter Health youth sports clinic in Santa Cruz, she was simply hoping to get cleared for cheerleading. What she walked out with was something far more important — a discovery that could have saved her life. “I had this EKG,...
by Jerome Hubbard | May 15, 2025
For Linda Shum, the past few years have been filled with significant milestones and challenges—none more meaningful than her recent total knee replacement surgery with Dr. Alexis Gaskin at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. Linda, who recently celebrated her 50th...
by Jerome Hubbard | Apr 16, 2025
For more than 30 years, Sutter Health, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), and local healthcare providers have come together to offer free youth sports physicals across Santa Cruz County. This year, the annual Pre-Participation Evaluation (PPE) events will be...
by Jerome Hubbard | Apr 14, 2025
In just a few short months, Sutter’s Arrhythmia Center in Palo Alto has already transformed how care is delivered to patients with complex heart rhythm disorders, offering faster access to specialty care, improving clinical outcomes and significantly reducing patient...
