Sutter Health Ranks in Top 3 in Overall Quality Among Nation’s Large Health Systems

by Sutter Health | May 16, 2025

Only health system in California to make list of nation’s top 15 across all system sizes NORTHERN CALIF. — Sutter Health has been named to Premier’s 15 Top Health Systems® list, earning the No. 3 rank for overall quality performance in the large health systems...

Practice Makes Perfect: Sim Lab Offers Realistic Experience

by Angela Borchert | May 15, 2025

Casey Bell, right, and Trenton Jones lead the simulation trainings at Sutter Roseville Medical Center’s simulation lab which feature realistic manikins for trainees to practice on. The patient on the operating table may not be real, but Dr. Andrei Callejas’...

Statement on Sutter Health Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Grant Funding Awards from President & CEO Warner L. Thomas

by Sutter Health | May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025 Statement on Sutter Health Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Grant Funding Awards from President & CEO Warner L. Thomas “The Bond BHCIP funding awards are a critical step forward in addressing California’s growing mental...

The Road of Resiliency: Linda’s Path to Wellness

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...

Volunteer Shares Healing Notes

by Kathy Engle | May 14, 2025

Many Thursday afternoons, visitors to the San Carlos clinic of Sutter’s Palo Alto Medical Foundation hear the soothing sounds of guitarist Vance Daddi. As patients stop to listen, many smile and thank Vance. But recently, something truly astonished him. “I was playing...

New Rural Health Clinic Breaks Ground in Los Banos

by baizec | May 13, 2025

Sutter Health and Memorial Hospital Los Banos officially broke ground on a new rural health clinic that will expand care options to the growing Central Valley community. With ceremonial shovels in hand, local leaders, care teams and community officials helped mark the...

Sutter Health Names Jonathan Ma as System’s Chief Financial Officer

by Sutter Health | May 13, 2025

NORTHERN CALIF. — Sutter Health announced today that Jonathan Ma has been appointed as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following a national search. Ma has served as interim CFO since January 2025, leading a range of high-impact initiatives and...

The House Hope Built: From Ashes to a Home for Rural Healers

by Sutter Health | May 13, 2025

Dr. Paul Beatty and Debra Lawlor in front of the Jackson, Calif. home their philanthropic gift made possible to support resident physicians and visiting medical students training at Sutter’s Rural Family Medicine Residency program. By Rachel Lee, Vitals...

Sutter Hospitals Named Among Nation’s Best for Patient Experience

by Sutter Health | May 13, 2025

Sutter’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center earned recognition this week as the only Healthgrades’ “triple crown” award recipient in California — earning honors in Patient Safety, Patient Experience and America’s 50 Best Hospitals — and one of just five hospitals in the...

Sutter Physician Strikes Balance Between Motherhood, Career

by Sutter Health | May 9, 2025

California Pacific Medical Center’s Dr. Heba Ismail has been honored by the American Lung Association with an Outstanding Mother-Physician of the Year award. By Jennifer Modenessi, Vitals contributor Dr. Heba Ismail, an interventional pulmonologist and medical...