Caregivers Support a Special Patient Wedding

Caregivers Support a Special Patient Wedding

Wyatt Dressel and his longtime partner Nancy got married at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. The ceremony was officiated by Dr. Scott Lu and Chaplain Stevie Stennis provided spiritual counsel. Some of the seventh floor patient care unit team even...
Guiding Breast Cancer Care with New GPS-like Approach

Guiding Breast Cancer Care with New GPS-like Approach

Women who are at high risk for breast cancer can now access a smart GPS-style program that switches on right after their mammograms. Not-for-profit Sutter Health is taking a bold step with this innovation by piloting through its Advanced Cancer Service Line the...
How a Pharmacist Became One Bay Area Couple’s Lifeline

How a Pharmacist Became One Bay Area Couple’s Lifeline

By Marycon Young, Vitals contributor Bill and Elizabeth Weagle have been inside more emergency rooms than they care to admit. And with each visit, the transition from hospital to home became harder…for both of them. Elizabeth, 79, is non-verbal due to a prior stroke...
SF Half Marathon Lights Up The City

SF Half Marathon Lights Up The City

Thousands of runners from around the world filled Golden Gate Park on Feb. 1 for the 42nd San Francisco Half Marathon, marking a milestone year as Sutter Health served as the presenting sponsor for the first time. The multi-year partnership highlights a shared...
Girls’ Flag Football Takes Center Stage

Girls’ Flag Football Takes Center Stage

More than 100 girls filled the field at Palo Alto High School with energy and excitement as Sutter Health, Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young and the Forever Young Foundation kicked off the first girl’s youth flag football camp on Saturday, Jan. 31. The...
Opening Doors to the Future of Medicine

Opening Doors to the Future of Medicine

Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center leaders with U.C. Berkeley student athletes. L to R are John Leatherman, senior administrator, Heart and Vascular Service Line; Dr. Ursula Boynton, chief medical executive; student Julia Bonaguidi; Starla Dianda, senior...