by Sutter Health | Jul 10, 2024
By Debbie Ritenour, Vitals contributor Naomi Dillard knows what it’s like to feel different. While the high school she attended in Sacramento is one of the most diverse in the state, the students in its International Baccalaureate program were not. Dillard was often...
by Liz Madison | Jul 10, 2024
Growing up in a Latino working-class environment, Eric Arauza worked toward a life similar to those in his community: working a labor job in areas such as construction or food services. After all, his father, Candelario, Sr., is a truck driver, and together with...
by Sutter Health | Jul 10, 2024
By Debbie Ritenour, Vitals contributor Priscilla Covarrubias didn’t just grow up in a bicultural home; she grew up in a bicultural community. Covarrubias is from Salinas, an agricultural community along the Central Coast with a Hispanic population of 79%. Her parents...
by Sutter Health | Jul 10, 2024
Photo: Leanne Westphal (left) stands with her granddaughter Charlotte Moore (middle) and daughter Hannah Moore (right). By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Home. A four-letter word that evokes feelings of comfort, familiarity and safety. Now imagine being far away from...
by Liz Madison | Jul 10, 2024
Derrick Agbemenu’s journey has been one of many firsts. He is the first-born child of Divine and Bertha, natives of Ghana, the second-most populated country in West Africa. When he immigrated to America at 17, his father already stateside, he was the first of his two...
by Emma Dugas | Jul 10, 2024
Sutter Health and the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group are working to broaden pathways to support a more diverse healthcare workforce, with the hope that the future pool of clinicians will better reflect the diversity of the patients they serve. As part of this...
by Liz Madison | Jul 10, 2024
Derrick Agbemenu, Eric Arauza, Priscilla Covarrubias, Naomi Dillard and Anaissa Medina are names you may not be familiar with now. However, these first-year medical students are ready to leave their mark and change healthcare for the better. Learn more about their...
by Sutter Health | Jul 10, 2024
First five of 25 California students will enter the university’s medical school with full-tuition scholarships, academic support and experiential learning opportunities from Sutter Health SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest integrated...
by Sutter Health | Jul 9, 2024
By Kami Lloyd, Vitals contributor Chief Physician Executive Dr. Todd Smith and Chief Operating Officer Mark Sevco have implemented big changes across Sutter Health over the past year, including building a robust leadership team grounded in an innovative dyad design....
by Gary Zavoral | Jul 8, 2024
Price Walker stands at the site of the future Sutter Care Complex, across East Bidwell Street from the upscale Palladio commercial center. For 40 straight days, Price Walker and his wife traveled more than an hour a day so she could receive oncology services in...
