by Kathy Engle | Dec 17, 2025
Photo: Richard and Barbara Mendelsohn By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Richard Mendelsohn’s life has been defined by courage and conviction – from protesting apartheid in South Africa to building a new life in San Francisco, Calif. Nearly 50 years ago, he met...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 17, 2025
Photo: Dr. Amanda Shepherd-Littlejohn The Women’s Health Innovation Summit was held last month in Sacramento, Calif., bringing together physicians, researchers, government officials and industry members who discussed women’s health today and tomorrow. We spoke with...
by Jennifer Modenessi-Gurule | Dec 17, 2025
Reno, Nevada resident Lauren Martelle (pictured above with Dr. John Rabkin and Dr. Todd Frederick) was a college junior when she received a life-saving liver transplant at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center. Now an organ donor advocate, she is...
by Sutter Health | Dec 16, 2025
Above: Patient Desma Golden and neurologist Dr. Victor Wang, Sutter East Bay Medical Group Comprehensive Headache and Facial Pain Center From debilitating daily pain to newfound clarity, one patient’s journey through Sutter East Bay Medical Group’s...
by Sutter Health | Dec 16, 2025
How highly coordinated care helped turn a life-altering fall into a life full of meaning By Timothy Adams, Vitals contributor In 1991, Bill Bagnani traded the hustle of Silicon Valley for the serenity of wine country, taking a job as an assistant winemaker at Jordan...
by Sutter Health | Dec 12, 2025
Dr. Hammad Khan, right, medical director of interventional psychiatry, uses the new SAINT accelerated TMMS system at Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento. NORTHERN CALIF. — Sutter Health this week announced the launch of the SAINT® neuromodulation system at...
by Katie Durham | Dec 11, 2025
Darshan Purewal, left, and brother Simran work through their grief at Camp Hope over the passing of their father in late 2024. Sutter Investment Brings Healing to Families Grieving Loss of Loved One Grief is just love that’s trapped and has nowhere to go because that...
by Sutter Health | Dec 11, 2025
Four Sutter medical groups recently received the Top Quality Award from the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) for delivering exceptional care during the 2024 measurement year of IHA’s Align. Measure. Perform. (AMP) program. “Delivering high-quality care is at...
by Sutter Health | Dec 11, 2025
By Marycon Young, Vitals contributor For years, Jessica Anne battled depression that seemed to always emerge the victor. Its crushing defeat bore a heaviness that left her feeling hopeless and unable to see a way forward. The 25-year-old worked with multiple care...
by Jerome Hubbard | Dec 9, 2025
For the second consecutive year, Sutter Health served as presenting sponsor of the California International Marathon, or CIM, celebrating a partnership that continues to energize the Sacramento region. This year’s event drew thousands of runners, volunteers and...
