by Gary Zavoral | May 1, 2023
After reading this article, you’ll to want to thank us. Why? Because showing gratitude has many benefits for your mental health. As the nation kicks off May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Sutter Health in Northern California is focusing on how showing appreciation...
by Gary Zavoral | Apr 28, 2023
When Mick Doughty was put on the heart transplant list in 1994 at age 44, Sutter pioneering heart surgeon Dr. Paul Kelly said a new heart would extend Mick’s life by 10 years … 20 years at the most. “I told Dr. Kelly, ‘Oh, I’ve got to beat that,’ ” Doughty says with a...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 27, 2023
April is Donate Life Month Edward Miller was a lifelong Washington Redskins* football fan. As a young man during the Vietnam War, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served his country as a sharpshooter. Miller had an entrepreneurial spirit and at various times...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 25, 2023
Lonnie Ray has always enjoyed cooking. “Even while in the camp, I had my little stove. I used to work miracles with that thing,” he says. “I learned everything from [celebrity chef] Gordon Ramsay. I’ve watched every single episode of ‘Hell’s Kitchen.’” Ray was one of...
by Sutter Health | Apr 25, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif., — Sutter Health has been named to Forbes’ 2023 list of the Best Employers for Diversity. Sutter was one of 500 companies nationwide named to the list and one of 47 healthcare systems to receive the honor. The Best Employers for Diversity were...
by Sutter Health | Apr 24, 2023
Julius Caesar said, “Experience is the teacher of all things.” And some of those lessons come courtesy of healthcare. Whether you receive treatment for a bee sting or you undergo brachytherapy, it matters how your care is delivered. It can also shape your perspective...
by Sutter Health | Apr 21, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Health has named Dominic Nakis to join the not-for-profit Northern California healthcare system to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer while the organization conducts a national search for a permanent CFO over the...
by Gary Zavoral | Apr 20, 2023
It’s One of Just Two Hospitals in the Western U.S. to Achieve Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento is one of just 16 heart programs in the nation and only the second in the West to earn The Joint...
by Liz Madison | Apr 17, 2023
There has been lots of discussion about how environmental factors can impact health. Poor air quality can affect respiratory conditions like asthma or COPD. Climate change-fueled weather events like heat waves may spur on heat strokes or other heat-related illness....
by Sutter Health | Apr 14, 2023
By Cat Valles, Vitals contributor When some people dream of retirement, they think of warm, sandy beaches, golfing, or gardening. For Cyndy “Red” Forbes, after 14 years as a nurse in the Emergency Department at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, the community where she worked...
