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 personal journeys, which have led them to the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science where they have earned full-tuition scholarships, academic support and experiential learning opportunities courtesy of Sutter Health.
Yanet Munoz, third from left, with the Sutter surgical team that includes Dr. Saad Aziz, to her left. By Yanet Luna, Vitals contributor Farmworker Yanet Munoz of Williams got some disappointing news after doing a non-invasive colon cancer test at home: Her test...
Yuba-Sutter Cancer Patients to Benefit from Generosity of Enterprise Rancheria and the Enterprise Community Fund YUBA CITY, Calif. — The Enterprise Rancheria Tribe, owners of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento, announced a $1 million gift to Sutter...
At age 36, Lindsay Himmetoglu was 8 months pregnant and breastfeeding her young son, Lev when she assumed pain in her breast was just a plugged duct. “It’s probably my body ramping up for the new baby,” she told herself. The lump unfortunately turned out to...
East Bay resident Ronellyn Junius knew something wasn't quite right --she felt a pain in her left beast. So she made an appointment to see her doctor who recommended she get a mammogram at the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center. Her subsequent breast cancer...