by vallescj | Mar 16, 2026
Above: Dr. Andrew Tam successfully performed the first urologic surgeries using the da Vinci Single-Port robotic system at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Instead of multiple ports placed several centimeters apart, the SP platform allows surgeons to...
by Sutter Health | Feb 24, 2026
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sutter Health has named Trevor D. Brand, MSHA, FACHE, as chief executive officer of Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, effective March 30. In this role, Brand will report directly to Christina Oh, president of Sutter Health’s Greater San...
by warrenc | Feb 13, 2026
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...
by Sutter Health | Nov 20, 2025
By Clayton Warren, Vitals contributor “When I close my eyes and think about what I could have missed, I see my family my wife Fiona, my kids Theo and Oscar. I would have missed out on just being with them.” — Christopher Dowd. It started as an ordinary...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 30, 2025
Seventeen years ago, philanthropist Peter Read sold a prized car to fund a gift that changed the landscape of breast health care in the East Bay. That initial gift led to the creation of the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical...
