by Sutter Health | Oct 19, 2023
(Above) Esther Figueroa attended a screening mammography event put on by Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center and the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California. By Monique Binkley Smith and Emma Dugas, Vitals...
by Karin Fleming | Aug 16, 2023
The Sutter Health Telestroke Program facilitates access to remote specialty care for patients across Northern California. Individuals who experience a stroke know well that life can change in an instant: Brain cells begin dying seconds after a stroke-induced clot...
by Sutter Health | Jul 13, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Health has named two new hospital CEOs in the Bay Area: Hamila Kownacki as CEO of Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco; and Darian Harris will serve as CEO of Sutter’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (MPMC) in...
by Sutter Health | Feb 2, 2023
by Kathy Engle, Vitals Contributor Recently, millions of people watched in real time as Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the football field. Fortunately for Hamlin, CPR was immediately begun by the Bills’ medical team, and his heart...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 1, 2022
Time. Ever elusive and arguably always in short supply. But when moments matter most—like a medical emergency—time is everything. One place that is extremely evident is with strokes. Mobile stroke units are specialized ambulances, equipped with the staff and equipment...
