Female Cardiologists Are Reshaping Heart Care

Female Cardiologists Are Reshaping Heart Care

Growing number of women physicians in Santa Rosa helps shift a male-dominated field Women have become an increasingly visible force across medicine, stepping into leadership roles and shaping care in hospitals and clinics nationwide. But cardiology has long remained...
Grateful Patient Helps Launch Pancreatic Program

Grateful Patient Helps Launch Pancreatic Program

Catching Cancer Before It Starts: How One Grateful Patient Helped Launch a Pancreatic Program at CPMC by Rachel Lee, Vitals contributor  Abdominal pain had followed Ronald Zien for most of his adult life. Over several decades, the retired Oakland police officer...
How Single‑Port Robotic Surgery Is Changing Care

How Single‑Port Robotic Surgery Is Changing Care

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...