by rosemvv@sutterhealth.org | May 24, 2023
Persistent tingling in her arms and legs, difficulty putting on her shoes and trouble urinating: these were symptoms Sutter patient Pamela Swint began experiencing in 2019. At first, like loose pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, these symptoms seemed indecipherable on their...
by Sutter Health | May 22, 2023
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)—the gold standard of healthcare simulation education credentialing programs—has recognized the Sutter Health University Simulation Center program with full accreditation, citing several of the SHU center’s processes and...
by Sutter Health | May 11, 2023
By Lena Kauffman, Vitals contributor Lynsey Chediak was born with a rare genetic bone disease called arthrogryposis and, for half of her life, couldn’t walk. “I’ve only been walking for the second half of my life because a team of surgeons took a risk on me and did...
by Karin Fleming | May 8, 2023
Happenstance can take many shapes. But for 46-year-old Sutter patient Vashti Ross, who was found to have a rare genetic mutation that caused Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (or “ALS”, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease), the diagnosis provided her the unique...
by Sutter Health | May 2, 2023
Sutter Roseville Medical Center became the newest teaching hospital in Northern California in June 2022, when the first medical school graduates arrived for their residencies in internal medicine and surgery. In 2024, a Transitional Year residency track will allow new...
