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Tran, M.D., is the department chair of Palliative Care and Support Services at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, part of the not-for-profit Sutter Health network. In honor of Father’s Day, we highlight Dr. Tran’s tribute to his dad, Dr. Hai Tran, a Vietnam War... Peds Patient Jams Out During Chemo Dylan Leeder, 12, celebrated his final inpatient chemotherapy treatment this month with an enthusiastic jam session. The brave pre-teen, who was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), has received intermittent cancer treatments at Sutter’s... Editor’s Picks Quality Care z_Editor’s Pick ICU Patient Inspired by Care Becomes RN Six years ago, 19-year-old Kayla Elias told her mom to take her to the hospital. I felt like I was dying,” she remembers with a wince. Her memories from that time are not fresh,” she says. I was so weak.” Elias’ case escalated quickly. She was admitted to Sutter... COVID-19 Quality Care z_Editor’s Pick Organizer of Healthcare Vaxx Clinics Gets Nursing Award In difficult times, some people rise to meet the moment, selflessly dedicating themselves to doing all they can to help where needed. Across Northern California, many healthcare workers rose to meet the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic – and some went... Cancer Care Innovation & Technology Research & Clinical Trials z_Editor’s Pick Clinical Trial Looks at Novel Chemo Delivery Method The decades that 73-year-old Toni DuBois West spent in the field of cancer care became more personal when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Hearing the diagnosis, I was shocked and emotional,” says Dubois West, a longtime resident of Galt,... Community Health z_Editor’s Pick She Broke Through Barriers for Career and Community Meg Walker and Emma Dugas contributed to this story To say that Rachel Valdez is passionate about healthcare is almost an understatement. For more than a decade Valdez has worked her way up at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF)from patient service... Digital Health Innovation & Technology z_Digital Health (Home) How Hybrid Models in Healthcare Can Work View all digital health Health Equity News & Events z_Health Equity (Home) Acknowledging Our Past for a Better Tomorrow View all Health Equity Mental Health & Addiction z_Mental Health (Home) Making the Connections to Help Yourself and Others View all Mental Health Dive Deeper COVID-19 Integrated Network z_Dive Deeper Integrated Systems Uniquely Built to Fight COVID COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates continue to decline across California. While the pandemic’s effects will be everlasting, this serves as an important moment while the state takes the incremental steps to reopen. Industries and services across the world... Cancer Care Research & Clinical Trials z_Dive Deeper It’s No Act: Study Brings Hope to Cancer Patient Bear Capron is an actor and director who performed in theaters across Europe and taught drama for 20 years in Palo Alto, Calif. But Capron isn’t acting when he talks with optimism about his experience battling pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive types of... Integrated Network z_Dive Deeper Education Fuels Nurses Ahead in Career Path The COVID-19 pandemic has yielded some unexpected revelations. For instance, nursing school applications are up across the U.S. Whether driven by the practical or the personal—or a bit of both—candidates are pursuing a high-demand career unique in its combination... Cancer Care Kidney & Urinary z_Dive Deeper Colorectal Cancer Screenings Now Recommended at 45 People across the globe are mourning the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died from colon cancer at age 43. 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