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Dr. John Pescetti never imagined that his life might hinge on 27 minutes, yet that’s exactly what he faced after arriving by ambulance at the Oakland campus of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center with severe chest pain that was soon a confirmed heart attack.
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27 Minutes That Saved a Life
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has been recognized as the only hospital in the Bay Area to achieve better than expected outcomes for postoperative stroke following cardiac surgery.
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Alta Bates Summit—Better Than Expected Cardiac Outcomes
Alta Bates Summit’s East Bay AIDS Center (EBAC) received one of only three grants awarded statewide by The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) of the University of California.
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EBAC One of Three Grants in State Awarded by UC
Hooray for progress! Last week we celebrated the placement of the last beam of our new Patient Care Pavilion on the Summit Campus. What a party! Check out the Topping Out video and thanks again to our construction crews, employees, [...]
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Alta Bates Summit Topping Out Video
Dr. John Pescetti never imagined that his life might hinge on 27 minutes, yet that’s exactly what he faced after arriving by ambulance at the Oakland campus of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center with severe chest pain that was soon a confirmed heart attack.
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has been recognized as the only hospital in the Bay Area to achieve better than expected outcomes for postoperative stroke following cardiac surgery.
Alta Bates Summit’s East Bay AIDS Center (EBAC) received one of only three grants awarded statewide by The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) of the University of California.
Hooray for progress! Last week we celebrated the placement of the last beam of our new Patient Care Pavilion on the Summit Campus. What a party! Check out the Topping Out video and thanks again to our construction crews, employees, [...]
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center provides professional Breast Patient Navigators for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast Patient Navigators are nurses and social workers who have experience working with women with breast cancer and who understand how challenging the journey can be. The breast center’s culturally supportive [...]
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center is proud to join hospitals across the country in recognizing National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week (May 6–12). These two celebrations acknowledge the history, individuals, technology and dedicated professionals that come together every day to care for our patients, their families and our community. National Hospital Week’s theme is [...]
Oakland, CA–Thanks to the latest breakthrough in robotic-assisted procedures, patients at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland can now receive the most common surgical procedure (gallbladder removal) in about the same amount of time as a lunch break, and be home in time for dinner with minimal discomfort and likely no visible scar. Alta [...]
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Ethnic Health Institute is presenting Barbara A. Goff, MD, in a free community service program to discuss the life-saving importance of early detection of ovarian cancer through recognition of symptoms. Dr. Goff currently serves as Director for the Division of Gynecologic Oncolgy, University of Washington School of Medicine. A frequent consultant [...]
The Alta Bates Summit Foundation has made a generous, $2.4 million grant to expand and renovate the cancer center at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. “This donation marks the culmination of months of review by the trustees on how best to use philanthropy to enhance the patient experience, improve clinical outcomes and maintain financial leadership [...]
Be a part of the cure. Join Team Sutter to help raise funds and increase lung cancer awareness at the third annual “Jill’s Legacy Jog for Jill Berkeley” 5K event, Sunday, March 11, 2012, on the U.C. Berkeley Campus.