How two decades of physician diversity work is paying off at Alameda Health System.

Earlier this month, Alameda Health System witnessed a historic moment at one of its hospital's emergency departments that speaks to the organization's efforts to promote more diversity among its physician leaders, the Oakland, Calif.-based system said July 22. In an "entirely unplanned first" at Highland Hospital in Oakland, a team of Black emergency medicine residents [...]

The Red-Tailed Hawks Keeping Watch over Highland Hospital

The triangularly shaped ag亚游官网 ag亚游官网 Highland Hospital Campus on 14th Avenue in East Oakland is built on a gentle hill, with the newer, sleek glass towers housing the emergency room and acute care at the top, and the institution’s old Spanish Baroque halls, built in 1927 and topped with ornate cupolas, at the bottom. Many of [...]

2022-08-03T23:51:00+00:00July 13th, 2022|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|Tags: |

Another Monkey on Your Back – Monkeypox

The world has become tired of pandemics and epidemics. It seems like endemic is a word that is here to stay. The latest surge in Monkeypox, a member of the Orthopox family of viruses, has created another source of anxiety around the globe. In this Indica News column, Dr. Jacob Eapen shares what we know [...]

2022-06-15T21:38:48+00:00June 15th, 2022|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|

Highland Hospital’s Dr. Herring Delivers “Game ag亚游官网ging” Treatment for Opioid Addiction

“We are at a critical point in the opioid epidemic,” says Andrew Herring, MD. “In Oakland right now, this is when the greatest number of deaths are occurring because Fentanyl is entering the system. It’s happening now.” Dr. Herring leads the Bridge Substance Use Clinic at Highland Hospital, where something unusual happens. Patients arrive [...]

2022-05-18T18:23:56+00:00May 10th, 2022|Categories: AHS Newsletter, Featured, May 2022, Media Coverage of AHS|

AHS Midwife Jyesha Wren Talks About the Importance of Black Maternal Health

Alameda Health System (AHS) midwife and BElovedBIRTH Black Centering Program Director Jyesha Wren was live on KTVU local news for a segment celebrating Black Maternal Health Week. “BElovedBIRTH Black Centering is redefining perinatal care in the Black community,” said Wren. “We’re all about providing a table for Black women and birthing people to gather around [...]

2022-04-27T19:24:23+00:00April 27th, 2022|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|

Mystery Highland Hospital Patient with Tattoos ID’d

Highland Hospital CAO Mark Brown was featured on local news for a TV segment that highlighted how AHS staff went above and beyond to reunite an unidentified patient with his family. Hospital staff reached out to the media for help identifying the mystery patient, who was unconscious when he was admitted and had no identification. [...]

2022-04-27T20:00:53+00:00April 27th, 2022|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|

The Surgeon Who Wouldn’t Let Ersie Joyner Say Goodbye

Highland Hospital surgeon Dr. Timothy Browder was featured on a TV news segment about saving former Oakland Police Capt. Ersie Joyner's life. Joyner had been shot 22 times in a robbery gone-wrong.   

2022-05-06T23:05:04+00:00April 22nd, 2022|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|

A Soldier on Two Fronts

From The Military War Zone to The CoronaVirus Front Line One of our own was recently featured by Good Morning America by a patient that she had cared for in the past. Fourteen years ago, Nurse Debra Muhl, was better recognized as Lieutenant Colonel Deborah Muhl. She was a highly decorative Air [...]

2020-03-31T15:33:53+00:00March 31st, 2020|Categories: Featured, Latest Stories From AHS, Media Coverage of AHS|

A Lot To Be Thankful For

Thanksgiving has come back around giving us another opportunity to reflect and celebrate all of the reasons we should be grateful. This year I’m grateful for my family, my health, for our patients who entrust their care in our hands and for all of the passionate and dedicated people who work at Alameda Health System. [...]

2019-11-27T21:51:06+00:00November 27th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Media Coverage of AHS|

Dr. Donna Carey Galvanizes Her Community

Originally Published in Oakland Magazine October 2019 By Erika Mailman With palpable charm and humor, Highland Hospital’s Dr. Donna White Carey easily earns parents’ trust for that most important of jobs: their child’s health. But she’s got her eye on even stouter duties, like galvanizing the community around the disturbing statistic that in Alameda County, African-American [...]

2019-10-28T22:11:27+00:00October 28th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Media Coverage of AHS|