When a patient shows up in the emergency department with sudden vision loss, every minute counts. Central retinal arterial occlusion (CRAO) is a stroke in the eye, which manifests with acute vision loss. Like other types of stroke, the window…
When a patient shows up in the emergency department with sudden vision loss, every minute counts. Central retinal arterial occlusion (CRAO) is a stroke in the eye, which manifests with acute vision loss. Like other types of stroke, the window…
Interventional endoscopy procedures use flexible camera-equipped endoscopes—sometimes integrated with ultrasound—to diagnose and treat complex disorders of the digestive tract using minimally invasive, surgery-sparing techniques. Under the leadership of Dr. Christopher Hamerski of KP San Francisco and Dr. Gene Ma of…
Cancer care is among the most complex challenges in modern medicine—and Dr. Dinesh Kotak, oncologist at KP North Valley, has spent his career making it simpler, smarter, and more precise for every clinician and patient across Kaiser Permanente. As the…
Interventional endoscopy procedures use flexible camera-equipped endoscopes—sometimes integrated with ultrasound—to diagnose and treat complex disorders of the digestive tract using minimally invasive, surgery-sparing techniques. Under the leadership of Dr. Gene Ma of KP Greater San Jose Area and Dr. Christopher…
Fernando Velayos, MD, joined TPMG in 2017 as chair of the first KP Northern California Regional Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program, with a mandate to overhaul care for about 35,000 IBD patients across the region. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease—collectively…
When a patient shows up in the emergency department with sudden vision loss, every minute counts. Central retinal arterial occlusion (CRAO) is a stroke in the eye, which manifests with acute vision loss. Like other types of stroke, the window…
Cardiac MRI is the most comprehensive imaging test for evaluating heart disease, providing detailed assessment of cardiac structure, function, tissue injury, and blood flow. Despite its clinical value in guiding diagnosis and treatment decisions, cardiac MRI has historically been limited…