News & Events: Alameda Health System

Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., currently the Interim Chief of the UCSF East-Bay Surgery Program, has been appointed to the position of Chief. Victorino, a highly regarded trauma surgeon and professor of surgery, is also Director of Trauma Services at Highland Hospital. His leadership  was crucial to the designation of Highland Hospital as a Level 1 Trauma Center serving the East Bay. Victorino has deep roots in the community with a strong record of clinical outreach. In 2016, he was named Outstanding Physician of the Year by the Alameda Health System. He is also a dedicated teacher and mentor [...]

Delvecchio Finley, MPP, CEO of the Alameda Health System, visionary leader and agent of change in public health care, and Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., professor of surgery and director of Trauma Services at Highland Hospital, have written an insightful Op-Ed exposing one of the vastly under-appreciated consequences of easy access to guns, namely the lack of heath equity or "the ability to attain one's full health potential". This condition is manifest in low-income and impoverished communities disproportionately affected by gun violence. Fortunately, Alameda Health System has established a [...]

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has verified Highland Hospital, the flagship facility in the Alameda Health System, as an adult Level 1 Trauma Center, affirming the earlier designation by the state of California through a local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA). Practically speaking, the imprimatur of the ACS is the last critical and essential step for a hospital to be   recognized as a Level 1 Trauma Center, the highest designation made by local government for a trauma center. During the verification process, ACS sent a team to Highland Hospital to review its full spectrum of [...]

Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma Services for the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program*, was named Named Outstanding Physician for 2016 by Alameda Health System. The award was presented at the AHS Foundation's Annual Gala on May 7, 2016. The Alameda Health System Foundation wrote on its website: Dr. Gregory P. Victorino planted his roots in the Bay Area after completing his surgical internship and residency at the University of California, Davis – East Bay in 1998, as well as a trauma-critical care fellowship at the University of California, Davis. When he [...]

Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., Professor of Clinical Surgery in the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program, received the Siren Award from the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency. Dr. Victorino, head of Highland's Surgical Trauma Center, accepted the award that recognizes action, expertise and care. Here, those heroic actions not only saved a young father's life, but restored him to a promising recovery from severe head and chest trauma. The 41-year-old father of three, who was struck and run over by a massive water truck, is driving again now and is fully mobile. In a striking moment in a [...]

Alden H. Harken, M.D. was recently honored with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of University Surgeons (SUS). Dr. Harken is  Chief of the  UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program, and   Chief of Surgery and Chair of the Surgery Department at Alameda Health System's (AHS). Over the course of his career, His contributions to the field of cardiac electrophysiology include influential early work around mapping and surgical ablation for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Dr. Harken's work in this area helped our understanding of the pathophysiology of ventricular tachycardia and shaped [...]