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NorthBay Healthcare Wellspring Your Guide to NorthBay Health Spring 2024 Issue Wellspring Home | Back to Northbay.org In This Issue Embracing Solano’s Hidden Treasures ‘Mark the Shark’ is Back in Business Surgeon Says: Best Job, Hands Down New Surgeon, Robot Partner In Precision Hip, Knee Replacements Newest Member of the NorthBay Robotic Family Orthopedic Team’s Field of Dreams Athletes Pain-free, Thanks to PRP! Ready to Repair, When Bones Break New Ankle Gives Vet A Spring in His Step Oh, Those Aching Feet! Patient Gets an ’Edge’ After Surgery Spine Program Experts Have Your Back New CEO Puts Focus on Quality, Accessibility and Convenience Crafting an Innovative NorthBay Experience NorthBay Primary Care Now Available in Dixon NorthBay Health Takes Reins of Urgent Care Rover to the Rescue Looking for Some HOPE? Welcome New Doctors Download Issue as PDF Embracing Solano’s Hidden Treasures Hello Solano County (and beyond)! This is my first opportunity to write an introduction in Wellspring as the new President and CEO of NorthBay Health. On behalf of myself and my wife, Sara, I would like to extend a great deal of gratitude to those who have welcomed our family to Solano County… Read More ‘Mark the Shark’ is Back in Business They call him Mark the Shark” because he likes to float in his kayak while waiting for the next homerun ball to splash into the water, so he and a host of other ball hawks” can chase after it. He garnered some fame last June when he was able to retrieve the 100th homerun splash hit” ball at the park… Read More Surgeon Says: Best Job, Hands Down Ever tried to button a shirt or turn a door knob without using your thumb? It’s nearly impossible, because more than 80 percent of what you do with your hands requires the use of a thumb, according to Daniel Birkbeck, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon for NorthBay Health… Read More New Surgeon, Robot Partner In Precision Hip, Knee Replacements Michael Caravelli, M.D., knew from the time he was in sixth-grade that he wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. What he didn’t know is that his chance to be a professional baseball player would come first, giving him enormous insight into the needs of not only athletes, but everyone who needs to move. Read More Orthopedic Team’s Field of Dreams NorthBay Health Orthopedic Surgeon Robert Peterson, M.D., has a passion for helping athletes — young and old — stay in the game. It is a deep and infectious enthusiasm rooted in a love of sport he traces back to his own childhood on a farm in Provo, Utah… Read More Athletes Pain-free, Thanks to PRP! For American Canyon resident Kenneth Stone, elbow pain was affecting his quality of life. For Vacaville resident Michelle Neveu, osteoarthritis in her knees kept her away from outdoor activities. They both found relief through an innovative new treatment now offered at NorthBay Health… Read More Ready to Repair, When Bones Break Most people think trauma cases involve car crashes and dramatic falls, but for some older Solano County residents, simply twisting the wrong way can result in a hip fracture. That’s because osteoporosis decreases mass and density, making bones brittle and vulnerable… Read More New Ankle Gives Vet A Spring in His Step Years of jumping out of airplanes as a U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and a workplace injury had taken its toll on Tommy Callahan, 62, of Suisun City. I’ve been in pain for almost 30 years and — between my back and my ankles — just got used to it around a 10 level,” he confessed… Read More Patient Gets an ’Edge’ After Surgery Judith Neima enjoyed working side by side with her husband, Ted, in their Clipper Cargo store in downtown Vacaville until the pain her back pain grew so intense, she had to quit. Basically my lumbar discs had gone all cattywampus,” she recalled… Read More New CEO Puts Focus on Quality, Accessibility and Convenience Mark Behl officially took the reins as NorthBay Health President and CEO on Jan. 1, 2024. He is excited about the opportunity to lead a locally managed and operated system dedicated to fulfilling the community’s health needs.. Read More Recent Comments Popular Stories Mimi Pilacek So happy to hear you are recovering from this tragic accident. Be well. ... Uncle LeonR That’s my niece telling it like it is in the real world of NURSING. Sooooooo pro... Tracy B Thanks for sharing your story Mercille. 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