Modesto Orthopedic Surgeon joins
Sutter Health Board
MODESTO – March 6, 2009 – Todd Smith, M.D. has joined the Sutter Health Board of Directors. Dr. Smith currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation and Memorial Hospitals Association.
Dr. Smith, an orthopedic surgeon with Modesto-based Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. A native of Fresno, Dr. Smith earned an undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, Hayward. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. and completed his residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He also completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Virginia.
Sutter Health announced in November 2008 the creation of a new regional approach to governance designed to provide more seamless and coordinated care to patients. Sutter Health’s 23 Northern California hospitals and eight physician organizations are being configured in a five-region model designed to reflect existing health care access patterns of Northern California consumers. Each region will have its own governance and management structure. The regional approach is expected to take several months to finalize and implement.
About Sutter Health
The Sutter Health Central Valley Region includes Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Memorial Hospital Los Banos and Sutter Gould Medical Foundation care centers in Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties. Sutter Health is a family of not-for-profit hospitals, physician organizations and other medical services that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality and access. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care, cancer treatment, orthopedics, obstetrics, and newborn intensive care, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology.
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