NorthBay Healthcare bloggers write on topics from healthcare reform to the latest in trauma and emergency services. The goal is to keep our patients and the public educated and informed. Some blogs are updated twice a week, while others are bi-weekly. All blogs have easy links to allow readers to subscribe to the blog feed and get an alert each time a new blog is posted.

Gary Passama, president and CEO of NorthBay Healthcare, draws on his 30-plus years in administration to comment on health care and the politics and social influences that surround it.

president and CEO of NorthBay Healthcare, draws on his 30-plus years in administration to comment on health care and the politics and social influences that surround it.



Daman Mott is director of NorthBay Trauma Center. He writes about injury prevention and how best to protect you and your family, while imparting his take on the state of the art of emergency medicine today.



Jane Prather is the service line development director for Women’s Health, Orthopedics, and Neurovascular Services. Jane recently returned from Afghanistan where she spent a year as Deputy Commander for the Medical Task Force; she writes about advances in women’s health and orthopedics.



Palliative Care Corner is written by a team of writers including Nurse Practitioner Marianne Wachalovsky, Chaplain Gretchen Shilts, Medical Director Terry Van Aken, M.D., Director of Continuum of Care Services Patty Kramer and LCSW Valerie Froman to give the public a greater understanding about the care of chronic illness and end of life issues.