Benjamin Seto, Author at Permanente Medicine

Kaiser Permanente joins National Academy of Medicine in fight against opioid crisis

May 2, 2019

The organization signs a commitment statement in the public-private partnership that includes more than 100 health care, government, community, academic, and other network organizations.

Measles by the numbers

April 29, 2019

Permanente pediatricians Kate Land, MD, and John Dunn, MD, MPH, offer tips on how to talk to parents about the measles vaccine to protect their children.

Nancy Gin, MD, and Edward Lee, MD, appointed to National Permanente Leadership Team

April 18, 2019

The Permanente Federation has appointed a new chief quality officer and chief information officer to its National Permanente Leadership Team.

Sameer Awsare, MD, breaks down the basics of biosimilars

March 7, 2019

During a public briefing at the Alliance for Health Policy, Sameer Awsare, MD, of The Permanente Medical Group, joined other health care leaders to explain the mechanisms of biosimilar drugs.

An elite cardiac program with heart

March 5, 2019

Yong Shin, MD, of Northwest Permanente leads one of the top-rated cardiac care programs in the country at Kaiser Permanente's Northwest Center for Heart and Vascular Care in Oregon.

“Healthcare’s Digital Disruptors” panel at SXSW

February 28, 2019

Media advisory: Panel to feature thought leaders from The Permanente Federation, Northwell Health, and Manatt, Phelps and Phillips on March 9, 2019.

Winter 2019 edition of the Permanente Journal now available

February 6, 2019

The latest Permanente Journal is now available for download, and includes a variety of peer-reviewed articles and studies on topics from radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer to a primer on osteonecrosis of the hip.

Innovative approach to reducing opiate use in children, teens

February 4, 2019

Imelda Dacones, MD, shares how Northwest Permanente head and neck surgeons reduced pediatric opioid use after tonsillectomies.

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, presents findings on effects of regionalizing lung cancer surgery

January 30, 2019

A study looking at the latest innovation of consolidating lung cancer surgeries by location in Kaiser Permanente Northern California showed regionalizing these procedures was feasible for the organization and effective for patients, resulting in shorter hospital stays and fewer complications.…

David Grossman, MD quoted in Annals of Emergency Medicine on the physician role in firearm safety

January 30, 2019

David Grossman, MD, senior associate medical director, Washington Permanente Medical Group, is among those quoted in the article looking at what can be done to prevent firearm injury.