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Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, and Chris Grant cite 5 disruptive trends in health care

February 19, 2020

Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, CEO and executive director of The Permanente Medical Group and co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, and Chris Grant, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Federation, recently co-wrote an opinion piece on KevinMD.com examining 5 disruptive trends that they predict will transform and eventually improve health care in America.

Compassionate care runs in the family

February 12, 2020

Brian Lim, MD, an interventional gastroenterologist with Southern California Permanente Medical Group, combines award-winning research with a compassionate approach to care inspired by his father.

Sameer Awsare, MD, discusses Permanente perspective on biosimilars

February 7, 2020

Sameer Awsare, MD, associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group, shared in Biosimilars Development how Kaiser Permanente is a leader in the use of biosimilars.

Pursuing questions about poorly understood killer of hospital patients

January 31, 2020

Vincent Liu, MD, MSc, discusses his research on sepsis, a stealthy killer of people of all ages who are hospitalized.

David C. Grossman, MD, quoted on JAMA study linking poverty to gun suicide in children

January 29, 2020

David Grossman, MD, senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, shared his thoughts on The Trace news site on a new JAMA Pediatrics study that shows children living in poor areas are nearly twice as likely to die from firearm suicide compared to those growing up in wealthier neighborhoods.

Tweetcap: Permanente physicians commemorate MLK Day

January 22, 2020

On Monday, January 20, Kaiser Permanente honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by taking part in several Day of Service projects across the regions we serve. Check out a tweetcap from the day's activities.

Northwest Permanente’s Matthew H. Richards, MD, discusses Thrive Local

January 14, 2020

Matthew Richards, MD, chief of resource management for Northwest Permanente and regional physician lead for Care Without Delay at Sunnyside Medical Center in Oregon, delved into social determinants of health and Kaiser Permanente’s Thrive Local initiative on a recent edition of “What They’re Watching” on the State of Reform site.

Joshua Weil, MD, discusses the psychological impact of living through wildfires in Time story

January 9, 2020

Joshua Weil, MD, an emergency medicine physician for The Permanente Medical Group, shares his thoughts on the mental impact of living through wildfires.

Suzy Fitzgerald, MD, co-authors article on disaster response in wake of California wildfires

December 30, 2019

Suzy Fitzgerald, MD, emergency medicine physician with The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) and regional emergency management training director for Kaiser Permanente Northern California, recently co-wrote an article in the Harvard Business Review on how Kaiser Permanente prepares for disasters following California’s recent wildfires.

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute receives infectious disease clinical research grant

December 27, 2019

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute will help comprise a recently-announced Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. The research institute is one of 9 Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Units (VTEUs) within the new consortium that design and conduct clinical trials to evaluate promising vaccines, treatments, and devices for infectious disease.