Newsmakers Archives

Stephen Parodi, MD, says health care professionals’ frustrations mount as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge

August 31, 2021

Kaiser Permanente national infectious disease leader tells Hearst TV that physicians, nurses, and other clinicians facing burnout can benefit from peer support.

Permanente physicians share advice for supporting mental health through COVID-19 in Forbes

August 19, 2021

Psychiatrists Mabel Bongmba, MD, Gregory Kellermeyer, MD, and Maria Koshy, MD, highlight how clinicians help patients build mental resilience during the pandemic.

At HIMSS21, Permanente leaders say COVID-19 is driving profound changes to health care

August 16, 2021

The Permanente Federation’s co-CEOs Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, and its chief information officer, Edward R. Lee, MD, highlight how the pandemic is driving health care’s technology transformation.

Stephen Parodi, MD, warns of highly contagious delta variant in Parade

August 9, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader says severe COVID cases are occurring in areas with low vaccination rates and among the unvaccinated.

Tatjana Kolevska, MD, shares with Becker’s how health systems can deliver patient-centered cancer care

July 28, 2021

Patients want cancer care and prevention that is engaging, accessible, and convenient, the medical director for Kaiser Permanente’s Excellence in Cancer Care program said during Becker Healthcare’s Oncology Virtual Forum.

On Modern Healthcare panel, T. Ruth Chang, MD, discusses women, work, and family during COVID-19

July 27, 2021

Northwest Permanente’s chief people officer says that “overwhelmed” sums up female health care workers’ experiences of the pandemic.

Paul Thottingal, MD, tells Health.com that most interactions are low risk for fully vaccinated

July 22, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader suggests that vaccinated people may want to take precautions to protect everyone against delta variant when gathering with unvaccinated people.

Ramin Davidoff, MD, shares his career journey with Managed Healthcare Executive

July 22, 2021

The Permanente Federation’s co-CEO says medical training at Kaiser Permanente supported his focus on what’s best for the patient.

Tatjana Kolevska, MD, discusses cancer prevention and detection on Reuters panel

July 21, 2021

The medical director for Kaiser Permanente’s Excellence in Cancer Care Program says it’s in our power to eliminate 42% of cancers.

Stephen Parodi, MD, tells AP that Kaiser Permanente is prepared for surge as delta variant spreads

July 19, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader says that COVID-19 cases have doubled across the organization’s 36 California hospitals to more than 400 in the past 3 weeks.