Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
The Permanente Federation
Regional Medical Director of Quality and Clinical Analysis
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, is the executive vice president and chief quality officer for The Permanente Federation and regional medical director of Quality and Clinical Analysis for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. She also serves as co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee and is a member of the board of directors for The Southeast Permanente Medical Group and Hawaii Permanente Medical Group.
Before assuming these regional and national positions, Dr. Bridges served as the area medical director and chief of staff for Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center. There, she led more than 600 physicians providing care for 275,000 members in a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a contracted hospital, and across 14 medical office buildings in Woodland Hills and West Ventura.
Dr. Bridges has more than 17 years of medical and leadership experience. She joined SCPMG in 2008 and has also served as assistant area medical director for the geriatrics, palliative, and continuing care service line, vice chair of National Surgical Core Group, perioperative director, Medicare and care in the home strategic director, and physician director of Care Without Delay. She is board certified in general and laparoscopic surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
A native of Austin, Texas, Dr. Bridges earned her undergraduate degree from Rice University, attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, and completed an academic residency in the department of General Surgery at University of California Los Angeles. During her residency, she also pursued a full-time MBA, with a focus on operational strategy, from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Dr. Bridges’ leadership philosophy is built around cultivating a shared vision, inspiring dynamic teams around strategic imperatives, championing innovation and alignment, and consistently monitoring the effectiveness of outcomes in designed systems of care. Her interests include Medicare and Medicaid strategy, designing high-quality systems of care, perioperative optimization, care delivery in the home, and building inclusive cultures.
In her spare time, Dr. Bridges is an avid sports fan and enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 sons. Dr. Bridges is active in her local community through several nonprofit organizations, including Food on Foot and the Jack and Jill of America Foundation.
Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest self-governing medical groups in the country consisting of more than 8,800 physicians caring for 4.9 million Kaiser Permanente members in 202 medical offices and 16 hospitals across Southern California.