Newsmakers

With more cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerging in the United States, Permanente physicians are stepping up to serve affected communities and share important information.

Sameer Awsare, MD, FACP, associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG), was quoted in a recent Modern Healthcare story on the rise of concierge services and innovative, technology-based access to health care in the San Francisco Bay Area.

David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH, an internal medicine physician with the Washington Permanente Medical Group, shared his expertise with The Associated Press on the increasing number of people going back a second time for surgery to aid with weight loss.

Dan X. Li, MD, a gastroenterologist with The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California, commented in Medscape on a study by Portuguese researchers showing a link between higher endoscopic grading of gastric intestinal metaplasia and an increased risk of gastric cancer.

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.

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.  

David Witt, MD, an infectious disease physician with The Permanente Medical Group, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal today on strains in the global medical-mask market due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

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.

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.