Bechara Choucair MD Archives - Permanente Medicine

Kaiser Permanente leaders describe capabilities to suppress COVID-19 in NEJM Catalyst

June 9, 2020

In an article published this week in NEJM Catalyst, Kaiser Permanente physicians and leaders acknowledge the conundrum of reopening the country for business while preventing successive waves of coronavirus infection, and describe the next strategic phase in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic: disease suppression.

Announcing support for California flavored tobacco ban bill

February 5, 2020

Kaiser Permanente announces support for legislation banning flavored tobacco and Governor Newsom's youth vaping prevention efforts.

David Grossman, MD, and Bechara Choucair, MD, detail health care’s role in curtailing violence in Health Affairs article

October 7, 2019

Kaiser Permanente leaders David Grossman, MD, MPH, and Bechara Choucair, MD, write about the role health care plays in addressing violence in an article published today in Health Affairs.

Stopping violence: What can health care do right now?

October 7, 2019

David Grossman, MD, MPH, senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, offers the Permanente perspective on reducing harm to patients and the workforce.

Kaiser Permanente physician leaders pen perspective piece on firearm injury prevention

August 1, 2019

Kaiser Permanente’s Firearm Injury Prevention Task Force co-leads David Grossman, MD, MPH, and Bechara Choucair, MD, co-authored an article recently published in Pediatrics on the role health systems have in preventing firearm injury. The article states that in order for health professionals to be effective in protecting patients from firearm injury, they must know how to identify high-risk individuals and have the tools necessary to intervene effectively.

Kaiser Permanente funds firearm injury prevention research studies

June 20, 2019

Three initiatives will seek to develop clinical-level interventions around safe weapon storage, suicide prevention, and risk prediction

Making a case for clinical research as a priority in preventing firearm injury and death

May 6, 2019

David Grossman, MD, MPH, writes how health care systems, hospitals, and researchers have a role in preventing gun injury and death.

Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, Bechara Choucair, MD, Named to Modern Healthcare’s ‘Top 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders’ for 2018

June 18, 2018

Permanente Medicine physician leader Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, and Bechara Choucair, MD, Kaiser Permanente’s chief community health officer, today were named to Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the Top 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders for 2018.

Kaiser Permanente Firearm Safety Task Force, $2 Million Grant Gains Nationwide Attention

April 19, 2018

The April 9, 2018 announcement of the formation of the Kaiser Permanente Task Force on Firearm Injury Prevention and $2 million investment in research on clinical interventions to prevent gun violence earned significant national coverage. Coverage of the story appeared…

Kaiser Permanente Commits $2 Million to Gun Injury Prevention Research

April 9, 2018

Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated health system, is investing $2 million in research to prevent gun injuries and death.

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