coronavirus Archives

JAMA features viewpoint by TPMG’s Stephen Parodi, MD, and Vincent Liu, MD, on coronavirus mitigation

March 13, 2020

Stephen M. Parodi, MD, and Vincent Liu, MD, both of The Permanente Medical Group, published a peer-reviewed viewpoint online in JAMA on the urgent need for public health officials and large health care systems to move from containment to mitigation of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Stephen Parodi, MD, among experts quoted in New York Times story on telemedicine and coronavirus

March 11, 2020

Health care and physician leaders discuss how organizations ramp up telemedicine use during the coronavirus outbreak.

Lisa Jackson, MD, discusses race to develop COVID-19 vaccine on NPR

March 11, 2020

On a recent episode of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, Lisa A. Jackson, MD, an internist with Washington Permanente Medical Group, shared her insights on the race among scientists to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus that leads to COVID-19 disease.

Tweetcap: Permanente physicians offer expertise in coronavirus conversation

March 5, 2020

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.

Permanente physicians highlight Kaiser Permanente’s coronavirus preparedness on NBC Nightly News

March 2, 2020

In a recent segment, NBC News correspondent Steve Patterson interviewed Permanente physicians Stephen Parodi, MD, and Mary Meyer, MD, about how Kaiser Permanente is preparing for infectious disease outbreaks such as coronavirus.

Wall Street Journal quotes TPMG’s David Witt, MD, on mask shortage due to coronavirus

February 6, 2020

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.