Edward Ellison MD Archives

Vote Today for the Federation CEOs for Modern Healthcare Top 50 Physician Leaders List

March 21, 2018

Federation co-CEOs Edward Ellison, MD, and Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, are among the 150 physician leaders across the country nominated to Modern Healthcare's "50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders."

SCPMG Leads Trend of C-suite Officer to Promote Physician Wellness

February 20, 2018

Chief wellness officers aren’t necessarily a new position at most companies, but it is relatively new among health care organizations. Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG), however, was one of the first to appoint a chief physician wellness officer six…

Ensuring Opioid Safety for Patients and Communities

February 13, 2018

The Permanente Medical Groups utilize a four-pronged approach to prescription opioids that focuses on physician education, community protection, patient safety, and patient education.

Edward Ellison, MD, Turns Spotlight on Physician Burnout in TEDx Talk

November 15, 2017

Edward Ellison, MD, emphasizes the importance of addressing physician burnout and highlights the humanity of healthcare providers.

Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Permanente Medicine Approach to Opioid Safety on SiriusXM

November 9, 2017

Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board at Southern California Permanente Medical Group, shares his expertise on opioids during an interview on Doctor Radio Reports on SiriusXM.

Edward Ellison, MD, Testifies Before the President’s Commission on Opioid Crisis

October 24, 2017

Discover the program's focus on patient safety and the positive outcomes achieved.

PBS NewsHour Highlights Efforts by Permanente Physicians to Reduce Opioid Prescribing

October 18, 2017

Explore the PBS NewsHour report from the series 'America Addicted' shedding light on the escalating opioid epidemic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines on limiting prescription painkillers.

Physician Well-being: A Critical Missing Link in Medical Education

September 2, 2017

What does addressing physician burnout, a new medical school, and the desire to transform health, health care and physician wellness in America have in common? Find out in this column from Edward Ellison, MD.

Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Kaiser Permanente Approach to Medical Education in Modern Healthcare

July 25, 2017

Are this country’s medical schools teaching physicians compassion and how to interact with patients? That’s the focus of a recent Modern Healthcare article, “Medical schools aim to make curricula mirror the real world,” which quotes Edward Ellison, MD, executive medical…