Jeffrey Velotta MD Archives

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, quoted in HealthLeaders on regionalizing lung cancer surgery

February 5, 2019

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, discusses in a HealthLeaders article published this week how Kaiser Permanente improved lung cancer surgery outcomes by shifting patients to five centers of excellence for thoracic surgery. In the story, “How Kaiser Permanente Regionalized Lung Surgery,” Dr.…

January 30, 2019

A study looking at the latest innovation of consolidating lung cancer surgeries by location in Kaiser Permanente Northern California showed regionalizing these procedures was feasible for the organization and effective for patients, resulting in shorter hospital stays and fewer complications.…