WPMG Archives - Permanente Medicine

JAMA features viewpoint on population genomics co-authored by David Grossman, MD

July 30, 2020

David Grossman, MD, of Washington Permanente Medical Group, and Eric Larson, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, published a peer-reviewed viewpoint in JAMA about the potentially powerful implications of population genomics for the future of health care.

Permanente physician-researcher quoted in national media about results of COVID-19 vaccine trial

July 16, 2020

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, led by Lisa A. Jackson, MD, of Kaiser Permanente’s Washington Health Research Institute, reports on promising results in the phase 1 trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Eric Larson, MD, quoted in The Wall Street Journal about new dementia report

November 18, 2019

In a recent article by The Wall Street Journal, Eric Larson, MD, a physician with Washington Permanente Medical Group and senior investigator for the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, is quoted about dementia prevention research published in a report commissioned by the Lancet medical journal.

Washington Permanente Medical Group announces new chief operations officer

October 30, 2019

Julia Bae, MD, has accepted the role of chief operations officer for Washington Permanente Medical Group.

Special Olympics and Permanente Medicine form a winning team

October 15, 2019

As part of a growing partnership, Permanente physicians are working to provide world-class care for Special Olympics athletes across multiple specialties.

Focused eye care for newborns

September 25, 2019

New specialty care at Kaiser Permanente Washington provides expert care in the neonatal intensive care unit for babies at risk for blindness.

Tweetcap: 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting highlights patient-centered research

September 20, 2019

The 2019 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Annual Meeting took place in Washington, D.C. this week, highlighting how patients, researchers, clinicians, payers, and others across the health care community are working to make health care research more useful and relevant.

Washington Permanente Medical Group ratifies Paul Minardi, MD, as new president and EMD

June 10, 2019

Dr. Minardi assumes his new role on July 1, 2019, with the retirement of current WPMG President and Executive Medical Director Steve Tarnoff, MD.

Identifying suicide on the front lines of health

May 30, 2019

Through screening and intervention, primary care may be the most effective place to address suicide risk.

Stephen Tarnoff, MD, in Modern Healthcare on improving patient health literacy, outcomes

November 14, 2018

Kaiser Permanente’s personalized approach to disseminating information to its patients, resulting in better informed patients and outcomes, is highlighted in a recent Modern Healthcare story, which quotes Stephen Tarnoff, MD, president and executive medical director of the Washington Permanente Medical…

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