Permanente Medicine Podcast

As physicians work toward reaching the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting their wellness and preventing burnout becomes increasingly critical. In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast with host Chris Grant, three Permanente physician wellness leaders discuss the emotional toll of addressing a pandemic and what can be done to support doctors and clinicians. Featured guests include:•...

In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant delves into the topic of COVID-19 vaccine distribution – key learnings, significant milestones, and the path ahead to reach herd immunity. Tinisha Cheatham, DO, physician in chief of the Kaiser Permanente Baltimore service area; and Craig Robbins, national co-leader of Kaiser Permanente’s vaccination program; share their experien...

In this episode, host Chris Grant chats remotely with Susan Bailey, MD, and Margaret Ferguson, MD, MBA, to discuss their leadership path and advancing women in health care. Dr. Ferguson, a pediatric hospitalist and president and executive medical director of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group; and Dr. Bailey, an allergist and immunologist and president of the American Medical Association; touch...

In this special bonus episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast with Chris Grant, we go to our archives for an interview with Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, which was taped prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Dacones delves into her journey to becoming a physician leader and key areas of public interest where doctors can add their vo...

The Permanente Medicine Podcast with host Chris Grant returns with a behind-the-scenes look at Kaiser Permanente’s COVID-19 response from 2 Permanente physician leaders who have played key roles. Stephen Parodi, MD, associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group and Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader, and Edward Lee, MD, executive vice president and chief informat...

Podcast host Chris Grant continues his conversation with former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD. In the second part of their interview, Dr. Carmona reflects on his political career, including a poignant conversation with the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy. He also tackles some of the difficult health issues facing Americans today, including vaping.

In the first episode of Season 2, podcast host Chris Grant interviews long-time friend and former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD. Currently chief of health innovations at Canyon Ranch, Dr. Carmona dives into his incredible life story — from growing up in New York's Spanish Harlem, experiencing homelessness, being a combat-decorated Vietnam veteran, and becoming the nation's 17t...

Is there a role for social media in the doctor's office? In the last episode of Season 1, podcast host Chris Grant interviews Permanente physicians Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, and Najeh Ahmad, MD, MPH of The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California to discuss the value of physician presence on social media. The physicians share their experiences building a community on Twitter, their tho...

Kaiser Permanente is launching a new school of medicine in summer 2020, and in this episode, podcast host Chris Grant chats with Mark Schuster, MD, PhD, founding dean and CEO of the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. They talk about advice to future medical students, fighting burnout in medical school, innovative technology planned for the school's curriculum, and the importance of health...

More than 1,000 people per day are treated for improper use of prescription opioids, and the federal government has declared an opioid epidemic in the United States. Podcast host Chris Grant interviews Sameer Awsare, MD and Carol Forster, MD, about the opioid epidemic and physician-led initiatives that have safely and responsibly helped patients manage pain. Dr. Awsare is an internist and associat...

Ceci Connolly, president and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), joins podcast host Chris Grant to talk about how health systems that involve a partnership between health plan and physicians can foster efficiency in care, and the dealing with the challenges of lag time from research and bringing evidence-based care to the doctor's office. A former national correspondent for...

In Part 2 of our conversation with Edward M. Ellison, MD, we learn more about how Permanente Medicine is the answer to health and health care in America, physician leadership styles, the importance of inclusion in health care, and finding solutions to the nation's opioid epidemic.

Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board for Southern California Permanente Medical Group and chairman and CEO of The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, shares what it takes to become a physician, how doctors should practice self care to avoid physician burnout, and early plans for the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. Dr. Ellison is also co-CEO of The Perma...

Podcast host Chris Grant interviews Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, on the challenges facing health care, what it takes to be an inspiring physician leader, stepping into his leadership roles with The Permanente Medical Group and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, and the biggest health care innovation to come. Dr. Isaacs, named one of Modern Healthcare’s "Top 50 Most Influential Physician E...