Permanente Medicine in Action

With many Sonoma County school districts starting classes soon, public health officials and doctors urge parents to get their children vaccinated before the first day of school.

For multiple sclerosis patients, music may offer additional physical and emotional benefits. Jacqueline Marcus, MD, director of the Kaiser Permanente multiple sclerosis program in San Francisco is quoted.

In his regular column, Salvatore Iaquinta, MD, a head and neck surgeon at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, offers tips on how to overcome jet lag.  

Inside KP -- August 7, 2017  Peter Heinlein, MD, chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center, sees a patient [...]

Linda Shiue, MD, TPMG’s director of Culinary Medicine, who practices internal medicine at KP San Francisco Mission Bay, shares what foods physicians add to their meals to stay healthy.

Dr. Jesus Rodriguez, from KP Fresno talks about heat wave related health problems, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

The 2017 Cecil Cutting Leadership honors Jake Roth, MD, Psychiatry, KP San Jose; and Dzung Trinh, MD, FACP, Geriatric Medicine, KP Fresno.

Jonathan Volk, MD, MPH, physician and epidemiologist at KP’ San Francisco Medical Center, explains the benefits and risks of taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV/AIDs.

TPMG created new treatment protocols that reduce the lag time in treating strokes and improve a patient's function and recovery. Called Stroke EXPRESS, the protocols have been implemented throughout the region.

TPMG’s School of Allied Health Services in Richmond will start a new medical assistant training program. Dr. Phil Madvig, associate executive director at TPMG is quoted.