Honoring Physician Leaders
The 2017 Cecil Cutting Leadership honors Jake Roth, MD, Psychiatry, KP San Jose; and Dzung Trinh, MD, FACP, Geriatric Medicine, KP Fresno.
12 Things You Need To Know Before Starting PrEP\Prep for your sexual health.
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.
Devising Faster, Better Stroke Care
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.
Why Bay Area health giants are turning over care to medical assistants
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.
Medicine’s Minimalist Movement
Stephen Parodi, MD, TPMG associate executive director, details the success of our Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program (ERAS), which reduces opioid use and provides other improvements to post-surgery treatment.
Kaiser Vallejo’s Breast Cancer Center Re-Accredited by Oversight Agency
KP’s Breast Cancer Center in Vallejo received re-accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers for providing the highest quality breast care.
Where are California’s Latino doctors? New programs try to grow next generation
UC Davis teamed up with The Permanente Medical Group to create the Prep Médico program to recruit more Spanish-speaking medical professionals.
Teen Is Back in the Saddle After Battling Cancer
Cancer cost teen Alex Henry her leg, but a fast diagnosis and coordinated care at Kaiser Permanente means she is cancer-free and back to horseback riding and swimming.
KP Northern California’s Screening Program Catches High Percentage of Pediatric Heart Conditions—in Utero
Cardiology expert Kavin Desai, MD diagnosed and successfully treated a fetus’ prenatal cardiac condition. TPMG’s nation-leading specialty care program is catching as many of these cases as possible—currently 75 to 80%—in utero.
Expert Neurological Care Saves Student’s Life
A patient was able to resume his studies at California State University after TPMG specialists at the neuro-interventional suite successfully cleared blood clots at the base of his brain.