Permanente Medicine in Action

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.

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.

UC Davis teamed up with The Permanente Medical Group to create the Prep Médico program to recruit more Spanish-speaking medical professionals.

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.

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.

Kaiser Permanente Northern and Southern California are the only health organizations to earn a four-star rating—the highest possible—from California’s Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA).

The future is bright for a 20 year old patient, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who was treated by TPMG specialists in pediatric hematology and oncology.

TPMG’s CEO, Dr. Robert Pearl, was interviewed, along with medical school professors, about problems with the U.S. healthcare system. Dr. Pearl advocates for more integration of care.

TPMG’s 8,000 physicians in Northern California are nationally recognized for the excellence of the care they provide.