Jan 28, 2020
Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Robert
Pearl, MD. Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The
Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the
nation’s largest medical group, and former president
of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (2009-2017). In these
roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was
responsible for the nationally recognized medical
care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west
and east coasts. Named one of Modern
Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl
is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid,
technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare
delivery.
He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at
Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the
Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on
strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and
health care policy.
He is the author of “Mistreated: Why We think We’re
Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually
Wrong,” a Washington
Post bestseller that offers a
roadmap for transforming American
healthcare. All proceeds from the book go to Doctors
Without Borders. He hosts the popular podcast Fixing
Healthcare, publishes a newsletter with over 10,000
subscribers called Monthly Musings on American
Healthcare and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He has
been featured on CBS This Morning, CNBC, NPR, and
in TIME, USA
Today and Bloomberg News. He has published
more than 100 articles in medical journals and contributed to
numerous books. A frequent keynote speaker at healthcare and
medical technology conferences. Pearl has addressed the
Commonwealth Club, the World Healthcare Congress, and the Institute
for Healthcare Improvement’s National Quality Forum. Board
certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Pearl received his
medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine,
followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at
Stanford University.
From 2012 to 2017, Pearl served as chairman of the
Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), which includes
the nation’s largest and best multispecialty medical
groups, and participated in the Bipartisan Congressional Task
Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT in
Washington, D.C.