Executive Biographies | California
Jeffrey A. Weisz, MD
Executive medical director
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
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Jeffrey Weisz, MD, is the executive medical director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California physician organization. SCPMG is one of the largest self-governed medical groups in the United States, consisting of more than 5,000 physicians.
Dr. Weisz began his role as SCPMG’s executive medical director on Jan. 1, 2004. As the executive medical director, he bears the ultimate responsibility for medical care provided to more than 3 million Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California. Kaiser Permanente Southern California has 12 hospitals, 130 medical offices, and approximately 5,000 physician partners and 60,000 employees.
Dr. Weisz began his career at Kaiser Permanente in 1978 as a staff hematologist/oncologist at the Panorama City Medical Center. He was appointed area medical director of Woodland Hills Medical Center in 1999, prior to being selected as SCPMG executive medical director.
His vision as executive medical director is to see Kaiser Permanente’s integrated system become the leader and model of preventive care in the United States, dedicated to saving lives and assisting its members and the community in thriving. His goal for SCPMG is for it to become the No. 1 medical group in the country by providing quality, accessible, personal, and affordable health care. Under his leadership, SCPMG has increased its breast cancer and colon cancer screening rates exponentially, and decreased high blood pressure, cholesterol, and congestive heart failure among its members. His guidance has led to numerous honors and awards including being named leader in the nation in breast cancer screening among women ages 52 – 69, and osteoporosis management in women who had a fracture, by NCQA ().
Dr. Weisz received his medical degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He completed his internship and residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Dr. Weisz completed his fellowship in Clinical Hematology/Oncology at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. He is board certified in internal medicine and hematology. He also completed the Stanford Executive Program in 2003.
His honors include Alpha Omega Alpha; Internist of the Year, SCPMG, Woodland Hills; and Outstanding Physician of the Year, SCPMG, Woodland Hills.
