KP
News Roundup |
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By
Barbara
Caruso, BA
A
compilation of news, significant awards, and accomplishments about
Permanente clinicians and employees and the Permanente Medical Groups.
KP
Aging Network Physician Named to National Alzheimer's Association
Board
Richard
D Della Penna, MD, CMI's National Elder Care Clinical Lead and
Director of the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Aging Network, has been appointed
to the National Board of the Alzheimer's Association. Dr Della Penna
states that his selection to be on the Board was in recognition of
KP's long-term efforts to improve the quality and outcomes of care
for members with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their
families. KP's efforts with regard to and approaches to dementia care
have been heralded by the Association as a "Model for the Nation's
Health Care System." Fellow directors include: Princess Aga Khan,
Nancy Reagan, David Hyde Pierce, clinicians working to improve the
quality of care of people with dementia, and scientists dedicated
to unraveling the causes and eventual prevention and treatment of
Alzheimer's disease and family members of people who have had the
disease. The Association's mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease
through the advancement of research to provide care and support for
those affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through brain health.
KP
Clinicians Named as Delegates to White House Conference on Aging
A
number of KP clinicians were named and participated as At-Large delegates
to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA). The conference
makes recommendations to the President and Congress to help guide
national aging policies for the next ten years and beyond.
KP
Executives on 100 Most Powerful List
Modern
Healthcare magazine recently released its fourth annual ranking
of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare, naming George Halvorson,
Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals (KFHP/H),
number 68, and Benjamin Chu, MD, President, KFHP/H Southern
California Region, number 73.
Southern
California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG)
Goldsmith
Scholarship Awarded to Future Physicians for Advancing Equal Care
SCPMG
awarded seven Southern California medical students the second annual
KP Oliver Goldsmith, MD, Scholarship for the Promotion and Advancement
of Culturally Responsive Care. The Goldsmith Scholarship celebrates
students' efforts to improve the health care of underserved communities
while raising awareness to the unique medical issues that affect ethnic
minorities. Awardees receive a $5000 scholarship, mentoring from a
KP clinician, and a clinical rotation at a KP facility. The seven
recipients are: Jose Avalos, Shabnam Besimanto, Candace Jones,
Kristen Ochoa, Kameelah Philips, Eric Sandoval, and Candace
Taylor.
Physician
Receives Award for Educating Divers
Matthew
Berry, MD, was awarded the Charlie Brown Memorial Award by the
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). Dr Berry is
a KP Resource Physician for Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine and
practices Emergency Medicine at the West Los Angeles Medical Center.
Last awarded in 1997, the Charlie Brown Memorial award is given for
volunteer service to the diving community. Dr Berry received the award
in recognition of his community service in educating divers and physicians
on diving safety and field treatment of diving injuries. Founded in
1959, NAUI is the oldest dive training and certifying organization
in the world, and has trained millions of divers worldwide.
KP
Southern California Earns Top Ranking in California Health Plan Report
Card
KP's
Southern California Region (KPSC) earned the top rating in the 2005
HMO Quality Report from the California Office of the Patient
Advocate (OPA). KPSC was the only health plan to earn two excellent
or three-star ratings. KPSC also led the way in clinical quality,
with 11 top scores in the 29 clinical measures cited in the report.
KPSC was the only health plan in California to rate good or excellent
in all four categories measured by the OPA report card and was the
only health plan to rate two stars or good in the category, Care for
Staying Healthy.
The
Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
California
HealthCare Foundation Announces Fellows for Health Care Leadership
Program
Three
KP clinicians were selected by the California HealthCare Foundation
(CHCF) to participate as Health Care Leadership Program fellows. The
three KP clinicians are Rajan Bhandari, MD, Santa Teresa Medical
Center, Moses D Elam, MD, Central Valley, and Diane Hildebrandt,
BSN, Napa Medical Offices. The program helps talented professionals
acquire the skills needed to positively influence health care policy
and delivery in California.
Physicians
Receive TPMG Research and Teaching Awards
Four
TPMG physicians received research and teaching awards for their exemplary
efforts in these areas: Nazir Habib, MD, Vallejo, was recognized
for his instrumental role in bringing Fundamentals of Critical Care
Support (FCCS) Certification to HBS physicians. John Husokowski,
MD, Oakland, was recognized for his contributions to the Oakland
KP Ob/Gyn Residency Program. Randy Bergen, MD, Walnut Creek,
was recognized for the research he conducted that established the
safety of cold-adapted trivalent intranasal influenza virus vaccine
(CAIV) in children over three years of age and adolescents. Donald
Dyson, MD, Santa Clara, was recognized for his prolific and highly
regarded research contributions over the past 20 years, particularly
in the field of maternal-fetal medicine.
The
Southeast Permanente Medical Group (TSPMG)
Red
Cross Philos Award Presented to KP of Georgia
KP
of Georgia received the prestigious Philos Award from the Volunteer
Council Committee of the American Red Cross' Metropolitan Atlanta
Chapter. KP was honored for its significant financial contributions
and for its sponsorship of CPR Saturday.
Colorado
Permanente Medical Group (CPMG)
5280
Magazine Names 18 KP "Top Doctors"
Congratulations
to the 18 KP physicians who were named to the annual list of Denver's
top doctors in 5280 Magazine. The top 250 honorees were selected
by their peers, via a random survey of 4000 metro area doctors. The
18 CPMG physicians were: Jandel Allen-Davis, MD; William Bentley,
MD; Tim Collins, MD; Royal Gerow, MD; Richard Hathaway, MD; James
Jacobs, MD; Elizabeth Kincannon, MD; Richard Koken, MD; Janet Kuhns,
MD; Chris Lang, MD; Jean Milofsky, MD; Nora Morgenstern, MD; David
Mulica, MD; Mark Rhine, MD; Elizabeth Sofian, MD; Sophia Symko, MD;
Edward Vaughn; and John Williams, MD.
Mid-Atlantic
Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG)
MAS
KFHP President Honored as Influential Women Executive
Marilyn
Kawamura, President of KFHP, Inc Mid-Atlantic States Region, was
chosen as one of Washington's Women Who Mean Business 2005. This list
honors the Region's most influential and powerful women executives
as selected by the Washington Business Journal.
MAS
Named Top Quality Health Plan in Maryland
For
the third year in a row, KP Mid-Atlantic States received more Star
Performer and Above Average scores than any other participating HMO
and POS plan in the State of Maryland, according to Measuring the
Quality of HMO and POS Plans: Consumer Guide, released by the
Maryland Health Care commission. KP was named a Star Performer in
10 categories, 6 more Star Performer measures than the next best health
plan, and Above Average in 15 categories, 7 more than the next highest
scoring health plan.
Barbara
Caruso
compiled this material from California Wire,
Partner News, and other PMG newsletters and sources. To submit
news of physician or PMG awards and recognitions, contact Ms Caruso
at barbara.caruso@kp.org.
