Christina Bilyeu, MD, became the Chief of Mental Health at a crucial time—just as the pandemic began. In the two years since, she’s transformed outpatient services by improving access to physician care, working diligently to engage physicians in meeting patient…
Dr. Chan’s passion for teaching was sparked by the joy she found educating young patients and their caregivers during her pediatric training. She says what sustains that passion—and has inspired her to devote her nearly 20-year career in The Permanente…
Andrew McDaniel, MD, gets excited about finding innovative ways to deliver world-class pediatric care in the greater Sacramento and Roseville areas, where 1 out of every 3 kids is a Kaiser Permanente member. He’s done this by pioneering the adoption…
Don Haugen, MD, is an accomplished, yet humble man—quick to attribute his success to the contributions of others. His passions at work include healing sick children, contributing to steady improvement in quality of care, and perhaps most of all, providing…
While most patients visiting the emergency department for chest or abdominal pain do not have a life-threatening condition like a heart attack or appendicitis, determining who is indeed at high risk and in need of urgent management can be a…
Just a decade ago, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) still presented something of a mystery: The risk factors for SIDS were not fully understood, nor was it clear whether the syndrome could be prevented. So when Dr. Ethan Cutts, a…