Ingrid Lim, MD
Last spring when the CME chiefs group learned Dr. Lim was a recipient of this year’s teaching award, the response from the group made it clear she was the right choice. “Nearly 40 participants were on that call – and…
Bethan Powell, MD
One need look no further than the more than 100 research articles Dr. Powell has published in the past 30 years to appreciate her passion for improving care for women with increased hereditary risk for breast and ovarian cancer. “Dr.…
Aana Brenman, MD
Aana Brenman, MD, is known for her clarity of vision, commitment to excellence, and ability to inspire. Her broad portfolio includes Adult and Family Medicine, Outpatient Quality and Population Care, Geriatrics and Supportive Care Services, and Documentation and Coding. Due…
Michael Kuzniewicz, MD
Ask research scientists what one of the biggest challenges is with research, and most will say that it’s translating findings in to practice. But in the case of Drs. Michael Kuzniewicz and Allen Fischer, researchers and neonatologists at KP San…
Douglas Corley, MD, PhD
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in this country. Yet convincing patients to get screened can be one of the biggest challenges primary care physicians and gastroenterologists face. To remedy this and improve patient health, Dr.…
Neelesh Kenia, MD
His medical assistants often joke that Dr. Kenia always has an “entourage” in tow, from pediatric and family practice physicians, to residents, medical students, and even college and high school students, who accompany him in his pediatric and sports medicine…
Bethan Powell, MD
Dr. Powell’s interest in oncogenetics was sparked by a historic case in her own practice. “Three sisters came to see me in the early 1990s with a strange family history—three generations of an incredibly rare fallopian tube cancer,” Dr. Powell…
Tara Greenhow, MD
The incidence of bacteremia among febrile infants and young children prior to the introduction of the conjugated pneumococcal vaccine in 2000 was between 1% and 4%. Today we know the incidence is dramatically lower—approximately 0.2%—thanks to the vaccine, and to…
Erica Metz, MD
Soon after joining The Permanente Medical Group in 2006 to practice internal medicine for patients with HIV, Erica Metz, MD, made an interesting observation: “Transgender and gender-nonconforming patients were seeking me out regardless of their HIV status, because they believed…