Mary Patton, MD, FACP
There’s an adage that says “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” If it’s true, Dr. Patton, who has been working with residents…
There’s an adage that says “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” If it’s true, Dr. Patton, who has been working with residents…
Less than a decade ago, Kaiser Permanente Northern California ranked in the low 100s in the country for diabetes management. But thanks to a program Dr. Fakhouri implemented in the Central Valley and then helped spread throughout the region, KP…
When asked to talk about Dr. Victor Silvestre and his skills as an educator and clinician, colleagues are nothing short of effusive. Among descriptions like “brilliant,” “humble,” and “utterly phenomenal,” there’s a subject that comes up almost invariably: “Vic’s pearls.”…
Daniel Tseng, MD is recognized for his work as principal investigator on one of the few studies to examine the relationship between ethnicity and tolerance of hypertension medications. Study results are reported in the article "Angiotensin-converting Enzyme-related Cough Among Chinese-Americans,"…
Jeffrey Fessel, MD, is recognized for his 50-year career as a clinician-researcher, 43 of those years with TPMG. During his initial years with TPMG, his primary research interest was in rheumatic diseases; but soon after the AIDS epidemic surfaced in…
As Chief of Utilization Management, in 1996, Dr. Wilkes spearheaded the development of a program to more effectively manage patients with CHF – the most common medical diagnosis for hospital admissions. The program uses clinical pathways, outpatient classes and case…