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Robert Pearl

Dr. Robert Pearl was the CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente) from 1999-2017. In this role he led over 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. Named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Dr. Pearl hosts the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Coronavirus: The Truth, publishes a newsletter called Monthly Musings on American Healthcare and is a regular contributor to Forbes. Pearl received his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Stanford University.
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