General information
RPA luncheons will continue to occur at the beginning of each February, May, August, and November at varying locations. Please note carefully the day of the week and the location of each event.
Upcoming dates will appear below when announced. Online reservations become available approximately one month prior to the event. If you have questions or comments about the luncheons, please direct them to Bryan Fong - <bryfong@gmail.com>.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Next Meeting Information:
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Social Hour: 11:30 am (cash bar)
Lunch served: 12:00 pm - NOTE EARLY TIME!
Lecture begins: 1:00 pm
Topic: Musings on American Healthcare
Location: The Spinnaker Restaurant 100 Spinnaker Drive, Sausalito, CA.
Presenter: Dr. Robert Pearl
Summary: The RPA Fall 2024 Luncheon and Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at The Spinnaker Restaurant in Sausalito, CA. Our guest speaker will be RPA member Robert Pearl, MD.
His newest book, “ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine” debuted as #1 on Amazon’s “New Best Seller” list. All profits from the book go to Doctors Without Borders. He is also the author of “Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong,” a Washington Post bestseller and “Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients,” published May 2021.
Robert Pearl, MD
Robert Pearl, MD
Dr. Pearl was the CEO of The Permanente Medical Group from 1999-2017. In this role he led 12,000 physicians, 42,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of over 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts.
Dr. Pearl, named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, 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.
He hosts the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Medicine: The Truth, publishes a newsletter called Monthly Musings on American Healthcare, and is a regular contributor to Forbes.
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