Summary of Previous Luncheon Meeting 

The Luncheon Meeting took place on: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

• Topic: Musings on American Healthcare

• Location: The Spinnaker Restaurant 100 Spinnaker Drive, Sausalito, CA.

• Presenter: Robert Pearl, MD

Summary:

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.