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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008.

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Episode 165: WDx #8 – Clinical unknown with Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer & Dr. Debra Bynum

The Clinical Problem Solvers

After completing medical school at Texas Tech University, she moved up to North Carolina for residency. From there, she came to Chapel Hill for medical school and stayed at UNC for residency training. Ann Marie Kumfer & Dr. Debra Bynum Want to test your learning? Want to learn more about the Women in Diagnosis (WDx) series?

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

The majority of these patients (54%) agree that genetic testing for mental health medications (known as pharmacogenomic or PGx testing) could reduce these concerns. The majority of these patients (54%) agree that genetic testing for mental health medications (known as pharmacogenomic or PGx testing) could reduce these concerns.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon, MD, MPH , is Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. He Bridging Gaps in Follow-up Appointments After Hospitalization and Youth Suicide: Mental Health Care Disparities Matter. 38,3 (2008): 323-33. 2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. Brent DA, Goldstein TR, Benton TD. JAMA Netw Open.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome S a ch Kale, who is a palliative care doc at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. But my medical training kicked in. Or they might, you know, they might sell their medication, which this population is also prone to. Who’s going to manage these medications?

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. So now that the emergency response has ended, what’s to be done?