48. The Author: Robert Pearl, MD

<p>Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (2009-2017). In these roles he led 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. </p> <p>Named one of <em>Modern Healthcare’s</em> 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery.</p> <p>He 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, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and health care policy.</p> <p>He is the author of “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Mistreated-Getting-Health-Care-Usually/dp/1610397657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong</a>,” a <em>Washington Post</em> bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. All proceeds from the book go to Doctors Without Borders. </p> <p>He hosts the popular podcast <a href= "https://fixinghealthcarepodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Fixing Healthcare</a>, publishes a newsletter with over 10,000 subscribers called <a href= "https://robertpearlmd.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Monthly Musings on American Healthcare</a> and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNBC, NPR, and in <em>TIME</em>,<em> USA Today</em> and <em>Bloomberg News</em>. He has published more than 100 articles in medical journals and contributed to numerous books. A frequent keynote speaker at healthcare and medical technology conferences. Pearl has addressed the Commonwealth Club, the World Healthcare Congress, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’