Leadership Highlight Archive

Creating the Space for Transformation

May 01, 2012

The IPC-UCSF Fellowship for Hospitalist Leaders is a custom leadership program developed for and with IPC The Hospitalist Company Inc. IPC is a leading national physician group practice focused on the delivery of hospital medicine and related facility-based services. IPC providers manage the care of patients in coordination with primary care physicians and specialists in over 900 facilities in 26 states across the U.S, providing care to over 1 million patients annually Learn More »

The Center's Customized Services: High Impact Collaboration

April 01, 2012

As an organization committed to systemic transformation of health care, the question for the Center is not only how to deliver workforce research and leadership training in the most efficient manner, but also how to have a measurable impact on the quality of care the client organization provides. Learn More »

Coaching Customizes Leadership Development: A Conversation with Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH

March 01, 2012

Active learning is at the core of the Center’s philosophy about how to deliver leadership development training powerful enough to help induce the transformation of health care from within. Learn More »

Health Care Leadership Development Training: Active, Richer and Better Retained

February 01, 2012

Over the last five years, the Center's consulting services team has served more than 1,000 health professionals through 52 open enrollment courses as well as dozens of customized trainings... Learn More »

Kelly Nguyen, MS, RN: How a Great Team Can Save 900 Lives

January 01, 2012

Kelly Nguyen, MS, RN, is a nurse educator for the emergency department at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA. She has been in her current role for three years and is responsible for orienting all new hires, ensuring that all competencies are maintain Learn More »

The Medium is (Still) the Message: A Conversation with Kevin Reyes, MA

December 01, 2011

Kevin's interdisciplinary background, with a BS in Biological Sciences and MA in English Literature, led to his work developing curriculum for health science instruction and interdisciplinary educational development. Learn More »

Gwendolyn Robinson RN, BSN, MSN: Teaching to Empower

November 01, 2011

Gwen Robinson is a clinical nurse educator for a 48-bed medical surgical telemetry unit at the Kaiser Permanente Fremont Medical Center in California that treats orthopedic and bariatric patients. Learn More »

Rajeev Ranga, DO: Making Change Sustainable

October 01, 2011

Rajeev Ranga, DO, is the Chief of the Hospital Medicine department at Kaiser Permanente Oakland and Richmond, CA. His role is divided into both clinical time caring for patients as well as an administrative role working on hospital projects. Learn More »

Jose Conde, R.Ph.: Automation Reduces Medication Diversion and Errors

August 31, 2011

As Outpatient Pharmacy Director, Jose Conde oversees eight pharmacies at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center and outlying medical offices. Learn More »

Ronald W. Chapman, MD, MPH: Passion for Public Health

August 01, 2011

Dr. Ron Chapman is the recently appointed Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and has previously served as the chief medical officer for Partnership HealthPlan California. Learn More »

Anthony Martin, MD: A Win-Win Wound Care Center

July 01, 2011

Anthony Martin, MD is an alumnus of the Center’s Institute for Physician Leadership (IPL). A podiatrist largely involved in high volume patient care at Health Care Partners Medical Group, he was interested in rounding his non-clinical leadership skills. Learn More »

Neena Thomas, RN: A Commitment to Data Saves Lives

June 01, 2011

Neena Thomas is an ER RN at St. Rose, a 217 bed hospital in Hayward, CA. Ms. Thomas became involved in what is known as the “sepsis project” at St. Rose Hospital when the ER data lead on the project was temporarily unavailable. Learn More »

Suann Schutt, RN-BC, BSN, CEP, MSN (c): The Road to Internalized Leadership

May 01, 2011

Suann Schutt is a Nursing Educator for Medical Services at El Camino Hospital. She is responsible for the education and training of multidisciplinary staff on a thirty-nine bed medical unit, specifically focusing on the care of the renal/dialysis patient. Learn More »

Tania Chopra, PharmD: Developing a Leadership Perspective

April 01, 2011

Tania Chopra, PharmD is Clinical Operations Manager at Kaiser Permanente and an alumna of the Center's Pharmacy Leadership Institute (PLI). Learn More »

Mary Ann Huntsman, PharmD: Integrating Clinical Pharmacy into Asthma Care

March 01, 2011

In her leadership project, which is a focal point of CLI, Dr. Huntsman took on improving asthma care in her community. Previously, asthma patients received medications at the clinic, but frequently returned to the ER and Urgent Care. Learn More »