#135: In this episode, our Host, Micheal Pope, will be joined by Dr. Robert Pearl, 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). Named one of Modern Healthcare's 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced, and physician-led healthcare delivery.

He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty. Dr. Pearl is the author of "Mistreated: Why We think We're Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We're Usually Wrong," a Washington Post bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. All proceeds from the book go to Doctors Without Borders. His next book, Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients, will be published in spring 2021. Pre-order today: http://bit.ly/3e69QOt and you will receive a signed bookplate, a book group discussion guide, a reading list, and the introduction before the publication date.

Dr. Pearl hosts the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare and Coronavirus: The Truth. He publishes a newsletter with over 12,000 subscribers called Monthly Musings on American Healthcare and is a regular contributor to Forbes. 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.

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