Richard S Isaacs, MD, FACS

Dr. Richard Isaacs Dean and vice president of medical affairs California Northstate University College of Medicine

Isaacs, a longtime Kaiser Permanente leader, started his new academic position in June. As head of two Permanente medical groups, Isaacs was responsible for more than 50,000 clinicians serving millions of patients in three states and Washington, D.C. Innovations during his leadership include Get Care Now, an online tool launched in 2021 allowing patients to more conveniently… Show more

Dr. Richard Isaacs Dean and vice president of medical affairs California Northstate University College of Medicine

Isaacs, a longtime Kaiser Permanente leader, started his new academic position in June. As head of two Permanente medical groups, Isaacs was responsible for more than 50,000 clinicians serving millions of patients in three states and Washington, D.C. Innovations during his leadership include Get Care Now, an online tool launched in 2021 allowing patients to more conveniently address their health needs. He also served as co-CEO of the Permanente Federation. Isaacs was formerly physician-inchief for the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, the system’s first Level 2 trauma center.

Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives awards recognize leaders with physician and nursing backgrounds in the industry.

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Rich Isaacs is CEO and executive director of the Permanente Medical Group (serving 4.5 million members in Northern California) and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (serving nearly 800,000 members across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia). Isaacs also serves as co-CEO of the Permanente Federation, which provides leadership to all Permanente medical groups. Isaacs previously was physician-in-chief for the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical… Show more

Rich Isaacs is CEO and executive director of the Permanente Medical Group (serving 4.5 million members in Northern California) and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (serving nearly 800,000 members across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia). Isaacs also serves as co-CEO of the Permanente Federation, which provides leadership to all Permanente medical groups. Isaacs previously was physician-in-chief for the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center. Modern Healthcare recognized Isaacs as one of 2021’s Most Influential Clinical Executives.
Isaacs speaks: “We’re focused on harvesting as many learnings as we can from the early parts of the pandemic to identify where the virtual visits — either video, chat, or secure messaging — provide value and eliminate redundancy. When you have that level of care without delay, I think that it drives tremendous quality.” Show less

Champion of Health Award / National Medical Fellowship (NMF). Awarded to Richard S. Isaacs, MD for his leadership, commitment, and focus on achieving health equity. 2021 Champions of Health Awards Bay Area, March 6, 2021.

Since 2017, Rich Isaacs has led two of the nation’s two largest medical groups, in Northern California and in the mid-Atlantic states of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., with nearly 11,000 physicians and more than 5 million members. His medical groups were at the forefront of telehealth even before the COVID-19, with about half of all “touches” between clinical staff and patients in Northern California being “virtual,” a number that surged to 80% during the pandemic.

Rich Isaacs runs the largest medical group in the nation—nearly 11,000 physicians and more than 40,000 staff in Northern California, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. He has advanced creative care-delivery models, including a joint replacement program that garnered a 2019 innovation award from the National Committee on Quality Assurance. In 34 months, the percentage of patients in that program recovering at home climbed to 82%, up from 12%. He is also pushing greater use of predictive… Show more

Rich Isaacs runs the largest medical group in the nation—nearly 11,000 physicians and more than 40,000 staff in Northern California, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. He has advanced creative care-delivery models, including a joint replacement program that garnered a 2019 innovation award from the National Committee on Quality Assurance. In 34 months, the percentage of patients in that program recovering at home climbed to 82%, up from 12%. He is also pushing greater use of predictive analytics across the medical group. Show less

Rich Isaacs became CEO and executive director of the Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in 2017. Both groups include more than 10,000 physicians, caring for more than 5 million patients. During his first year, Isaacs pursued initiatives to reduce physician burnout and improve the patient experience.

Awarded the prestigious, American Academy of Otolaryngology, presidents award, four detailed anatomic analysis of the various surgical approaches to the skull base.

Medical Student scientific research award for work done with Roger C Wiggins, PhD, The University Department of Immunology.