
A Message from
Edward M. Ellison, MD
Executive Medical Director and Chairman of the Board,
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
At Kaiser Permanente, we believe we are the future of health care. We’re hiring exceptional physicians to provide the best in care to our patients and help us transform health care in America.
Our coordinated, integrated care model supports our mission and vision to provide high-quality, affordable, caring and convenient health care in a timely manner for our members and the communities we serve—a commitment known as The Kaiser Permanente Promise. We are an organization that is uniquely integrated and structured among three entities:
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (the insurer)
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG)
SCPMG is fortunate to have more than 50 years of stability and experience in delivering high-quality, innovative health care. With more than 5,500 physicians, we have sub-specialists in virtually every area of medical and surgical practice. Our integrated health care model, chronic disease management programs, electronic medical record system (Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®), and our kp.org website all support our clinical excellence, service, access, and innovation.
SCPMG prides itself on attracting outstanding physicians and offers them the opportunity to have vital, fulfilling careers while enjoying the benefits and exceptional retirement programs that a large, stable medical group has to offer. Physicians also have opportunities to broaden their skills, participate in research, share their knowledge through teaching, involve themselves in the governance of our medical group, and take on clinical and administrative roles.
Our focus is on the future of medicine, but we continue to value the time-honored traditions of professional excellence and a strong commitment to our self-governed group practice. Most of all, we hold an abiding love for the practice of medicine.




