Dr. Ansari serves as co-CEO of The Permanente Federation alongside Ramin Davidoff, MD. Following a 2025 affiliation between The Permanente Medical Group and Northwest Permanente, she now leads three medical groups encompassing 13,000 physicians and 48,000 staff that serve nearly 6 million members across multiple states – The Permanente Medical Group, the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group and Northwest Permanente. Under her leadership, Kaiser Permanente members are 20% less likely to lose years of life due to cancer and 33% less likely to lose years of life due to heart disease, as compared with nonmembers in their communities. In addition, every Kaiser Permanente market either received or tied for top National Committee for Quality Assurance ranking, with Northern California earning its highest rating awarded in California in 2025. A defining hallmark of her leadership is championing the world’s largest deployment of ambient AI scribe technology in healthcare, making it available to more than 25,000 physicians across facilities, with an initial The Permanente Medical Group rollout showing physicians saved approximately one hour of clerical work daily and 81% of patients reporting their physician spent less time looking at a computer screen. Her prioritization of physician wellness through operational and technological improvements earned five Permanente Medical Groups recognition in the American Medical Association’s “Joy in Medicine” program in 2025. Dr. Ansari also oversees The Permanente Medical Group’s division of research, one of the nation’s largest research facilities with more than 1,000 publications produced per year. She launched the AIM-HI Coordinating Center to fund AI and machine learning research across five U.S. healthcare organizations. She has advocated on Capitol Hill for value-based care, responsible physician-led AI, and the maintenance of access and coverage for millions of Americans.
