Dr. Davidoff serves as co-CEO of The Permanente Federation alongside Maria Ansari, MD, providing national leadership for the Permanente Medical Groups that together with Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals comprise Kaiser Permanente. Simultaneously, he serves as executive medical director and board chair of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and as board chair and CEO of both The Southeast Permanente Medical Group and The Hawaii Permanente Medical Group. Under his leadership, Kaiser Permanente has received the highest or tied for top National Committee for Quality Assurance ranking in every region served, ranks in the top 5-10% nationally for preventive screenings across multiple conditions as measured by Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, and has achieved five-year cancer survival rates in Southern California that exceed the National Cancer Institute’s benchmarks for all 42 cancer types, some by more than 14%. He oversaw the rollout of ambient AI tools to more than 9,000 physicians across Southern California, Hawaii and Southeast Permanente medical groups as part of a national introduction to more than 25,000 physicians, saving clinicians an average of one hour per day, and championed a national program offering patients video or telephone visits with physicians within a two-hour window. Dr. Davidoff’s commitment to health equity led to a quality improvement initiative, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, that narrowed gaps in blood pressure control between Black and white patients. He also co-led the expansion of Kaiser Permanente’s national cancer expert review program, enabling specialist consultations for 11 cancer types. He has advocated on Capitol Hill for measures to strengthen the physician pipeline, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, and serves as a board member of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. He was named one of The CEO Forum’s “Top 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America” for 2025.
