Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Dr. Kapil Dhingra on Leadership, AI, and Value-Based Care at The Permanente Medical Group
Mar 2, 2026
Dr. Kapil Dhingra, Physician-in-Chief at The Permanente Medical Group and emergency physician-turned-healthcare leader. He discusses AI for ambient charting and oncology decision support. He talks about value-based care, workforce wellbeing, GLP-1s and cost pressures. He shares leadership lessons on lifelong learning, mentoring, and creating opportunities for emerging clinicians.
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Leading Care For An Extremely Diverse Population
- Kapil Dhingra leads care for a highly diverse population across Kaiser Permanente San Leandro serving ~375,000 patients.
- His region speaks over 88 languages and spans Silicon Valley wealth to neighborhoods near the federal poverty line.
Lifelong Learning Is Nonnegotiable In Medicine
- Lifelong learning is essential in medicine because therapeutics and delivery models constantly change.
- Dhingra emphasizes humility and questioning the status quo to use new tech like AI for better patient care.
Mother's Cancer Sparked A Medical Career
- Kapil Dhingra's path to medicine began when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during his college years.
- Experiencing compassionate care through surgery and chemotherapy inspired him to switch from economics to medicine.