Jack Cochran M.D.

Dr. Jack Cochran practiced plastic surgery in Denver for ten years before moving to Kaiser Permanente Colorado to establish their plastic surgery program. He served St. Joseph Hospital as a member of the hospital board and as medical staff president. At Kaiser Permanente, he served the region as a member of the board of directors and was the physician president from 1999 to 2007.

In 2007, he was selected as executive director (CEO) of the Permanente Federation, serving as the organization’s national leader until 2015. During that time, Kaiser Permanente attained national status for excellence in clinical quality and completed the largest civilian deployment of a clinical information system to link twenty thousand physicians and 10 million members. Repeatedly named on Modern Healthcare's list of influential physician executives, Dr. Cochran worked extensively with national health policy development, including working with The White House and United States Congress and spoke globally about integrated care, innovation, quality improvement, and physician leadership.