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Sidney R. Garfield (April 17, 1906 [2] – December 29, 1984 [1]) was an American physician and a pioneer of health maintenance organizations. He co-founded the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system with businessman Henry J. Kaiser.
Aug 15, 2017 · Dr. Sidney Garfield at Contractors General Hospital, 1935. In 1933, Dr. Garfield was fresh out of medical school, and he’d set up a small practice in Southern California’s remote Mojave Desert. He was providing industrial medical care for the workers on the Colorado River Aqueduct project.
Dr Sidney R Garfield (1906–1984), founder of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program and a pioneer in the Health Maintenance Organization movement, was one of the world's brilliant and pragmatic students of health services.
- Robert Feldman
- 10.7812/tpp/05-147
- 2006
- Perm J. 2006 Summer; 10(2): 64-66.
Oct 17, 2023 · Young surgeon Sidney R. Garfield, MD, and industrialist Henry J. Kaiser became leading visionaries and pioneers in this new generation. They co-founded Kaiser Permanente in 1945 and introduced a revolutionary health care model.
For too long, Sidney Garfield, MD, has stood in the giant shadow cast by his more celebrated partner and friend, Henry J Kaiser, the great entrepreneur and industrialist.
- Jay Crosson
- 10.7812/tpp/05-146
- 2006
- Perm J. 2006 Summer; 10(2): 40-45.
Sidney R. Garfield, MD, was the physician founder of Kaiser Permanente and one of the great innovators of 20th century American health care delivery. Dr. Garfield was a surgeon and visionary.
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Sidney R Garfield, having completed his surgical residency at Los Angeles County General Hospital, launched his medical career by leaving the growing metropolis and constructing a compact, 12-bed hospital in the southern end of the desolate Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles.
