Description
John G. Smillie's twenty-two years as an administrator, led him to serve as chief of Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief for Kaiser Permanente at San Francisco, and as assistant to the program's executive director, Dr. Cecil Cutting.
Residency, Los Angeles County General Hosp., 1946-1949; Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, 1949-1954; chief of pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, 1954-1961; physician in chief/chief of staff, San Francisco, 1961-1971; special activities, assignments, and consultation, KPMCP Central Office, 1971-1981; retirement and consultation, southern California, 1981-present; medical program pioneers; postwar membership growth and facilities development; stresses between management and medical group; KF Nursing School; physician recruitment and turnover.