Kaiser Permanente has officially handed the reins of its Colorado Permanente Medical Group to Greg Berman, MD, MBA, naming him president and executive medical director after several months in the interim seat. His appointment, effective March 28, lands right as the health system is rolling out a wave of rebuilt and brand-new medical offices across the Front Range, putting a practicing anesthesiologist in charge of one of the state’s largest physician groups at a key brick-and-mortar expansion moment.
In a press release via PR Newswire, Kaiser said its board chose Dr. Berman after a thorough search. He takes over from Jeff Krawcek, MD, who shifted into a KP Medical Foundation leadership role in 2025. The release notes that Dr. Berman brings 15 years of clinical and leadership experience with Kaiser and will oversee a medical group caring for about 500,000 Kaiser members in Colorado, which is no small crowd to keep healthy.
Who is Greg Berman
Permanente Medicine outlines Dr. Berman’s path from joining the Colorado Permanente Medical Group as an anesthesiologist in 2011 to taking on leadership posts that include vice president and executive medical director of operations. The profile notes he began his initial four-year term leading the group on March 28, after serving as interim executive medical director since August 2025, and that he plans to keep a clinical practice, which he says keeps him "grounded in our shared purpose of making high-quality, affordable health care even better for our members."
What’s Driving Kaiser’s Colorado Expansion
Kaiser has been busy knocking down walls and cutting ribbons across the Front Range as part of what it calls its most significant brick-and-mortar investment in Colorado in 15 years. That includes the Parker Medical Offices at 12249 Pine Bluffs Way, which opened in July 2025. Kaiser says the new Parker building is roughly 30% larger than the previous site and adds exam rooms along with imaging and pharmacy services. Replacement facilities in Lakewood and Pueblo are slated to follow, with early planning underway for a Westminster rebuild, according to Kaiser Permanente.
Local Reaction And Context
The Denver Business Journal connected the leadership moves directly to Kaiser’s broader growth play in the state, noting that the timing lines up with a push to expand outpatient capacity and hospital partnerships across metro Denver. Local coverage framed the choice of Berman as part of a strategy to lean on physician leadership while the system juggles new clinic openings and network deals, per the Denver Business Journal.
What Comes Next
Dr. Berman will keep scrubbing in while he runs the show, continuing to practice in the operating room as he leads the medical group. That balance helps leaders stay connected to patient care, Kaiser said in PR Newswire. Over the coming months, members and clinicians across Colorado will be watching to see whether the combination of new leadership and fresh clinic space actually translates into shorter waits, smoother specialty referrals, and a system that can keep up with Kaiser’s growing footprint in the state.
