Press Kit
Press Release – Physician Retraining & Reentry Empowers Retired and Inactive Doctors to Help Resolve the Nation’s Growing Shortage of Primary Care Physicians
Backgrounder – An in-depth overview of the PRR program and its faculty
PRR in the News
San Diego Union-Tribute – December 12, 2016 – Specialist doctors find second act in medicine
The Wall Street Journal – November 29, 2015 – Second Acts: A Retired Surgeon Takes on a New Medical Mission
American Academy of Medical Colleges’ AAMC Reporter – September 1, 2015 – Back to the Fold: Physician Re-Entry Programs Allow Doctors to Return to the Fold, Serve Local Communities
American Academy of Family Physicians’ AAFP News – September 1, 2015 – Physician Re-Entry Program Aims to Ease Physician Shortage
Kaiser Health News – June 15, 2015 – Physician Retraining & Reentry success story featuring Dr. Gibson
Physician’s Money Digest – June 1, 2015 – “Retraining and Rentry Programs Aim to Curb Physician Shortage”
Real World Health Care – May 11, 2015 – “Retraining Retired Docs to Alleviate Physician Shortage”
The Doctor Weighs In – April 24, 2015 – “Physician Retraining to Increase PCP Supply”
UC Irvine Magazine – Spring 2015 – “PRR’s CMO, Dr. Bazzo, featured in ‘Class Notes'”
I Health Beat – March 30, 2015 – “Online Program Converts Physicians to Family Doctors”
Southwest Times Record – March 29, 2015 – “Online Program Converts Physicians to Family Doctors”
Boston Med Tech – March 25, 2015 – “Dr. Leonard Glass on Physician Retraining and Reentry”
The Washington Post – March 5, 2015 – “Recruiting retired physicians to help solve a looming doctor shortage”
Medicine Bulletin (Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland) – Winter 2014-15 – “The Courage of Conviction” – featuring Dr. Leonard Glass, founder of PPR
North Carolina News Network – October 2014 – Interview: PRR’s Founder, Dr. Leonard Glass, speaks with NCNN about the physician shortage and PRR program
“Popp Off with Mary Jane Popp” KAHI-AM (Sacramento) – July 2014 – Interview: PRR’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Bazzo, discusses the physician shortage, baby boomers and access to care
“Health Matters” WOCA-AM (Florida) – July 2014 – Interview: Discussing the Physician Shortage and Physician Retraining & Reentry as a solution with Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Bazzo
Physicians News Network– July 2014 – Part 2: Local Physicians Return to Practice with Help of Online Retraining Program
Physicians News Network – June 2014 – Part 1: Local Physicians Return to Practice with Help of Online Retraining Program
Fierce Practice Management – May 2014 – Solving the physician shortage: Secrets to recruiting and retaining providers
Los Angeles County Physician Magazine – Jan 2014 – Recycling Physicians to Meet the Future Shortage (page 12-13)
San Diego Union-Tribune – Sept 2013 – Retraining Retired Doctors to Boost Workforce
The Rancho Santa Fe Review – July 2013 – Rancho Santa Fe Resident Starts New Company to Address Country’s Doctor Shortage
San Diego Physician Magazine – July 2013 – Addressing the Looming Primary Care Physician Shortage
Health Leaders Media – July 2013 – Could Retiring Physicians Solve the Primary Care Shortage?