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The Association of Retired Medical Staff (ARMS) was established in 1990 to make the transition from active practice to retirement  easy,  to maintain the friendships and collegiality of retirees, and to continue the  connection to the Permanente Group. ARMS sponsors three luncheons a year for in person and virtual socializing for members and their spouses, maintains a website for information of retiree interests, sends regular newsletters and will offer soon a secure social media website for sharing information, stories and updates of members. There are  almost 400 on the  membership list, made up of all members of the medical group and of the medical group’s administrative staff. Additionally, spouses or partners of deceased members are invited to continue as members of an Extended ARMS.

ARMS is now led by the ARMS Coordinating Committee (ACC) whose members are:

Chair Hugh Straley, Steve Tarnoff, Al Truscott, Sara Thompson, Suzanne Spencer, Paul Fletcher, Chris Fordyce, Mike Wanderer, Tim Gilmore, John Howe and Ruth Krauss, Emeritus and Annie Iryie, Emeritus