Paul Wallace, MD

Paul Wallace, MD, is an active participant, program leader and perpetual student in clinical quality improvement, especially in the areas of performance measurement, evidence based medicine and disease management. As Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs in Kaiser Permanente's national Permanente Federation, he now leads work to extend KP's experience with population-based care to further develop and integrate wellness, health maintenance, and productivity enhancement interventions.

He was previously the Executive Director of Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute (CMI) from 2000 - 2005 and continues as a Senior Advisor to CMI and to KP Healthy Solutions, the KP disease management company established in 2005. Dr. Wallace, an Internist and Hematologist, joined Kaiser Permanente in 1989, and has participated on Kaiser Permanente's program wide New Technology, Research, Guidelines and Diversity Committees.

He is a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, the Medical Coverage Advisory Committee for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Committee on Performance Measurement for NCQA. He is the Board Chair for the Center for Information Therapy, and is also a Board member for the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA). In 2004 he was recognized by DMAA with the Karen Coughlin Individual Disease Management Leadership Award.

He and his wife Jonalyn have 4 children, ages 13 to 28, and a thoroughly spoiled Golden Retriever.