Paul J. Wallace, MD

Fellow

Paul Wallace, MD, has combined experiences in clinical medical oncology and hematology practice with work in quality improvement, especially in the areas of performance measurement, evidence based medicine and population based care. As Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs in Kaiser Permanente’s national Permanente Federation, he has responsibilities for the development and analysis of clinical population-based wellness and health maintenance 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.