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Personal Information:
 
 • Name when in high school yearbook:  Paul H. Barrett, Jr.
 • High school nickname: 
 • Legal name today (if different): 
 • What do people call you now? :   Paul
 • Address (please provide at least a city and state): 228 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206
 • Email contact:   paul.h.barrett@gmail.com
 • Phone number (if you want):   303-333-4953

Current life situation (retired working, volunteering, etc.):
 
Semi-retired
 

Family history (spouse, children, dogs, etc.):
 
Divorced-3 children, 3 step-children, 8 step-grandchildren; currently engaged.

 

Current hobbies and interests:
 
Ballroom dancing, running, hiking, choir, Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, birding, travel, reading, "classical" music, spending time with family.

 

Anything else you want to share:
 
The focus of my career was making medical care within Kaiser Permanente better through measurement, management, education, research, and evidence-based guidelines.  If I were 48, instead of 68, I'd be supporting the Affordable Care Act in some capacity.
 
Education, Military Service or Training After ELHS:
 
 • MSU, 1967, BS (Chemical Physics)
 • University of Southern California, 1973, MD
 • University of Colorado, 1987, MS (Public Health)
 

Work History (dates, company name, location, title/job function):
 
 • 1976-2005, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Denver, CO (General internist; Associate Medical Director; Founding Director, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research)
 
 • 2005-2008, Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute, Oakland, CA (Medical Director, Evidence-based Guideline Development)
 
 • 1987-2008, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Public Health)
 
Paul and fiancee