Paul R. Torrens

Physician Executive, Sept-Oct, 2006

Paul R. Torrens, MD, MPH, is on the board of advisors for Dynamic Healthcare Systems, a leading provider of Medicare-focused information technology solutions. Torrens is a management and policy expert for hospitals and health organizations, and professor of health services administration at the University of California School of Public Health. He has more than 12 years of experience as a health care manager in hospitals and HMOs. He worked as a consultant for a major national accounting/management consulting firm for 15 years, and accumulated 31 service years of membership on governing boards and boards of directors of hospitals, health care systems, and HMOs. He currently serves on the board of directors of Blue Shield of California, as well as the board of PacificCare Behavioral Health of California. He was also a member of the Financial Solvency Standards Board, Department of Managed Care, State of California, and the Attorneys General Task Force on Charity Care. His range of governmental experiences in the United States includes local and state government agencies as well as various branches of the federal government. He received his MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1958 and his Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 1962.

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