Michael S. Barr is Vice President, Practice Advocacy and Improvement for the American College of Physicians. Dr. Barr’s focus is on public policy relating to the patient-centered medical home, quality improvement, practice redesign, and health information technology. He has overall responsibility for the College’s Regulatory and Insurer Affairs Department, Practice Management Center, and Medical Laboratory Evaluation Program. Dr. Barr also directs the College’s grant-funded Center for Practice Innovation. Michael S. Barr is Vice President, Practice Advocacy and Improvement for the American College of Physicians. Dr. Barr’s focus is on public policy relating to the patient-centered medical home, quality improvement, practice redesign, and health information technology. He has overall responsibility for the College’s Regulatory and Insurer Affairs Department, Practice Management Center, and Medical Laboratory Evaluation Program. Dr. Barr also directs the College’s grant-funded Center for Practice Innovation.

Prior to joining the ACP staff in February 2005, Dr. Barr served as the Chief Medical Officer for Baltimore Medical System, Inc. (BMS), a Joint Commission accredited, multi-site federally-qualified community health center. Dr. Barr was on faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University from 1993 – 1999 and held various administrative positions including Physician Director, Medical Management Programs for the Vanderbilt Medical Group. Dr. Barr served in the United States Air Force from 1989 – 1993 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

Dr. Barr completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine, the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, and the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Dr. Barr continues to see patients part-time at the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates urgent care clinic and holds part-time faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University.