Dr. Carol Paris is a past president of PNHP, and a recently retired psychiatrist who worked for more than 25 years in private practice, community mental health, prison psychiatry, and academia, including a year as a consultant psychiatrist in New Zealand, where she experienced a single-payer system firsthand. She currently resides in Nashville, Tenn., where her primary interests include mentoring medical students and early career physicians for leadership in advocacy. Dr. Paris earned her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine.