Program Director Emeritus, Kaiser Permanente Orange County Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Physician, Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Faculty, Bernard J. Tyson Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Santa Ana, CA

Dr. Timothy A. Munzing has been a family physician with Kaiser Permanente in Orange County, California, for over four decades, and served for over 30 years as the founding Program Director of the KP-OC Family Medicine Residency Program before transitioning to Program Director Emeritus. A dedicated leader in medical education, he completed a six-year term on the national ACGME Family Medicine Review Committee, which oversees the accreditation of over 600 residency programs, and currently serves on the ACGME Family Medicine Accreditation Appeals Committee. Over the course of his extensive clinical practice, Dr. Munzing has taught hundreds of residents and thousands of medical students. He holds appointments as a full Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, and as a faculty member at the Bernard J. Tyson Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, where he also assisted in the institution's initial development.

A highly decorated educator, Dr. Munzing is a recipient of the National Family Medicine Outstanding Residency Program Director of the Year Award and the California Academy of Family Physicians Hero of Family Medicine Award. Additionally, he is a leading national expert on appropriate opioid and controlled substance prescribing. In recognition of his work, he received a major national Medical Director’s Award from the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. For nearly two decades, Dr. Munzing has served as a medical expert reviewer for the DEA, FBI, and the Medical Board of California, reviewing hundreds of cases across the United States. He authored the peer-reviewed “Guide to Appropriate Opioid Prescribing for Noncancer Pain" in The Permanente Journal, a widely utilized resource for physicians, law enforcement, and prosecutors. Dr. Munzing frequently lectures on safe prescribing practices and diversion investigation to thousands of healthcare providers and law enforcement professionals nationwide.