{"id":4622,"date":"2013-04-26T21:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/medex\/?page_id=4622"},"modified":"2021-08-26T22:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T22:29:28","slug":"barbara-gunter-flynn-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/graduates\/remembering-alumni\/barbara-gunter-flynn-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Gunter Flynn, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2073342867\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-362334495\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1653690211\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Barbara-Flynn-Memoriam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Barbara-Flynn-Memoriam.jpg 442w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Barbara-Flynn-Memoriam-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1653690211 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-552094048\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>April 10, 1951 \u2013 September 1, 2002<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>MEDEX Class 12, 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barb was a Coast Guard corpsman and also a model.\u00a0\u00a0 In many ways, that tells the story about her.\u00a0 She was a smart, savvy, well-trained clinician\u2014even before she entered the MEDEX program, but she was also a \u201cclassy and sophisticated\u201d lady.\u00a0\u00a0 Those who met Barb, whether they were colleagues, patients, teachers or policy-makers, always remembered her!<\/p>\n<p>Barb made a wide range of career choices as a physician assistant.\u00a0 Her fist clinical job was with the Department of Corrections, where she worked with some of the state\u2019s most difficult patients, including sex offenders at the State Penitentiary in Monroe.\u00a0 She later went on to become the Chief PA for the Washington State Department of Corrections.\u00a0 In this role, she strengthened the roles for PAs within this system, thereby improving the care for the state\u2019s imprisoned population.<\/p>\n<p>Barb\u2019s next job was as an administrator for Group Health, where she worked with contract physicians in eastern Washington.\u00a0 Having built relationships with many community-based physicians, her next step was to join MEDEX as the leader of our Yakima\u2014and then Spokane\u2014outreach and site development.\u00a0\u00a0 Barb\u2019s acquired and intuitive administrative skills made her a superb community advocate.\u00a0 She integrated herself into the healthcare communities in Yakima and then Spokane.\u00a0 She built strong advisory committees, recruited excellent lecturers and faculty members, and worked to achieve legislative support.\u00a0\u00a0 She also continued to build and maintain close relationships with physicians to serve as preceptors and community-based supporters of the MEDEX program.<\/p>\n<p>Barb\u2019s move to eastern Washington was built on her marriage to fellow-PA, Steve Flynn.\u00a0 They considered themselves to be soul-mates, and we all enjoyed seeing the warmth of their relationship.\u00a0 Barb and Steve were both leaders in the Washington Academy of Physicians Assistants, Barb as WAPA\u2019s tight-fisted Treasurer for many years, and Steve as President.<\/p>\n<p>Barb was a cancer survivor (breast cancer and melanoma) whose disease returned in the early 2000s.\u00a0 Barb died on September 1, 2003 and Steve died in 2012.\u00a0 It is comforting to know that they are together 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