 Faculty
Samuel A. Friede, FACHE.jpg) Position:
Director, External Relations
Assistant Professor of Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management
MHA Residency Coordinator
Director, Governance Initiative, Health Policy Institute
Research Interests:
Healthcare governance; hospital administration; integrated delivery systems and networks.
Biosketch:
Samuel A. Friede, FACHE, is the director of the Governance Initiative at the
University of Pittsburgh’s Health Policy Institute in the Department of
Health Policy and Management of the Graduate School of Public Health. He
teaches Integrated Delivery Systems and Networks, Health and Medical Care
Organization and Fundamentals of Healthcare Governance.
Friede provides retreat facilitation services and board consulting
specializing in governance audits and governance improvement for healthcare
organizations. He is a Facilitator for the Quality Curriculum for Trustees
and a member of the Speakers Express of the Center for Healthcare
Governance. Friede has written governance articles and presented governance
lectures regionally and at AAHSA’s Annual Meetings and at the ACHE’s
Congress on Healthcare Management.
Previously, Friede was a senior consultant for VHA Pennsylvania and the
director of the consulting and trustee services division of The Hospital
Council of Western Pennsylvania. He has been the vice president of medical
affairs and administrative services for Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh PA.
Also, Friede was the vice president for operations at Allegheny General
Hospital, Pittsburgh PA and has held management positions in Rochester NY,
Chicago and New York City.
Friede, a recipient of the 2005 American College of Healthcare Executives
(ACHE) Regent's Award, is a fellow, a past regent of the ACHE and the
founding President of ACHE of Western PA. He is a board director and Chair
of the Continuing Governance Education Committee at ACMH Hospital,
Kittanning PA and serves on the Board of the Center for Organ Recovery and
Education, Pittsburgh PA. Friede is a member of the Trustee Leadership
Steering Committee of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of
Pennsylvania, the Ethics Committee of St. Clair Hospital, Mt. Lebanon PA and
the UJF’s Community Leadership Development Community, Pittsburgh, PA. He is
listed in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.
Friede earned a master’s degree in business administration with
specialization in hospital administration from the University of Chicago and
holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and history from Columbia University.
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