Samuel A. Friede

Samuel A. Friede, FACHE, is the director of the Governance Initiative at the Health Policy Institute of the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. In the Department of Health Policy and Management, he is the director of external relations and as an assistant professor of public health practice he teaches Fundamentals of Healthcare Governance, Integrated Delivery Systems and Networks, and Health and Medical Care Organization.

Friede provides facilitation services and consulting specializing in governance audits and governance improvement for healthcare organizations such as systems (e.g. UPMC, Pittsburgh PA), alliances (e.g. Borgess Health Alliance, Kalamazoo MI), community hospitals (e.g. WCA Hospital, Jamestown NY), specialty hospitals (e.g. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills NJ and public hospitals (e.g. MetroHealth, Cleveland OH).

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, serves on the ethics committee of St. Clair Hospital, Mt. Lebanon PA and is a member of the Charles M. Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Advisory Committee, Pittsburgh. Friede is a member of the Trustee Leadership Steering Committee of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. He is listed in the Directory of Speakers of the Governance Institute, the Speakers Express of the Center for Healthcare Governance and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Friede has written governance articles and presented governance lectures regionally and at AAHSA's Annual Meeting and at the ACHE's Congress on Healthcare Management.

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.