As chief medical officer for Yale New Haven Hospital, Dr. Friedman is responsible for medical staff affairs administration, graduate medical education, patient safety, clinical quality, accreditation, regulatory readiness and patient experience. He is also a professor of pediatrics specializing in pediatric cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Since joining Yale New Haven Hospital as a pediatric cardiology fellow in 1991, he has held numerous leadership roles, including president of the medical staff, director of the pediatric residency program and the interim chief of pediatric cardiology.
