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Dr. Friedberg is responsible for a 22 pathologist hybrid academic/private pathology group responsible for 50,000 surgical specimens, 90,000 cytology specimens, & 6 million laboratory tests. He is a Professor and Deputy Chairman of the Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to moving to Baystate in 2001, Dr. Friedberg was tenured faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he was a co¿investigator on a CDC grant to establish a Laboratory Sentinel Monitoring Network, a co-founder of a biotechnology startup using data mining to identify nosocomial infections and emerging antibiotic resistance, a primary author of a National Institute of Standards and Technology project to develop methodologies for automating clinical practice guidelines and disseminating knowledge modules in laboratory medicine, and a scientist in the Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education and the Center for Metabolic Bone Disease. As Executive & Medical Director for the Diagnostic Medicine Service Line, VA Atlanta Network (VISN7), he initiated and led the implementation of telediagnostic services for one of the largest VA Networks. Dr. Friedberg has 20+ years international experience in biotechnology, clinical and diagnostic testing, molecular biology, including 10 years of bench research experience at Stanford University, Duke University, and the National Institute for Medical Research (London, UK). His two board certifications are from the American Board of Pathology (Clinical Pathology & Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine). Dr. Friedberg holds a BS with Honors from Stanford University, an MD from Duke University, a PhD in coagulation biochemistry from Duke University, and a Master¿s (SM) in Health Care Management from Harvard University. He is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) by the American College of Physician Executives. He is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), Chair of the CAP Patient Safety & Performance Measures Committee, and a member of the Quality Practices Committees as well as the Council of Government and Professional Affairs. In 2003, he was honored with the Lansky Award by the CAP, for respected leadership and significant contributions to the field of pathology. | 