RICHARD C. FRIEDBERG

Chair, Department of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Baystate Medical Center
United States of America

Professor Pathology
Biography

At Baystate Health, Dr. Friedberg leads a group of 21+ pathologists and a regional reference laboratory providing exclusive diagnostic services to 65 hospitals, numerous clinics, and more than 3300 providers across Massachusetts. He is also Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. Dr. Friedberg holds a Bachelor Science (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. Over the past 20 years, he has also served on numerous committees and councils for the College of American Pathologists (CAP), including Government & Professional Affairs, Accreditation, Quality Practices, Strategic Planning, Finance, & Transfusion Medicine. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was elected by the CAP membership to serve on the CAP Board of Governors. In 2013, the CAP membership elected him to serve as CAP President-Elect and CAP President from 2015-17.

Research Intrest

Diagnostics, Emerging technology, Data mining

List of Publications
Friedberg RC. Utility of alert-based CDSS in CPOE to improve compliance with plasma transfusion guidelines. J Pathol Inform. 2014; 5(1):6.
Ramsey G, Wagar EA, Grimm EE, Friedberg RC, Souers RJ, Lehman CM. Red blood cell transfusion practices: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of compliance with audit criteria in 128 hospitals. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2015 Mar; 139(3):351-5.
Schneider F, Maurer C, Friedberg RC. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189. Ann Lab Med. 2017 Sep; 37(5):365-370