Peter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP

Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine

Institutional Leadership Roles

• Associate Dean for Research at UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate
• Chief Research Officer at Baystate Health

Academic Appointment

• Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate 
• Professor of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School

Education and Training

• Harvard Medical School and New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
  Faculty Development and Fellowship Program in General Internal Medicine, Clinical and Research Fellow (1992-1994)
• Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  M.P.H. (1992-1994)
• Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  Internship and Residency, Primary Care Internal Medicine (1988-1991)
• Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  M.D. (1988)
• Boston University, Boston, MA
  B.A., Liberal Arts and Medicine, Concentration: Medical Science (1984)

Scholarly Foci

• Substance use disorders
• Health services research
• Implementation science
• Organization of care
• Interface between health care and the criminal justice system

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Friedmann's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles (Limit 5)

• Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Editor-In-Chief (2020-present)
  • Deputy Editor (2017-2019)
  • Associate Editor (2009-2016)
• Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine
  
  • Immediate Past President (2021-2023)
  • President (2019-2021)
  • President-elect (2017-2019)
• Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction (IPTA) study section, Center for Scientific Review, NIH
  • Member (2017-2021)
• American Board of Addiction Medicine & the ABAM Foundation
  • Specialty Director (2013-2016)
  • Member (2009-2020)
• Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)    
  • President (2007-2009)
  • Vice President (2005-2007)
  • Treasurer (2003-2005)
  • Member (1995-present)

Significant Honors and Awards

• W. Anderson Spickard, Jr. Excellence in Mentorship Award for outstanding individual achievements in substance use education or research mentoring, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) (2022)
• Fellow, American College of Physicians (2012)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine (2010)
• Bruce M. Selya Award for Research Excellence, Lifespan Hospitals (November 8, 2002)
• Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2000-2004)

Academic Office Contact Information

Office of Research
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
3601 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-3391
peter.friedmannMD@baystatehealth.org

(Updated January 2023)