Marcus Friedrich

Marcus is the Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Quality and Patient Safety within the New York State Department of Health. Dr. Friedrich currently works on the NY State COVID-19 response assisting the Governor and the Department of Health. He is also leading the statewide development of quality measurement and improvement programs, making use of health data exchange engaging claims and clinical, electronic health record information. He’s responsible for innovative quality improvement programs such as the NY State sepsis campaign, public reporting on cardiac services and stroke, office-based surgery, antibiotic stewardship, prenatal care, and other statewide programs.

Dr. Friedrich joined the Department of Health from NorthWell Health, Manhasset, NY, where he worked as a Medical Director for the NorthWell Health Clinical Integrated IPA (CIIPA).

Dr. Friedrich received his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, completed his MHCM at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and his MBA at Hagen University in Hagen, Germany. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at NorthWell Lenox Hill Hospital and completed a physician administrative fellowship at NorthWell Health before becoming faculty at the North Shore University Hospital Department of Medicine. He is a practicing primary care physician providing HIV care in the Albany community.