Ari B. Friedman, MD, PhD

Dr. Friedman is a health economist and practicing emergency physician at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as an assistant professor of emergency medicine and medical ethics and health policy at Penn and is a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. He is also core faculty at the Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research.

Dr. Friedman earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in health care management and economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He then completed his residency in emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard-affiliated program.