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Partner/Consultant

Chief Global Strategy Officer

Barry Friedman brings more than 38 years of clinical, operational, and executive leadership experience in healthcare, with a distinguished career dedicated to organ transplantation, critical care, end-stage organ failure, and healthcare administration. Widely recognized throughout the transplant community, Barry has served in leadership roles at some of the nation’s premier transplant institutions while contributing to the advancement of transplantation on both a national and international level.

Barry earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southern Illinois University in 1984 and later completed his MBA studies with a minor in Healthcare Administration in 1998. His healthcare career began in critical care nursing in St. Louis, Missouri, where he developed a strong clinical foundation in intensive care and organ failure management.

His transplant leadership journey began in 1986 with Mid-America Transplant, where he assisted in the development of organ procurement operations as an Organ Procurement Coordinator. He later joined SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital at Saint Louis University as a Pediatric Clinical Transplant Coordinator before advancing to Administrative Director in 1994. Barry subsequently held executive transplant leadership positions at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and later served as Senior Administrative Director of Organ Transplantation for both adult and pediatric programs at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.

During his tenure in Minnesota, Barry also served as Chief of Clinical Global Services for Minnesota International Medicine, where he consulted internationally across seven countries and two continents on organ transplantation, critical care, organ procurement, and healthcare administration initiatives.

Most recently, Barry served as Executive Director of the AdventHealth Transplant Institute from 2016 through 2023, providing executive oversight for adult and pediatric transplant services, mechanical circulatory support programs, chronic organ failure services, regulatory compliance, and transplant financial and operational performance.

In addition to his civilian healthcare career, Barry honorably served in the United States Air Force Reserves for 30 years. Beginning his military service as a medic in 1976, he later became a commissioned officer and Aeromedical Flight Nurse. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served in Iraq as Director of Operations for Aeromedical Services and was awarded the Air Combat Medal for distinguished service. He retired from military service in 2006.

Barry has remained deeply involved in national transplant leadership throughout his career. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) and has served in numerous leadership positions, including Chair of Membership for AST, President of the North American Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO), member of the UNOS Board of Directors, and Chair of the UNOS Ad Hoc International Relations Committee. He has also contributed to initiatives with HRSA and OPTN focused on modernization efforts within the United States transplant system.

A respected speaker, educator, and author, Barry has organized and participated in numerous regional, national, and international transplant conferences and has authored and co-authored several publications related to transplantation and healthcare leadership. Throughout his career, he has remained committed to servant leadership, clinical excellence, and advancing the future of organ transplantation and end-stage organ failure care.