Ross Friedman | Source | Chief Executive Officer at Recovery Centers of America at Devon

Ross has an extensive 25-year career dedicated to saving lives of those struggling with mental health and substance use illnesses. As an executive, he has led healthcare organizations which provided both substance use and behavioral health care for inpatient services, outpatient services, as well as crisis response care. Ross has led hospitals to award winning stature on several occasions through ensuring high quality care, positive patient outcomes, budgetary control, a continuous focus on the mission of treatment, and exemplary regulatory review.

Ross has skilled experience in strategic planning, workforce development, performance improvement, and has been lead author on scientific clinical publications in health care literature journals in the field. He has successfully led both clinical and operational departments to successful outcomes in multiple levels of care. Ross has worked directly in many roles including maintenance staff, direct care technician, social worker, unit manager, as a director of many other departments both clinically and operationally, was COO of several hospitals, as well as CEO of others.

He achieved his master’s degree from New York University, his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University, and his clinical license 2004.