Vidor Friedman, MD, FACEP

ORLANDO, FLA. – Vidor Friedman, MD, FACEP, Chief of Staff at Florida Hospital, Celebration Health, was selected as the 2007 recipient of the William T. Haeck Award as the Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) Member of the Year. Dr. Friedman is a member of the FCEP Board of Directors and the Chair of the College’s Governmental Affairs Committee. The award, formerly known as the FCEP Member of the Year Award, was renamed in 2006 to honor the first president of FCEP, Dr. William T. Haeck of West Palm Beach, who served FCEP in 1971-72.

“It’s a great honor to receive the William T. Haeck Award,” said Dr. Friedman. “Dr. Haeck was a leader in emergency medicine in the state of Florida during his tenure as president of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians. That hard work is still going on 36 years later, as we strive to make Florida a better place for our patients to receive access to care, as well as a better place for emergency physicians to practice. It’s an honor to stand alongside the past winners of this award and to continue the work that Dr. Haeck started back in 1971.”

Dr. Friedman received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati and was Chief Resident of the emergency medicine residency program at Michigan State University in Lansing. Upon completion of residency in 1989, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Michigan State. He served as an attending physician at Ingham Medical Center and was subsequently elected as Assistant Medical Director in 1992. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a longstanding member of the Florida Medical Association (FMA). He joined the Maitland-based Florida Emergency Physicians (FEP) group in 1997 and has been the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Celebration Health since 1998. Dr. Friedman was the Past-Chair of Risk Management at FEP. He resides with his wife in Southwest Orlando.

The Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) represents more than 1,100 emergency physicians in the state of Florida. FCEP members represent the health care safety net of Florida’s residents and visitors. More than seven million patients seek care annually in Florida emergency departments. FCEP was founded on Oct. 15, 1971 and is headquartered in Orlando.