Dr. Lorna Friedman has worked in various roles for CIGNA HealthCare including quality management, product development and technology assessment for more than seven years. In her current role with the National Sales organization she and her team focus on partnering with diverse global employer groups to help them better optimize their human capital strategies and improve the health of their employees. She has developed various employee health and disease management programs with a focus on women and children’s health.

Dr. Friedman completed her residency at the University of Pennsylvania’s Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she served on the Ethics committee and was Director of the Homeless Health Initiative. Her efforts in ensuring health care for homeless children earned her the Nancy Elizabeth Barnhart Award for Child Advocacy.

Dr. Friedman’s experience in community health includes membership in organizations such as National Health Service Corp, Indian Health Service and the National Institutes of Health. She has taught and published on community and preventive health issues.

A graduate of New York Medical College and Columbia Graduate School of Business Dr. Friedman have received several awards for both academic achievement and community service. She was recently inducted into the YWCA of New York’s Academy of Women Leaders. She continues to speak nationally on issues regarding health care and serves on several advisory boards including serving as Chair of the Prematurity campaign for the March of Dimes and on the clinical advisory board of Select Media and the ‘Hear Me” project.