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Meet our Team

Alan Friedman, MA

Founder and CEO

Bio

Alan is a trusted advisor and coach to senior healthcare leaders. He has influenced organizations throughout the United States, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Australia and Canada. Since founding J3P Healthcare Solutions, he has led our extensive research efforts, in collaboration with nationally and internationally ranked academic programs, resulting in numerous publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. He is known as a dynamic and engaging presenter, and educator, adept at engaging clinical students, residents, physicians, nurses and healthcare leaders. His role as a nurse/physician executive coach provides the foundation for J3P’s thought leadership.

He has an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. Holds a Certificate in Management Practices from New York University and received his B.A. in Consumer Affairs from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He completed the Columbia Business School Coaching Intensive Certification Program (CCCP), is a Master Trainer for the Hogan Assessment Suite, Deeper Signals, AON Adept 15 and the Change Leadership Behavior Inventory (CLBI). Additionally, he is a certified administrator for the Learning Versatility Index (LVI) and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Benchmarks 360 Instrument.

He co-founded and currently serves at the Co-Chair for the Advisory Council for American Medical Student Association (AMSA). He is an associate member of the American Psychological Association, a member of the American Society for Human Resources in Healthcare, a member of The Academy of Management, a member of The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, an associate member of the Metro NY Association of Applied Psychologists and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Prior roles include leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, CR Bard, Neurometrix, and Johnson and Johnson.

Bryan Warren, JD

President

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Bryan has served as a trusted advisor to physicians, physician leaders and healthcare executives, in a number of capacities. Prior to joining J3P, he served as Vice President of Industry Excellence for Select International, a PSI Company, where he created and led the healthcare practice.

As Vice President and Corporate Counsel for the consulting division of Zimmer Orthopaedics, he provided guidance to health system leaders on service line growth and physician-hospital alignment strategies. As an attorney, he represented physicians in their business, regulatory and career matters.

He continues to teach, write and speak about a variety of topics including healthcare talent and culture, physician success, and physician leadership.

Recent publications on physician career success have appeared in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

He received his undergraduate degree from Juniata College, his Master's Degree from Boston University and his Law Degree from Duquesne University where he published works on medical informed consent, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Jena Jake, MA, LAC, NBCC

Vice President, Coaching Practice

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Jena leads the J3P Coaching Program. Prior to joining J3P she owned an advisory firm that represented public speakers, trainers and consultants serving the automotive, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare industries.

She created Buffers and Breakthroughs, a daily practice program for caregivers of people with chronic conditions, including developmental disabilities. Her interests include group dynamics, mentoring, women in medicine, high performing teams, executive coaching, and individual development.

Jena is bilingual Spanish/English, holds a post master’s Certificate in Professional Counseling and a master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Monmouth University. She earned her Coaching Certification from The Association for Talent Development (ATD) and completed the Yale University School of Management’s Women’s Executive Leadership Program.

She is a Licensed Associate Counselor in the State of New Jersey and a certified administrator of the Hogan Assessment Suite. Jena is an associate member of the American Psychological Association, a member of The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a member of The New Jersey Counseling Association.

Marty Scott, MD, MBA

Vice President, HRO Consulting

Bio

Dr. Scott serves as J3P's Vice President, HRO Consulting. He is a pediatric intensivist and widely recognized leader in patient safety and quality. He’s designed, implemented and consulted on high reliability organization programs at institutions throughout the United States. He's a thought leader, and sought-after, engaging speaker on all things patient safety

He previously served as the Senior Vice President, and Chief Quality and Safety Officer for Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that, he served in similar roles for Meridian Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health, and Memorial Health

He received his MBA from UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business, after medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and earning his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Lipscomb University.

He’s a Certified Patient Safety Officer, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, and Transformative Change Leader

Bruce Gewertz, MD

Special Consultant, Physician Leadership

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Dr. Gewertz is the Surgeon in Chief, Vice-Dean and Vice-President at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. As a special consultant on physician leadership issues, he helps J3P provide our client partners with unique perspectives in leading complex organizations and developing effective physician leaders.

Dr. Gewertz is an authority in this field. He co-authored The Best Medicine: A Physicians Guide to Effective Leadership, (Springer, New York, NY, 2015): a bestselling book on physician leadership and is the senior author in the first textbook focused on human factors and surgery to be published in late 2020 by Springer Nature (Human Factors in Surgery) He currently leads multiple investigations into measurements of physician well-being, self-awareness, personal fulfillment, career satisfaction, and leadership. He led a $4 million multi-institutional research project integrating human performance and technology, funded by the Department of Defense. He also created the Cedars-Sinai Leadership in Healthcare Improvement (LIHI) program, which empowers physicians to develop their leadership skills.

From 1992 until 2006, Dr. Gewertz chaired the department of surgery at the University of Chicago. Since moving to Los Angeles, Dr. Gewertz has played a major role in catapulting Cedars Sinai’s clinical and academic programs to national prominence. He continues to practice as a vascular surgeon and has authored two popular textbooks in the field (Atlas of Vascular Surgery, and Surgery of the Aorta and its Branches). His Curriculum Vitae includes 250 publications, significant grant funding, as well as prestigious speaking engagements.

Keaton Fletcher, PhD

Director of Research

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Keaton Fletcher, PhD, is the Director of Research at J3P. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at The Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his undergraduate degrees from Washington and Lee University in Neuroscience and Psychology, and his doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida..

Keaton's research seeks to address the question of how leaders affect team dynamics, development, and outcomes over time. He focuses on the impact of leader behaviors on follower interpersonal and health-oriented behaviors. Recently, his research has begun to explore the key role an individual’s personality plays in these relationships. He primarily examines these relationships within the healthcare field. He has published in various applied psychology journals including, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, International Journal of Training and Development, Human Resource Management Review, and The Journal of Human Factors. He also has published in a range of healthcare-oriented journals, such as the Journal of Physician Leadership, Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Medical Science Educator. He is an active member of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Academy of Management, and the Southern Management Association.

Cody Hatcher, MA

Manager, Education/Talent

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Cody is the Manager, Education and Talent Management at J3P. Cody’s research interests are in creativity, assessment, and learning. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut. He has been published in the Journal of Creative Behavior and collaborated on several projects related to psychoeducational assessment.

Ton La, MD/JD Candidate

Academic Research Associate

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Ton is an Academic Research Associate at J3P. He is an MD/JD candidate at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston Law Center. He sits on the American Medical Student Association Board of Trustees and serves as the Student Editor of The New Physician. The magazine reaches an audience of over 30,000 premedical and medical students in both print and digital formats. The New Physician is committed to exploring the social, political and ethical issues of health care and medical education, as well as covering aspects of the personal, clinical and career development of physicians.

Sue-Ming Frauenhofer

Research Coordinator

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