Harsh Trivedi, M.D., M.B.A., president and chief executive officer of the Sheppard Pratt Health System, has been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA). He begins a three-year term on January 1, 2019.
At Sheppard Pratt, Trivedi is head of the largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, special education, and social support services in the country. He is also a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and editor of Psychiatric Clinics of North America. A longtime member of APA, Trivedi is the chair of the APA Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing. He is also an alternate delegate to the AMA Section Council on Psychiatry.
The AHA Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA, representing nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care, and 43,000 individual members.
“I am honored to serve on the AHA Board of Trustees as we work to advance the health of individuals and communities across the nation,” said Trivedi. “I firmly believe that our best solutions come from the input of many. Together, we can identify solutions to meet the needs of our diverse hospitals and health systems, as well as the unique needs of those we serve.”
APA leaders said that having a psychiatrist on the board of the influential hospital association will advance patient care. “We congratulate Dr. Trivedi on this distinguished accomplishment,” said APA President Altha Stewart, M.D. “The APA Board of Trustees looks forward to working with him in this new role with the shared goal of improving care and access for our patients.”
“We are delighted to see one of our leaders placed on the AHA board,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A. “He is one of the top leaders in the field of psychiatry, and his insight and expertise will be a tremendous asset to the AHA board.”
Trivedi also serves on the Executive Committee of the Maryland Hospital Association and the board of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare. Trivedi, a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completed his general psychiatry residency at the Zucker Hillside Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his child and adolescent psychiatry training at Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School and his M.B.A. at the University of Tennessee Haslam School of Business. ■
