PHILADELPHIA - The Board of Trustees of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital has selected Guy W. Fried, MD, to succeed William E. Staas Jr., MD, FACP, as the new Chief Medical Officer, effective August 1, 2006.

A Magee physiatrist since 1989, Dr. Fried is currently the Medical Director of Outpatients and Brain Injury at the Hospital. He specializes in rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients with ventilator assisted breathing. He is one of a handful of physicians in the nation focusing on this type of care.

Dr. Fried is an attending physician in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Methodist Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor. He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with further board certifications in pain medicine, spinal cord injury medicine, and electrodiagnostic medicine. He maintains an interest in the legal aspects of medicine and is an expert reviewer on the board to review litigation cases for the Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company.

Dr. Fried received his MD from Yale Medical School. He interned and later was a resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  In 1988, he was named Chief Resident in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Jefferson.  The following year he joined the medical staff at Magee.

In June 2006, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital will hold the Dr. Guy Fried Symposium, sponsored by the Tuttleman Family Foundation.  The agenda will focus on activity based interventions, which will feature therapeutic modalities that enhance patient recovery. Stanley and Edna Tuttleman, prominent entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the Philadelphia area, wanted to fund the symposium as a tribute to Dr. Fried, who took great care of Edna when she was a patient at Magee.

Dr. Fried will take over CMO duties for Dr. Staas, who came to Magee in 1976 and has been President and Medical Director since 1977.  Under Dr. Staas' leadership, Magee has been ranked among the top rehabilitation hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.  In addition to presiding over Magee, Dr. Staas is Co-Associate Director for Ongoing Care of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of Delaware Valley.  The Center is a joint program between Magee and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.  Dr. Staas also directs the Rehabilitation Department at Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia.

A gifted researcher and prominent lecturer, Dr. Staas has published 49 scholarly articles on various subjects related to physical medicine and rehabilitation and has given numerous presentations before many professional congresses and symposia.  He has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America and recently named one of the region's top rehabilitation doctors in the Top Doctors listing.

Dr. Staas is a Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, and was a Director of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPM&R) for six years. 

Dr. Staas received his MD from Jefferson Medical College and his BS in Pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.