RICHARD L. FRIEDMAN, M.D. FACS
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL:
BUSINESS ADDRESS: 1175 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 369-2222
DATE OF BIRTH: February 22, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, NY
CITIZENSHIP: United States of America
EDUCATION:
COLLEGE: Yeshiva University, NY, NY, B. A., 1985
MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Health Sciences/ Chicago Medical School,
N. Chicago, IL, M.D., 1990
RESIDENCY: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY, July 1990 - June 1994
Beth Israel Medical Center, Chief Resident in Surgery, July 1994 June 1995
FELLOWSHIP: Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Fellow in
Endoscopic Surgery, 1995 - 1996
CERTIFICATION: National Board of Medical Examiners 1991
American Board of Surgery, Cert# 41134, April 23, 1996 –
July 1, 2006, Recertified September 28, 2004 – July 1, 2016,
Recertified December 10, 2013 – December 31, 2026
LICENSURE: New York State License 1991 #186361
Narcotics License 1991 #BF2881818
California State License 1995 #G081764
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Icahn Mount Sinai College of Medicine
1991-1996-Present
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: Beth Israel Medical Center, Petrie Division,
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New York, NY
Beth Israel Medical Center, Kings Highway
Division, Brooklyn, NY
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center,
New York, NY
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
COMMITTEES:
1. Beth Israel Medical Center Petrie Division:
Member Committee on Surgery 1996-2001
Member Committee on Medical Nursing Practice 1996-2000
Member Cancer Committee 1996-2006
Member Committee on Continuing Medical Education 1997-2003
Member Medical Board 1998-present
Chairman By-Laws Committee 2007-present
2. SAGES:
Member Membership Committee 1997-2004
Member Credentials Committee 2002-2006
Member Guidelines Committee 2002-2006
3. ACS:
Member District #2 Committee on Applicants 2002-present
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Coordinator, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center,
Petrie Division New York, NY,
July 1996 - May 1999
Assistant Chairman, Department of Surgery
Beth Israel Medical Center, Kings Highway
Division Brooklyn, NY, May 1998 - May 1999
Physician in Charge, Advanced Laparoscopic
Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical
Center, Petrie Division New York, NY,
May 1999 – July 2002
Director Heritage Program, Beth Israel
Medical Center, Petrie Division New York, NY,
January 2006-present
AWARDS:
Attending of the Year, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, June 2001
Attending of the Year, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, June 2010
MEMBERSHIP:
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1. Fellow American College of Surgeons
2. American Hernia Society
3. American Medical Association
4. New York County Medical Society
5. New York State Medical Society
6. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
7. The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
8. New York Surgical Society
COMMUNITY SERVICES:
1. Medical Director, Lower East Side Division, Hatzoloh Volunteer Ambulance
Corp N.Y. N.Y. 1991-Present
2. Director, Medical Board Hatzoloh Volunteer Ambulance Corp N.Y. N.Y.
1997-Present
3. Medical Director, Rockland County Hatzolah, Rockland County, N.Y.
2001-Present
POST-GRADUATE COURSE DIRECTOR:
1. Endoscopic Surgery of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York, N.Y., March 7, 1997
2. Advanced Surgical Techniques of the Biliary Tree, Beth Israel Medical Center,
New York, N.Y., May 16, 1997
3. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Benign Disease of the Foregut, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, N.Y., January 16, 1998
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
INTRA-INSTITUTIONAL:
1. Intestinal Malrotation. Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York, NY, June 1991
2. Post Gastrectomy Syndromes. Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, NY, October 1991
3. Management of Early Rectal Carcinoma. Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, March 1994
4. Pseudo Membranous Colitis. Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, NY, April 1995
5. Laparoscopic Surgery Forum: A. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for ITP: The
Gold Standard. B. Routine Cholangiography Reduces Sequelae of Common
Bile Duct Injuries. Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 1996
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6. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Disease. Tumor Board, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York, N.Y., September 1996
7. Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery: A. Laparoscopic Management of
Common Bile Duct Stones. B. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Disease.
Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY,
November 1996
8. Laparoscopic Management of Inguinal Hernias. OR Nursing Grand Rounds,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., December 1996
9. Laparoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery. Gastroenterology Grand Rounds, Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., January 1997
10. Laparoscopic Management of Common Bile Duct Stones. OR Nursing
Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., January 1997
11. Principles of Laparoscopy and Anatomical Landmarks. Post-Graduate
Course, Endoscopic Surgery of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, N.Y., March 7, 1997
12. Intraoperative Cholangiography Selective, Routine or Not At All? PostGraduate Course, Advanced Surgical Techniques of the Biliary Tree, Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., May 16, 1997
13. Anatomy Inguinal Region. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel Medical Center,
New York, N.Y., August 15, 1997
14. Hernia Repair. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York,
N.Y., August 22, 1997
15. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hematologic Disease. Hematology Grand
Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., October 1997
16. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hematologic Disease. House Staff Lecture
Beth Israel North, New York, N.Y., November 1997
17. Pathophysiology of Pneumoperitoneum. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, N.Y., February 20, 1998
18. Splenic Surgery. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel Medical Center, New
York, N.Y., March 18, 1998
19. Anatomy Inguinal Region and Hernia Repair. House Staff Lecture, Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., August 14, 1998. Annually to Present
20. Laparoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery. Medical Grand Rounds, Beth Israel
Medical Center, Kings Highway Division Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1998
21. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hematologic Disease. Surgical Grand
Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, North Division, New York, N.Y.
November 23, 1998
22. Pathophysiology of Pneumoperitoneum. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel
Medical Center, New York, N.Y., March 19, 1998. Annually to Present
23. Splenic Surgery. House Staff Lecture, Beth Israel Medical Center, New
York, N.Y., May 20, 1999. Annually to Present
24. Complications of Pneumoperitoneum and Laparoscopic Surgery. OR Nursing
Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., December 1999
NATIONAL:
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1. Friedman R, Pace B. Resident Education in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Annual Meeting of SAGES, Orlando, FL, March 1995.
2. Friedman R, Carroll B, Liberman M, et al. Routine Cholangiography Reduces
Sequelae of Common Bile Duct Injuries. Annual Meeting of SAGES,
Philadelphia, PA, March 1996
3. Friedman R, Fallas M, Carroll B, et al. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for ITP:
The Gold Standard. Annual Meeting of SAGES, Philadelphia, PA, March
1996.
4. Friedman R. Hiatt J, Phillips E. Laparoscopic or Open Splenectomy for
Hematologic Disease: Which Approach is Superior? Clinical Congress ACS,
San Francisco, CA, October 1996.
5. Rosenthal R, Friedman R. Effects of Acute Elevation of Intraabdominal
Pressure on Intracranial Pressure and Hemodynamics. Large Animal Model
Observations. New York Surgical Society, NY, NY December 1996
6. Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. First Annual Long Island Jewish
Medical Center Symposium on Laparoscopic Surgery, NY, NY May 1997.
7. Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Khan M, et al. Effects of Hyperventilation and
Hypoventilation on PaCO2 and Intracranial Pressure During Acute Elevations
of Intraabdominal Pressure with CO2 Pneumoperitoneum. Clinical Congress
ACS, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 1997.
8. Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy - Lateral Approach. 14th Annual
Controversies, Problems and Techniques in Surgery, NY, NY December
1997.
9. Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Second Annual Long Island Jewish
Medical Center Symposium on Laparoscopic Surgery, NY, NY May 1998.
10.Friedman R. A) Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Disease. B) Laparoscopic
Adrenalectomy Grand Rounds, Dept. of Surgery, NYU Downtown Hospital,
New York, NY, May 1998
11.Friedman R. Laparoscopic Surgery into the Millennium. New York State
Department of Social Services, Office of Disability Determinations, New York,
NY, November 1, 1999
12. Friedman, R. Basic Principles of Laparoscopy. Physician Assistants’
Lecture Series, Touro College, NY, NY February 9, 2003
INTERNATIONAL:
1.Friedman R, Fallas M, Carroll B, et al. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Disease:
Outcome and Cost The 4th International Congress of the European
Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, Trondheim, Norway June 1996.
2.Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Surgical Grand Rounds, Assaf
Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, June 1997.
3.Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Surgical Grand Rounds, Hadassah
Mount Scopus Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1997.
4.Lichten JB, Reid J, Zahalsky MP, Friedman RL. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Approaching the Millennium; How Far Have We Come?.
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The 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Singapore, June 2000.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
1.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Hiatt J, et al. The Effects of Increased Intracranial
Pressure During CO2 Pneumoperitoneum Do Not Decrease Cerebral
Perfusion. Annual Meeting of SAGES, San Diego, CA, March 1997.
2.Ben-Haim M, Gurland B, Mandeli J, Friedman RL, Rosenthal RJ. Preserved
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) During Intracranial Hypertension (ICHTN)
Secondary to Acute Elevation of Intraabdominal Pressure (IAP). Annual
Meeting of SAGES, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
3.Ben-Haim M, Mandeli J, Friedman RL, Rosenthal RJ. The Impact of Inferior
Vena Cava Occlusion on Central Venous Pressure (CVP) and Intracranial
Pressure (ICP) During Acute Elevation of Intraabdominal Pressure (IAP).
Annual Meeting of SAGES, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
4.Lichten JB, Reid J, Zahalsky MP, Friedman RL. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Approaching the Millennium; How Far Have We Come?.
Annual Meeting of SAGES, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
VIDEO PRESENTATIONS:
1.Phillips E, Friedman R, Khalili T, et al. Laparoscopic Highly Selective
Vagotomy. Clinical Congress ACS, San Francisco, CA, October 1996.
2.Phillips E, Rosenthal R, Friedman R, et al. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct
Exploration. Clinical Congress ACS, San Francisco, CA, October 1996.
PUBLICATIONS:
PEER REVIEW JOURNALS:
1.Friedman R, Friedman I, McSherry C. Pneumothorax Associated with
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc (1994) 8: 797-799.
2.Friedman R, Friedman I. Acute Cholecystitis with Calculous Biliary Duct
Obstruction in the Gravid Patient: Management by ERCP, Papillotomy,
Stone Extraction and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Surg Endosc (1995) 9: 910-913.
3.Friedman R, Pace B. Surgical Education in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Surg Endosc (1996) 10:26-28.
4.Friedman R, Fallas M, Carroll B, et al. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for ITP:
The Gold Standard. Surg Endosc (1996) 10: 991-995.
5.Birth M, Friedman R, Melullis M, et al. Laparoscopic Transabdominal
Preperitoneal Hernioplasty Results of 1,000 Consecutive Cases. J
Laparoendo Surg (1996) 5: 293-300.
6.Carroll B, Friedman R, Liberman M, et al. Routine Cholangiography Reduces
Sequelae of Common Bile Duct Injuries. Surg Endosc (1996) 10: 1194-1197.
7.Friedman R, Hiatt J, Korman J, et al. Laparoscopic or Open Splenectomy for
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Hematologic Disease: Which Approach is Superior? J Am Coll Surg (1997)
185: 49-54.
8.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Khan M, et al. Effects of Hyperventilation and
Hypoventilation on PaCO2 and Intracranial Pressure During Acute Elevations
of Intraabdominal Pressure with CO2 Pneumoperitoneum. Owen H
Wangensteen Surgical Forum (1997) XLVIII: 144-148.
9.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Chidambaram A, et al. Effects of Hyperventilation
and Hypoventilation on PaCO2 and Intracranial Pressure During Acute
Elevations of Intraabdominal Pressure with CO2 Pneumoperitoneum: Large
Animal Observations. J Am Coll Surg (1998) 187: 32-38.
10.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Kahn A, et al. Reasons for Intracranial
Hypertension and Hemodynamic Instability During Acute Elevations of IntraAbdominal Pressure: Observations in a Large Animal Model. J Gastrointest
Surg (1998) 2: 415-425.
11.Lichten JB, Reid J, Zahalsky MP, Friedman RL. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Approaching the Millennium; How Far Have We Come?.
Surg Endosc (2001) 15: 867-872.
ABSTRACTS:
1.Friedman R, Pace B. Resident Education in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Surg Endosc (1995) 2: 217.
2.Carroll B, Liberman M, Friedman R, et al. Routine Cholangiography Reduces
Sequelae of Common Bile Duct Injuries. Surg Endosc (1996) 10: 206.
3.Friedman R, Fallas M, Carroll B, et al. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for ITP:
The Gold Standard. Surg Endosc (1996) 10: 214.
4.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Hiatt J, et al. The Effects of Increased Intracranial
Pressure During CO2 Pneumoperitoneum Do Not Decrease Cerebral
Perfusion. Surg Endosc (1997) 11: 212.
5.Ben-Haim M, Gurland B, Mandeli J, Friedman RL, Rosenthal RJ. Preserved
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) During Intracranial Hypertension (ICHTN)
Secondary to Acute Elevation of Intraabdominal Pressure (IAP). Surg Endosc
(1999) 14: S171.
6.Ben-Haim M, Mandeli J, Friedman RL, Rosenthal RJ. The Impact of Inferior
Vena Cava Occlusion on Central Venous Pressure (CVP) and Intracranial
Pressure (ICP) During Acute Elevation of Intraabdominal Pressure (IAP).
Surg Endosc (1999) 14: S171.
7.Lichten JB, Reid J, Zahalsky MP, Friedman RL. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Approaching the Millennium; How Far Have We Come?.
Surg Endosc (1999) 14: S200.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
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Tehrani, K., Friedman, R. Speeding up the Hasson technique with a single
set of sutures. Contemporary Surgery (2001) 57(12): 596.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1.Phillips, E., Birth, M., Friedman, R., Laparoscopically Guided Inguinal
Hernioplasty. Textbook: Minimally Invasive Surgery: Principles and
Outcomes. Andrus, C., Cosgrove, J., Longo, W., eds. Harwood Academic
Publishers, Amsterdam, 1998, 345-354.
2.Friedman, R., Phillips, E. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Textbook:
Complications of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery: Prevention and
Management. Ponsky J., ed., Lippincott - Raven, 1997, 159-170.
3.Friedman, R., Phillips, E. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration.
Textbook: Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. Eubanks, W.,
Swanstrom, L., Soper, N., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 250-264.
4.Friedman, R., Phillips, E. Cedars Sinai Medical Center Laparoscopic
Splenectomy Experience. Textbook: Laparoscopic Surgery. Zucker, C.
Decker Periodicals. (Submitted)
5.Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Phillips E. Intra-abdominal Pressure, Intracranial
Pressure, and Hemodynamics: A Central Nervous System-Regulated
Response. Textbook: The Pathophysiology of Pneumoperitoneum.
Rosenthal R, Friedman R, Phillips E, eds. Springer, Germany, 1998, 85-98.
6.Phillips E, Korman J, Friedman R. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Textbook:
Surgical Diseases of the Spleen. Hiatt J, Phillips E, Morgenstern L, eds.
Springer, Germany, 1997, 211-232.
7.Friedman R., Phillips E. Laparoscopically Guided Total Extraperitoneal
Inguinal Hernioplasty. Textbook: Hernia Repair: Open Vs Laparoscopic
Approaches. Maddern G, Hiatt J, Phillips E, eds. Churchill Livingstone,
United Kingdom, 1997, 161-175.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.Rosenthal, R., Friedman, R., Phillips, E. eds. The Pathophysiology of
Pneumoperitoneum. Springer, Germany, 1998.
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