David Friedman, MD

Appointed
2008

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - New York University Medical Center
Hand Surgery
New York, NY
1997

Residency - New York University Medical Center
Plastic Surgery
New York, NY
1996

Residency - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School
General Surgery
Newark, NJ
1994

Medical Education - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
1988

Undergraduate - University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1984

Additional Training

• General Surgery Research Fellow, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Professional Highlights

• Fellowship Director, Hand Surgery, New York University Medical Center
• Director, Multidisciplinary Hand and Upper Extremity Conference, NYU Medical Center
• Director, Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY

Certifications

• Plastic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand

Specialty Interests

Fractures of the hand, hand and arm reconstruction, hand and upper extremity surgery, hand and wrist arthritis, hand related sports injuries, microsurgery of the hand and arm, nerve compressions of the hand, arm, and upper extremity, repetitive stress disorders of the hand and arm, wrist and distal radius

Awards & Honors

• Honorary Police Surgeon, New York City Police Department
• America's Top Doc, Castle and Connolley
• Susan B. Deak Excellence in Surgical Research Award
• First Prize, Clinical Paper, N. Y. Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Memberships

• American Society for Surgery of The Hand
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Peripheral Nerve

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