Richard Frieden

Richard A. Frieden, MD, is a well-versed physiatrist who diagnoses and treats patients as Medical Director of the Amputation Specialty Program at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center in New York. Furthermore, he has staff memberships at Mount Sinai Health System, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and Mount Sinai West. And, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, NY. Dr. Frieden has an impressive professional journey that spans thirty-one years. His expertise covers the prevention of leg amputation, the treatment of people with recent amputations, as well as the treatment of people with wear prostheses, people who have had strokes, the elderly, musicians, and other performing artists. As a physiatrist, Dr. Frieden aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. He treats a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.