Dr. William A Friedman MD
Neurosurgeon
1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville FL, 32610About
Among the significant career accomplishments of William A. Friedman, MD, is that he was teaching neurological surgery at a prestigious medical school 30 years before he came to practice at Orlando Hea ...
Education and Training
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1976
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A comparison of 3-D data correlation methods for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy.
- Image registration of BANG gel dose maps for quantitative dosimetry verification.
- Radiosurgery versus surgery for arteriovenous malformations: the case for radiosurgery.
- Analytic characterization of linear accelerator radiosurgery dose distributions for fast optimization.
- RTOG 90-05: the real conclusion.
- Calculation of cranial nerve complication probability for acoustic neuroma radiosurgery.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery: techniques and clinical applications.
- A high-precision system for conformal intracranial radiotherapy.
- Presidential address: "What is the meaning of life?".
- Calibration of three-dimensional ultrasound images for image-guided radiation therapy.
- Isotopic scaling in nuclear reactions.
- Optically guided intensity modulated radiotherapy.
- Stereotactic biopsy aided by a computer graphics workstation: experience with 200 consecutive cases.
- A neuropsychological outcome study of a child's left pericallosal arteriovenous malformation with occult fornix lesion.
- Temporary ventricular drainage and emergency radiotherapy in the management of hydrocephalus associated with germinoma.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- National Merit Scholarship 1970
- Phi Beta Kappa 1973
- Maurice B. Rusoff Award (excellence in medicine) 1975
- Alpha Omega Alpha 1975
- Department of Surgery Award, Ohio State University 1976
- Resident Award, Southern Neurosurgical Society 1980
- Clinical Faculty Research Award, UF College of Medicine 1990
- 1992: Cited in Good Housekeeping as one of 400 best cancer specialist 1992
- Honorary membership, Spanish Radiosurgical Society 1994
- Honorary membership, Mexican Neurosurgical Society 1999
- Fabrikant Award, for outstanding contributions to the field of radios 2001
- Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological E 2003
- Florida Frontiers Lecturer 2003
- 1992-2007: Cited in book, The Best Doctors in America
- 2003-2007: Cited in book, America's Top Doctors
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Brain Tumor
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Lumecca
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