John T. Friedland M.D.
Specializes in disorders of the spine.Dr. Friedland is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in disorders of the spine. His career in the armed forces included Chief of the Orthopaedic Spine Service at Brooke Army Medical Center including teaching responsibilities in addition to treating traumatic and degenerative conditions of the spine. He served overseas as Chief of the OIF/OEF Orthopaedic Trauma Service and Chief of the Spine and Neurologic Surgery Section at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He served most recently as the Chief of Surgery at Camp Bucca, Iraq, caring for U.S. and coalition forces as well as injured enemy combatants, earning a Bronze Star Medal for his efforts. Dr Friedland has done numerous international presentations, published research papers and served on professional committees throughout his military career.
Dr. Friedland is a native of Texas earning his undergraduate degree from the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before attending the Uniformed Services University for his medical degree. He subsequently completed his internship and residency at the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas. He completed his spine fellowship training at the Panorama Orthopedic Clinic in Golden, Colorado. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and is a member of national, state and local medical societies.
OFFICE ADDRESS
4130 Dutchman's Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: 502-897-1794
Fax: 502-897-0093
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
July, 2004
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Baptist Hospital East
4000 Kresge Way
Louisville, KY 40207
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
650 Joel Drive
Fort Campbell, KY 42223
EDUCATION:
Officer in Charge, Surgical Section 4/07 -9/07
Orthopaedic Surgeon
TF 31 Medical (Bucca)
Camp Bucca, Iraq
APO AE 09375
Chief, Department of Surgery 5/05-4/06
Chief, Spine and Neurologic Surgery Section 11/05-7/06
ERMC Consultant for Orthopaedics 6/05-7/06
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
APO AE 09180
Chief, OIF/OEF Orthopaedic Trauma Service
Department of Orthopaedics
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
APO AE 09180
8/04 – 5/05
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service
Department of Orthopaedics
Brooke Army Medical Center
3851 Roger Brooke Drive BLDG 3600
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234
8/01 – 7/04
INTERNSHIP:
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam, Houston, TX 78234
Transitional
7/1/93 - 6/30/94
RESIDENCY:
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam, Houston, TX 78234
Orthopaedics
7/1/96 - 6/30/00
FELLOWSHIPS:
Panorama Orthopedic Clinic, pc
660 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 250
Golden, CO 80401
Spine Fellowship
8/1/00 - 7/31/01
PRE ORTHOPAEDIC WORK EXPERIENCE:
Commander, Coleman Troop Medical Clinic;
Flight Surgeon, Mannheim and Heidelberg, Federal
Republic of Germany;
and Medical Officer and Advisor to the Commander
Department of Defense Confinement Facility
Kaefertal/Mannheim, Germany
8/94 – 5/96
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, MD 20814
Medical Doctor
1989 - 5/15/93
PREMEDICAL:
US Military Academy
West Point, NY 10997
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
7/1/83 - 5/27/87
Honors Graduate(Top 3%)
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX
1981 - 1983
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
CERTIFICATIONS:
ACLS 2005
BLS 2007
US Army Medical Corps Advanced Course 1995
US Army Flight Surgeon 1994
US Air Force Hyperbaric Medicine 1994
US Air Force Aerospace Medicine
and Flight Surgeon Course 1993
US Army Medical Corps Basic Course 1989
US Army Engineer Officer Basic Course 1987
US Army Airborne School 1985
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/COMMITTEES:
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Induction March 2008
PUBLICATIONS:
Gillespie MJ, Friedland JT, DeHaven K
Arthrofibrosis: Etiology, Classification, Diagnosis
and Treatmentin Operative Techniques in
Sport Medicine, April 1998.
Braun JT, Ogilvie JW, Stefko RM, Oegena TR, Friedland JT, Brodke DS: Fusionless Scoliosis correction using a shape memory Alloy staple in the anterior thoracic spine of the immature goat. Thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, San Diego, CA, September 25, 1999.
PRESENTATIONS:
Landstuhl: A Critical Link in the Evacuation Chain from Southwest Asia, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Officer Professional Development, Fort Campbell KY, January 2007
Update on The Landstuhl Extremity War Surgery Experience, European Medical Surgical Conference, Willingen Germany, April 2006
Instructor, Extremity War Surgery Course, BAMC, FSH, TX September, 2005
“Extremity War Surgery” Austrian/Hungarian Medical Conference, Garmisch Germany,September, 2005
“Blast Injuries” Austrian Hungarian Medical Conference, Garmisch Germany, September, 2005
Orthoapedic War Surgery, The Landstuhl Experience, European Medical Surgical Conference, Sonthofen, Germany, April 2005
“Low Back Pain” Grand Rounds, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl Germany, January, 2005
“Cervical Spine Fractures” Grand Rounds, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio, March 2003
“Kyphoplasty and Disc Replacement Surgery, New Frontiers in Spine Surgery” Grand Rounds, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio, November, 2001
“Spinal Stenosis,” The 28th Annual Spring Orthopedic Day, Golden, CO, April 6, 2001. “Orthopaedic Injuries in Professional Rodeo Cowboys” Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, Vail, Colorado, December, 1998
“Predictive Value of Concentric Hamstring to Quadriceps Torque Ratio for ACL Injuries in Female Collegiate Gymnasts: A Two Year Prospective Study” Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, Vail, Colorado, December 1998
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