CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSAWARDSPUBLICATIONSSusan Friedman, M.D., M.P.H.Contact InformationPhone NumbersAdministrative: (585) 341-6770Office: (585) 341-6775Fax: (585) 341-8305A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentAccepting New PatientsLocations990 South Ave, Ste 210Highland Professional Office BldgRochester, NY 14620-2762Geriatric Medicine: (585) 341-6775Faculty AppointmentsProfessor - Department of Medicine , Highland Hospital (SMD) Patient Care SettingGeriatrics & AgingBiographyProfessional BackgroundDr. Friedman received her BSM, MD, and MPH degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago. She completed her residency in General Internal Medicine at Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore, before doing a 3-year Geriatrics fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. After 5 years on faculty at Johns Hopkins, based at Hopkins Bayview, she moved to the University of Rochester in 2000. Her research focuses on health services and outcomes research, and includes models of long-term care, falls and fractures in older adults, comorbidity, and healthy aging. She was one of the first group of physicians in the US to be board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine in 2017, and has focused recent clinical, teaching, program development, and research efforts on fostering healthy aging through Lifestyle Medicine. In July 2021, she was named as the founding director of the new Highland Hospital DOM Lifestyle Medicine program.CredentialsSpecialtiesInternal Medicine - American Board of Internal MedicineEducation1988MD | Northwestern UniversityPost-doctoral Training & Residency07/01/1992 - 06/30/1995Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center07/01/1989 - 06/30/1991Residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center07/01/1988 - 06/30/1989Internship in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterVIEW ALL expand_moreAwards2021 - PresentFellowSponsor: American College of Lifestyle Medicine2021Robert L. Berg, MD, Community Health / Health Care Crisis AwardSponsor: Rochester Academy of Medicine2019Best professional abstractSponsor: American College of Lifestyle Medicine national meetingLocation: Orlando, FL2018Best professional abstractSponsor: American College of Lifestyle Medicine national meetingLocation: Indianapolis, IN2017Highly Commended Medical Book AwardsSponsor: British Medical Association2016"Shining Example"Location: Highland Hospital2016Division Aging Research awardLocation: Division of Geriatrics and Aging2016Best overall posterSponsor: American College of Lifestyle Medicine national meeting2015"Shining Example"Location: Highland Hospital2008 - PresentFellowSponsor: American Geriatrics Society2000 - 2007NIH K23 Career Development Award1996 - 1998Pfizer / American Geriatrics Society Postdoctoral FellowshipVIEW ALL expand_morePublicationsJournal Articles4/2021Friedman, S.M.; Barnett, C.H.; Franki, R.; Pollock, B.; Garver, B.; Barnett, T.D. "Jumpstarting health with a 15-day whole-food plant-based program." Am J Lifestyle Med. 2021; .3/2021Batsis, J.A.; Daniel, K.; Eckstrom, E.; Goldlist, K.; Kusz, H.; Lane, D.; Loewenthal, J.; Coll, P.P.; Friedman, S.M. "Promoting Healthy Aging During COVID-19: an AGS Healthy Aging Special Interest Group Statement." J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021; : 572-580.9/2020Friedman, S.M.; Barnett, C.B.; Barnett, T.D. "Lifestyle Medicine in the Midst of a Pandemic" . Am J Lifestyle Med. 2020; 36.Books & Chapters2020 Chapter Title: Lifestyle (Medicine) and Healthy Aging Book Title: Healthy Aging Author List: Friedman SM Published By: Elsevier 20202020 Chapter Title: Preface: Healthy aging: What do we mean, and how do we accomplish it? Book Title: Healthy Aging Author List: Friedman SM Published By: Elsevier 20202020 Chapter Title: Healthy Aging Book Title: Geriatric Review Syllabus Author List: Friedman SM and Mulhausen P Published By: American Geriatric Society 2020 in New YorkVIEW ALL PUBLICATIONSClose WindowSchedule an appointment with Susan Friedman, M.D., M.P.H.Please answer the following questions to help us find the right appointment for you.Important: If you believe that you have a medical or psychiatric emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest hospital. This website is not intended for emergency care.Have you seen this provider in the last 2 years?YesNoExisting Patient Schedule or request a follow up appointment online through MyChart. If you do not have a MyChart account, please close this window and call the appointment phone number. Susan Friedman, M.D., M.P.H. is currently scheduling for the following appointment type(s): Our policy does not permit patients to establish care with multiple providers within the same practice or specialty without prior approval. If you choose a new provider in the same office, we will cancel the appointment. Please contact the office directly with questions on this policy.