Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRCSC, is Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, Medical Director of Charleston Orthopaedic Associates, and an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University. He is also Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dr. Friedman received his MD degree in 1980 from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and completed residencies in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and in orthopedic surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program in Boston.  He also completed a clinical fellowship in surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore as well as clinical fellowships in surgery and orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston.  Dr. Friedman is board certified in orthopedic surgery. 

A former member of the North American and International Hip and Knee Registry Steering Committees as well as a former consultant to the Orthopedic Device Review Panel of the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Friedman is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, and European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow, among others.  He is a reviewer for Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and Journal of Orthopaedic Research.  Dr. Friedman also serves on the American Medical Association CPT Advisory Committee as well as the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CPT Coding Committee.